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In reply to the discussion: Black people who talk white--What does talking white mean? [View all]onpatrol98
(1,989 posts)37. I've been told I sound like a bill collector.
I've called friends who I haven't spoke to in a while and been told that I sound like a bill collector. I would say hello on the phone and the other end would go silent. So, I would have to quickly go ahead and say...hey, it's me....
Then the response would be...girl, you sounded like a bill collector, I was going to hang up???
Well, that was before outsourcing. I'll just leave it at that.
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I wonder, if the question is still being asked, if that is the new response? "Why...
Moonwalk
Mar 2013
#10
Our problem was that they tried to bully my daughter off campus and lost the fight
ProgressiveProfessor
Mar 2013
#6
I never thought about that. I talk to people with respect and I don't care how their
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2013
#4
Interesting comments. In my experiences of life I always grew up with diversity living on
southernyankeebelle
Apr 2013
#17
I see what you mean. I guess calling it a bubble is about right. You know I never knew anything
southernyankeebelle
Apr 2013
#19
LOL, I dad met momma after the war. Funny you should mention Mussolini. My grandfather
southernyankeebelle
Apr 2013
#21
It's a great rant. I have a friend who had the same issue, and I remember some of what he...
Moonwalk
Mar 2013
#8
Every black person in this country is bilingual: The Street and Job Interview
MrScorpio
May 2013
#25
I grew up deep in the heart of West Oakland, going to a Catholic grammer school right across
demosincebirth
May 2013
#28