Comments on: Repairing a Railroad Track

By: Minnesotastan

Minnesotastan — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:54:38 +0000

I posted this article, and I’d like to clarify my passing comment regarding the workmen’s accents.

I lived and worked in east-central Kentucky for ten years and married a young woman who was born in the Appalachian foothills. I would never make fun of my friends there, or my relatives who lived in eastern Tennessee. I find accents of all kinds fascinating, having been born in Minnesota and having lived in Massachusetts and in the heart of Texas.

I posted the video for the cool specialized tools and the complex workmanship of what one would have thought was a simple task; eavesdropping on the delightful conversation was in my view a bonus.

By: LauraFM

LauraFM — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:51:23 +0000

@skip and cuimhne, the poster did not say the accents were funny or amusing. The word used was “fascinating.”

And I agree with AF, I find accents cool.

By: TC

TC — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:31:28 +0000

Skipweasel, you’re absolutely, 1,000,000% correct. Thank you for articulating the reasons I was captivated by this video and watched ever second of it.

By: AF

AF — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:09:07 +0000

“Do you really find accents different from your own that amusing?”

How could you not. Accents are phenomenally cool and being able to understand your language spoken in a way that sounds like a foreign one at times is something to marvel at. I love the much derided deep south accent. Low country South Carolina is probably my favorite. Other awesome accents (in English): rural Canadian, Cockney, the Pakistani guys I met in Henley-on-Thames in England who had dense British accents AND Pakistani accents, not easy to understand, and for whatever reason Northern Vietnamese accented English (I know a couple people in academics) sound awesome.

By: Skipweasel

Skipweasel — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:01:27 +0000

What I liked was watching two people who clearly know exactly what they’re doing and doing it well. The lack of prompts and the easy nature of taking a familiar job at a steady pace, each knowing that the other will just get on with the next step at the right moment. Pleasant.

By: zavatone

zavatone — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:53:20 +0000

Eye wood sae KEN TUCKY!

Keen’s mah boye!

By: mikerm19

mikerm19 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:52:05 +0000

I know I’m weird, but I loved track work. It’s hard difficult physical labor, and I always felt great afterwards. It’s like going to the gym, but things are actually getting accomplished.

By: cuimhne

cuimhne — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:26:03 +0000

What on earth about this is neat? It can’t be the thermite, there’s more impressive videos on youtube on that…. Do you really find accents different from your own that amusing?

By: lansing wedding photographer

lansing wedding photographer — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:56:08 +0000

nice, i made some thermite once, there are instructions online and it isn’t too difficult.

By: skid

skid — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:23:07 +0000

what is funny about that accent? do you imply that we southeasterners are dumber than you liberal elites? hog jowls and shucky darn, gooo-leee!