Monica's Journal: more classes and whatnot

so there's this kid here in yankee-ville new york from kentucky, and because he speaks with a heavy appalachian accent, people haven't bothered to learn his name and just call him Kentucky. but i'm not so sure his accent is genuine. i have a class with him, and when he spoke in class the other day, his accent seemed to totally disappear. like maybe he puts on the accent for his peers but goes more the Tom Brokaw route when speaking for professors. it's weird. todd and i have both noticed that we sometimes speak with southern/appalachian accents, like when he's talking with his family, or when i'm living and working in charleston. but this kid Kentucky, his accent disappears moment-to-moment. it's odd. we're skeptical and think he might just affect it for attention. i went to thailand with a kid from louisville, ky, and he didn't have an accent much more than i do. of course, i'd bet either one of us could do a pretty good deliverance impression if we'd care to try.

    so also that politics class with Kentucky was moved from a room we didn't all fit into to a larger room in the languanges building. the rooms in the languages building are built to facilitate language clarity: the ceilings are lower than the rooms in the humanities building, and their acoustics are adjusted so you can hear everything going on. the problem with that is, today like 4 people had colds and kept coughing and sneezing during class. i hardly heard much of the professor. when he was going around trying to learn names, he kept having to ask again, because "my name is " would happen. it was inconvenient.

    also, Kentucky talked again in class today, and he was back with his heavy accent again. he's weird.