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Post by finnmom on Aug 10, 2005 13:41:02 GMT -5
Anne, I´am with you in keeping !yankee" as a nickname to ALL american´s, although I was avare of the history of the name(as I´am sure you were as well), but for us in here all american´s are Yankee´s.... I´am so happy you dont think I´ma a postergirl for those "slow and thinking"-kind of a people  |
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Post by milesofsmiles on Aug 10, 2005 13:50:42 GMT -5
What in the world is a Tara? Must be a fancy home. Forgive me everyone, I was never patient enough to sit through the movie, so I don't have all the termonology down. I call my house "Home". Miles 
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Post by camismom on Aug 10, 2005 13:53:16 GMT -5
Miles, Tara is the name for the home and estate Scarlett and her family lived in and on.
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Post by milesofsmiles on Aug 10, 2005 13:55:47 GMT -5
Ahh yes, it is all perfectly clear now. Mansion, estate, naming your estate. It is a whole different world that I do not have a clue about. Miles |
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Post by tridlette on Aug 10, 2005 14:00:33 GMT -5
Actually, Tara was a plantation... but you have the right idea. It was the "Buckingham Palace" of the O'Hara family. Or the Ponderosa of the Cartwright Family!
And the book "Gone With The Wind" is SOOOOOO much more thrilling to read than watching the movie. Very different... for example... Scarlett has more kids than just her precious Bonnie Blue.
Personally, though, I am happy that people haven't called my home by other names (I'm thinking: the scum bucket, the dump, the rat's nest, the pig sty...)
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Post by Linda on Aug 10, 2005 14:09:16 GMT -5
I always thought Pommigranite was a sweet fruit. Were they calling you a fruit?  oh my gosh miles...I needed that laugh...thank you |
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Post by camismom on Aug 10, 2005 14:10:22 GMT -5
Trid, you are correct. Tara was the plantation... I couldn't think of the word when I used estate before. lol Thanks for correcting me.
As far as my home... I just call it Andy's. He is technically the true owner after all. He just lets me and Cam live there. lol Thanks to my ex and his IRS crap, I can't purchase a home without fear of them taking it.
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Post by AnneM on Aug 10, 2005 14:16:54 GMT -5
;D This is too funny and I am also completely confused now!! ;D Backtracking a little .. I have just remembered!! It was JUST the Australians who called the British "Pommies" ... whereas the US called us "Limeys" ... (I think that is right!! ;D) ... YOU called US "limeys" and we called you (regardless or North or South!) "yankees" !! ;D ;D and as for a pommigranite (or however you spell it!) .. YES ... I think it is a fruit!! ;D ;D OH dear now that I have wiped the tears from my eyes with laughter ... onto more serious stuff like the "Tara" ... I had FORGOTTON this in "Gone with the Wind" ... Thanks to this thread I have remembered that terminology again ... by the way I think a lot of us saw the movie but did anyone actually read the book ?? I have to confess I haven't but I think I should!! ... It was SUCH a classic! |
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Post by Linda on Aug 10, 2005 14:22:32 GMT -5
Am I the only one here that thinks that movie was stupid? People talk about how they cried through out the movie...but I thought it was "corny" ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by camismom on Aug 10, 2005 14:52:02 GMT -5
Well I haven't heard of pommies or limeys...Anne you'll have to tell me where these terms came from.
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Post by tridlette on Aug 10, 2005 14:53:19 GMT -5
The movie is okay, but YES, I read the book, cover to cover. Scarlett is a hopeless cause, and I have great respect for Miss Melanie even if she was a ninny too!
I received the movie on VHS as a Christmas present a few years back from my Mom. I like the first half of the movie before the Intermission for an end of the unit overview for the Civil War. The second half is all the romantic mushy stuff, and the darker side of Reconstruction. But the kids can see in the first half that everybody thought the war would be over in a few days, the Confederacy would win, and they felt the war was about States Rights. Then they see the reality of war in a slightly distanced sense... in that they don't see the shooting and falling down, but they can see the pain and suffering in the hospital. They get a true sense of "total war" as Sherman's troops marched through the south, and the fear of the citizens who see the front move through their towns.
And having studied the making of the movie, it is fun to point out the finer points of "ancient" movie making on a tight budget! In the hospital scene, they had one live person for every two manikins, and had the live person pulling strings to move the arms and legs of the manikins!
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Post by tridlette on Aug 10, 2005 14:55:14 GMT -5
Well I haven't heard of pommies or limeys...Anne you'll have to tell me where these terms came from. Apparently all Britons are FRUITS, and is just a matter of taste... which one you chose to call a bloke! |
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Post by Linda on Aug 10, 2005 18:01:06 GMT -5
Well I haven't heard of pommies or limeys...Anne you'll have to tell me where these terms came from. I have heard Limey...It is still said here sometimes but I don't know where the phrase came from  |
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Post by camismom on Aug 11, 2005 7:02:38 GMT -5
Apparently all Britons are FRUITS, and is just a matter of taste... which one you chose to call a bloke! Well, there have been times I would have called Anne a fruitcake, but.... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by mothercat on Aug 11, 2005 8:25:16 GMT -5
i can understand why people keep their mouth shut in the south when they are from the north. sorry christy, but i didn't see much of the famous hospitality and i lived there for 10 years. some people were nice of course but as a whole, they still aren't too fond of us yankees. karen Anne Here is a quick definition of the word Yankee. It came about during the civil war and the fight to free the slaves. It was a very derogatory name for the Northerners who fought the Southerners when the country was divided in beliefs about ownership of humans. I have to agree with Karen in the above quote. We lived in Texas for 10 years and until we adopted the accent we were treated poorly by ALOT of people and called "yankees" like it was a dirty word. It is not a cute or funny word, it is as much of a degradation as the "N" word or the word "injun" or the "chink" word or the "spick" word or any of the other nasty names people innocently use to describe others. I am not saying all the southern people were like that but probably a good 75 % of the ones we came across were very much like that. My mother is from the south and I know what southern hospitality is suppose to be. Alot of good people come from the south. But it seems times are changing and people dont look to traditions they used to when it comes to behavior..no matter where they live. I had family members who were brothers who happened to live on opposite sides of that war and they were both more or less drafted (whatever they called it back then)....go figure. A good replacement word for all of us would be "Americans". or "neighbor" would be nice too. I know when you call us yankees it is done with love ;D ;D ;D What makes this "family" so special...the lack of labeling. |
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