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1 | One Pastor and one assembly? | Acts 2:42 | Hank | 175156 | ||
Dear Azure - The "strange language" you mentioned that has characterized a very small percentage of my posts is not my usual way of writing, as you can judge by the overwhelming majority of posts I've made to Study Bible Forum. I use this occasional departure from my usual writing style as a change of pace and, not infrequently, to make a point that I feel needs making but which in all probability would be considered harsh or vitriolic if it were not softened by the cominc relief of the "strange" language, as you call it. And, I may as well confess, the use of "hillbilly" dialect is at least in part the unabashed indulgence of an old man (I am 71 years old) in nostalgia ..... This "strange" language, by the way, is a more or less authentic reproduction of some of the regional dialects I heard spoken as I was growing up in the southern part of the United States in the 1940's and 1950's. It was a colorful variation of standard English, and even now out in some of the rural areas of the South, one who has a keen ear for language can detect still a certain amount of the old dialects mixed in with more standard English than was the case when I was a boy. If you care to broaden your knowledge of this "strange" language, I suggest you read some of our stellar writers from the South and the Mississippi River Valley -- Mark Twain, Joel Chandler Harris, Harper Lee, Marjorie Kennan Rawlings, William Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, and many others. ..... By the way, Azure, I congratulate you on your ability to handle yourself well in the English language. You do it far better than some people whose native tongue is English! What is your native language, if you'd care to tell us? We appreciate your presence on SBF and encourage you to continue to break the bread of life with us as we attempt to dig deeper into the riches of God's eternal word. And a parting word aimed at being an encouraging one: Don't despair that you have difficulty with some of the posts, not only my few dialectic ones, but others as well. While most of the users of this Forum express themselves clearly, a few do not, and it is therefore very hard for all the rest of us to understand what those few are trying to communicate. So, Azure, as you did with me, it is perfectly all right to ask for a clarification from those who have not made themselves clear. Agape. --Hank | ||||||
2 | One Pastor and one assembly? | Acts 2:42 | DocTrinsograce | 175157 | ||
Whew, brother Hank! Good news! All this time I thought you were typing in tongues! :-) | ||||||
3 | One Pastor and one assembly? | Acts 2:42 | azurelaw | 175222 | ||
Dear Doc, :-) Azure |
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