[Magdalen] Music memories

[Jay Weigel]

I was talking about the one in Alabama. I believe Roger was talking about
the English one, which has a pretty incomprehensible accent.

On Tuesday, December 23, 2014, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you're talking about the one in Alabama, Roger, I have to say that
> that's on my list of places to visit...probably next year on the 50th
> anniversary of Jonathan Daniels' martyrdom, for that's what it was. I think
> for us in the States it's very important to connect with that part of our
> history, because we are still living with the results of it.
>
> > On Dec 23, 2014, at 7:11 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > Well, there's also the *other* Birmingham here, which is in Alabama. It
> has
> > a quite different reputation.
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 7:08 PM, Roger Stokes <
> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com <javascript:;>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 23/12/2014 20:27, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
> >>>
> >>> It was interesting dealing with the Birmingham stereotype when I was on
> >>> college and then when I applied for my first job in Flint, because I
> was
> >>> totally unaware that it even existed. My dad was military, and I had
> spent
> >>> high school in Germany. My parents had bought the house in B'ham when
> I was
> >>> in Junior high, and that was what allowed me in-state tuition. But I
> >>> learned in college and later that people made certain assumptions
> about me,
> >>> and I started saying, "Well, my parents live in Birmingham..."
> >>
> >> One of the delights of this international list is the use of place names
> >> that have a different connotation this side of the pond. Birmingham over
> >> here has an accent that is fairly impenetrable. Cranbrook is a rather
> >> desirable area of Kent.
> >>
> >> Roger
> >>
>