>--- Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu> wrote:
> I am sick and tired of cashiers,
>> waitresses, and other
>> service workers making faces when their hear
>> accented English.
>>
>
>Well, even though I have argued against
>"generalization", I do think it is important to
>recognize what you are saying. So in your experience,
>do you find that working class folk, "blue collar" are
>more racist, xenophobic, war-worshipping than other
>folks? What causes them to be so?
Hmm. Most of the "cashiers, waitresses, and other service workers" I run into in NYC *speak* accented English. Ain't it like that in Balto?
Doug