Miss Janet. Nou I likt dat bery muh Janice LOL ----- Original Message ----- From: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 1999 1:58 AM Subject: NON-PD: Re-post: a pome > ----------------------------------------------------------- > jannie magnolia mouths off > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > why > are wymmyn 'sappy' > iz whut i wanna know > not that it's a character 'fault' > hah! > not that i'm implyin myn 'should' be sappy too > hah! > > we wymmyn > spill and share and babble > wallowin in feelins and emotions > analyzin and figurin and turnin things every whichaway > > cuz our ance-sisters were gatherers and young'un carers > lookin all around for nutz 'n' berries? > > in other wurds > shoppin and nurturin > and developin langwidge? > > while our ance-brothers were huntin > focused on one thang and one thang only > competin with the wild life and each other for survival? > > in other words > cain't do but wun thing at a time > ain't no need to tawlk about irrelevant stuff > > didja know > that wymmyn [in n.a. anywhay] > speak an average of seven thousand words every day > and myn only two thousand? > > cuz wymmyn been borned and bred to communicate > and myn been borned and bred to hunt > [eggceptin leagel beagels whose bin borned and bred arguyin] > viz the tv clicker phenomenon > he's a'huntin fer a channel > and by gum kill it daid > jes as soon as > he finds it > > nawh, > why do wymmyn seem ta think > that myn 'should' be more like wymmyn > and myn think that wymmyn 'should' be more like myn? > > and anuther thang, > why do we both seem to think > [as a turrible generalizayshun] > that the 'others' ain't as good as 'us'? > myn puttin wymmyn and wymmynish thangs down as sissified > wymmyn puttin myn and mynish thangs down as luggish? > > ono > more brayne-staynin? > more 'my way or the highway'? > > i think i needs ta go do sum warshin > of mah brayne er whut's > left uv it > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > j m paterson 29 july 1997 > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > janet paterson > 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset > po box 171, almonte, ontario, canada, K0A 1A0 > a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/ > [log in to unmask] >