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Posted: 6/17/2009 11:00:41 AM EDT
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I would hope so because he is a BA.
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Posted: 6/17/2009 11:01:13 AM EDT
[#2]
Apparently, my grandfather talked like him, and acted like him. But he died when I was pretty little.
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Posted: 6/17/2009 11:01:39 AM EDT
[#3]
yes
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Posted: 6/17/2009 11:04:06 AM EDT
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My grandfather did. My uncle (Normandy, first wave) talked like that all the way until he died about five years ago.
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Posted: 6/17/2009 11:04:21 AM EDT
[#5]
absolutely.
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Posted: 6/17/2009 11:05:00 AM EDT
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My great uncle who served in Korea still speaks his mind with little tact. One of the most good hearted and genuine people I've ever known. If I become half the man he is I'll consider myself blessed.
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Posted: 6/17/2009 11:11:28 AM EDT
[#7]
I posses no tact.
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Posted: 6/17/2009 11:12:26 AM EDT
[#8]
My grandfather said whatever the hell was on his mind.
My entire family agrees that the character of Walt is a perfect representation of my grandfather. Except mine was a farmer, not an auto worker. |
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Posted: 6/17/2009 11:13:24 AM EDT
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See if All in the Family is on you tube. That was prime time TV.
Then judge for yourself whether peoplel talked like that when they weren't on TV. |
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Posted: 6/17/2009 11:14:36 AM EDT
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Indeed they did.
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Posted: 6/17/2009 11:16:13 AM EDT
[#11]
you mean english? yea from time to time, you might still here some people speak english around here, its a dead language.
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Posted: 6/17/2009 11:16:21 AM EDT
[#12]
My dad still does.
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Posted: 6/17/2009 11:17:05 AM EDT
[#13]
Quoted:
you mean english? 
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Posted: 6/17/2009 11:20:46 AM EDT
[#14]
.....they are still around
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Posted: 6/17/2009 11:20:48 AM EDT
[#15]
Yep.
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Posted: 6/17/2009 11:21:55 AM EDT
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netflix says Gran Torino will be here tomorrow. Can't wait!
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Posted: 6/17/2009 11:24:12 AM EDT
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Heck, when I was in High School we talked like that. Densely immigrant community, and slurs abounded among friends. You could always tell the difference based on intent, however.
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Posted: 6/17/2009 11:24:57 AM EDT
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Yes indeed they did.
I've conducted 100s of interviews with WWII veterans, and over 20 Korea War Vets, and most do use colorful language to express themselves. I take pride in the fact that I am the "Uncle Walt" in my extended family... 
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Posted: 6/17/2009 11:34:10 AM EDT
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Many did, yes, I'm sure some did not.
Walt was military, so, the answer would be unequivocally yes. I've yet to meet very many vets from that era that do not talk a lot like that, at least at times. I'm sure there are exceptions. But then one side of my family came from the West Texas oil fields, and the other were lifelong farmers, so maybe my perspective is skewed. |
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