January 2002 - October 2006 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

Smith was 45, so I don't imagine anyone was floating like a
butterfly!Bugner always did say boxing was about two things to him:
money, and not getting hurt.Aint is incorrect usage for "is not," though
probably shouldn't be. Since so many people around the world speak English as a
first or second language, the fact that it's hard to learn and make sense of,
isn't talked about much any more. So many usages of words, meanings changing
with voice tone, hominyms, and all sorts of things. You do well with it though.
Better than I'd do with Italian!|
|9/30/03 01:20:14
PM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Does "aint" mean
"are not" ?>Yes, it can mean "are not" too."Whatcha gonna do" is " What
are you gonna do" ?>Yes. Sometimes people write words as they say them, or
as they say them in slang."Betcha you" is "Do you bet" ?>"You betch"
mean "you best," yes.And it's homonym, not hominym. I typo now and then
when I don't proof read. These days, they say Chinese and Russian are the
hardest languages to learn. Kids learn faster than adults. Some schools with
foreign populations sometimes have to have the kids help with translations to
their parents in conferences with the kid's teachers. |
|9/30/03 03:44:15 PM|Massimo|Rome||4||||10|RS- I was in the underground
yesterday and I found a Russian newspaper... My God ! They have the number 3
within the words !!!!!!!!!!!!!BEATING CALVIN LANE IS EASIER THAN LEARNING
RUSSIAN !!!!!!!|
|9/30/03 05:54:31 PM|steve |N.J.||dmmsrm@comcast.net||||10|Hi R.S. we the people
of N.J. take umbrage at your implication that the musical,lilting dialect of the
people of New Jersey has anything to do with the english language.We believe in
fully intergrating the phonetic alphabet into our daily speech patterns. Such as
the phrases," djaeet?" Which poses the question," have you eaten? Another," hey
youse guys.", or ,hello,everyone." I'm afraid I must really ask for an apology
for myself and Bob Bumbera . Kent can give you some pretty good stories about
the Quarry clan's brawls.He is however,admirably descreet about those details.|
|9/30/03 06:33:59
PM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Steve -
Blush, apologies floating your way! What do we Chicagoans have to talk
about when we call our mayor "da mare," and some of my southern relatives? We
won't even go there! Maybe Kent will share some stories. You mean more than
Jerry brawled in the streets?Ali once asked Frazier how he thought he'd
do in a street fight. Joe replied simply and matter of factly, "Man, I'd ~kill~
a monkey in the street." Probably so.|
|9/30/03 07:09:13 PM|Paul|Sydney, Australia||PlMls4.aol.com.au||||10|RS - you
are right about Bugner. He lives on the Gold Coast in Australia now and is very
healthy and fit. His speech is articulate and he obviously doesn't have any bad
effects from years of boxing. I recall that he had a part in a couple of movies
but I can't remember what they are. I read recently that he is tutoring Russell
Crowe (who also lives over here) on boxing for a new movie on the life of James
J. Braddock. So you are right on that point as well. I've only seen Bugner in
person once and he is a huge imposing man. It was at a fight night about 8 years
ago and George Foreman just happened to be visiting Sydney at that time and he
was at the fight too. For some years before then Bugner had been trying to
arrange a fight with Foreman but it never happened. At the fight night Bugner
tried to hype the proposed fight by acting like a World Federation wrestler and
he kept taunting Foreman about being "too chicken" to fight him. He suddenly
confronted Foreman (feigning anger). Big George broke out into a huge smile,
wrapped his massive arms around Bugner, and then gave him an affectionate hug.
It looked really funny at the time and even Bugner had to laugh. Anyway, Bugner
is popular over here. Crowe is a boxing fan as well and he was recently at the
Mundine v Echols fight.|