Comments on: Are Margaret & Helen for reals? http://funny-about-money.com/2008/11/20/are-margaret-helen-for-reals/ Simple Living = Frugality = Peace of Mind: Personal Finance and Stress Control Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:44:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jadda http://funny-about-money.com/2008/11/20/are-margaret-helen-for-reals/comment-page-1/#comment-43030 jadda Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:30:07 +0000 http://funnyaboutmoney.wordpress.com/?p=2297#comment-43030 Helen sounds a lot like my 91 year old mom. She's a smart, sassy Facebook lurker and prolific emailer who's lived long enough to say what she thinks in whatever language she thinks appropriate to the situation. I have no problem believing that they're "real". Helen sounds a lot like my 91 year old mom. She’s a smart, sassy Facebook lurker and prolific emailer who’s lived long enough to say what she thinks in whatever language she thinks appropriate to the situation. I have no problem believing that they’re “real”.

]]> By: Musing http://funny-about-money.com/2008/11/20/are-margaret-helen-for-reals/comment-page-1/#comment-42222 Musing Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:55:26 +0000 http://funnyaboutmoney.wordpress.com/?p=2297#comment-42222 I really LOVE Margaret and Helen and wondered if they were real too. I sure hope so. I really LOVE Margaret and Helen and wondered if they were real too. I sure hope so.

]]> By: funny http://funny-about-money.com/2008/11/20/are-margaret-helen-for-reals/comment-page-1/#comment-27372 funny Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:15:03 +0000 http://funnyaboutmoney.wordpress.com/?p=2297#comment-27372 @jwoap: moi, je ne sais pas. Lately the content has taken to sounding a great deal more manly and a great deal less good-ole-gal. @jwoap: moi, je ne sais pas. Lately the content has taken to sounding a great deal more manly and a great deal less good-ole-gal.

]]> By: jwoap http://funny-about-money.com/2008/11/20/are-margaret-helen-for-reals/comment-page-1/#comment-27369 jwoap Sat, 09 Oct 2010 23:41:07 +0000 http://funnyaboutmoney.wordpress.com/?p=2297#comment-27369 I think that grandson takes what they say about the topics they talk about and then he makes it funny. I think that grandson takes what they say about the topics they talk about and then he makes it funny.

]]> By: Chance http://funny-about-money.com/2008/11/20/are-margaret-helen-for-reals/comment-page-1/#comment-3339 Chance Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:01:40 +0000 http://funnyaboutmoney.wordpress.com/?p=2297#comment-3339 I'm so with you. I really, really, really want them to be real but my anthropologist nose says "Not!". The grandson is a good fake, because he gets the sensibility of age and old women, but fails on linguistic pattern. I know many 80 and up women that say bitch with reference to Palin (one uses words I can't bring myself to repeat) but none that use the patterns and speech quirks in this blog. I love them, and I don't mind the grandson promoting this fiction at all, I really enjoy it and think he is doing a great job. One of my students suggested that maybe he was more of an "editor", taking their words through conversations with them and translating them into more modern speech patterns for posting. I don't think so, but maybe... I’m so with you. I really, really, really want them to be real but my anthropologist nose says “Not!”. The grandson is a good fake, because he gets the sensibility of age and old women, but fails on linguistic pattern. I know many 80 and up women that say bitch with reference to Palin (one uses words I can’t bring myself to repeat) but none that use the patterns and speech quirks in this blog. I love them, and I don’t mind the grandson promoting this fiction at all, I really enjoy it and think he is doing a great job.

One of my students suggested that maybe he was more of an “editor”, taking their words through conversations with them and translating them into more modern speech patterns for posting. I don’t think so, but maybe…

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