January 2002 - July 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

Steve from New Jersey taught me that one. Yo is a walk in the park ! Is there
somebody outta there who can speak some other slang ? There are still so many
states missing: Alabama, Texas, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia... Come on
people, come on !|
|12/31/04 03:03:09 PM|Kent|La Habra, Ca||kentallenent@aol.com||||10|Massimo,
yoose means you is or you are or you guys. It would probably be better spelled
yoos. Some people (but not all) from Philly, Pennsylvenia, New Jersey, and New
York say this, so Rocky would talk that way and so would Mick.People in
different parts of states like New Youk, New Jersey, and Penn. don't speak the
same way. Example, a person from upstate New York does not use the slang and
pronunciations of people from New York City and even parts of New York City talk
differently. California people, for the most part, speak the same way
and most nationwide news broadcasters sound like Californians. People from
Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, and Washington state, are all simlilar in
speaking.Other regions speak differently also but most of the time we
can all understand each other without much difficultly.|
|12/31/04 04:10:02 PM|Massimo|Roma||4||||10|Kent-In Italy we have plenty
of dialects but everyone(or almost everyone) can speak and understand the
Standard Italian. This wasn't true in the 40s, but with the diffusion of RADIO
and TELEVISION, this problem has been overcome. Even if I can understand almost
every Italian dialect, I speak only and always the Standard Italian. I think the
Standard Language is way more beautiful, expressive and cultural than any
dialect. You can write a masterpiece of literature in Italian while you can't
write a masterpiece in Milanese or in Romano. I'm Italian first, Pisan second
and Roman third. Anyway, if you walk in Rome you meet a lot of foreigners.
Probably there are more foreigners than Italians in Italy. I'm quite happy of my
English. I'm still far from being fluent, but a little bit is much better than
nothing.SORRY FOR NOT TALKING OF BOXING. I'M JUST HAVING A GOOD TIME WITH MY
FRIEND KENT.|
|12/31/04 07:15:06 PM|Sonia Hathaway (Quarry)|Joshua Tree,
CA||Sonia90101@aol.com||||10|Hi All, I wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year!
Be safe. Dad, Uncle Jerry, Mom, Gramma, Aunt Brenda, we sure do miss you all,
and will always love you all.|
|1/1/05 03:54:44 AM|Massimo "Smaller than life" Cini|Roma||4||||10|A happy 2005
to Artis Gilmore, all the Quarry family and all the Quarry fans !|
|1/1/05 06:45:55 PM|Noam|same||hjuysy||||10|MassimoReading a biography
on Rocky Marciano has given me new respect for him. I don't think there is any
doubt that he is in the top 3 heavyweights of all time, if not the absolute
greatest.His statistics are remarkable, even if you forget his 49 - 0
record and the fact that he is the only underfeated heavyweight champion of all
time. The first time Rocky got knocked off his feet in a professional
fight was when he challenged Walcott for the title. From memory, Louis was
knocked down many times early in his career in non-title fights, and Clay was
put on his backside by Cooper (also non-title bout).Another statistic
about Rocky that impresses me is the effect he had on his vanquished opponents.
It is well documented that guys were never the same in rematches against Rocky
(Walcott, Charles), but what I didn't realize is what he did to up-and-
comers.Rocky fought many promising young guys who were not only
confident of beating him but when they entered the ring they thought Rocky was
just a stepping stone to the title. All those dreams ended when Rocky unleashed
that overhand right. Marciano so badly flogged them that many fled the ring,
discarding all boxing ambitions, and never fought again.I can't recall
either Louis or Ali ever doing that to a young fighter with ambition. Likewise,
Tyson intimidated many, however they came back to fight another day. Rocky, on
the other hand, haunted them so bad that they decided instead to become bankers
and barman.Also, a guy who trained with both Louis and Marciano said
that while Louis punched extremely hard, it took four Louis punches to match the