Wednesday, May 6, 2015

In Red America

     Today we visited the Knoxville Art Museum (free, with an excellent collection of modern art) and the Chickamauga Battlefield near Chattanooga.  Now we are in Fort Payne, home of the 80s country band Alabama.

     I walked to a gas station near our motel to buy some wine and saw "Spanish Lingo for Contractors" and "Spanish Lingo for Gardeners and Landscapers" on the counter.  I asked the cashier if Fort Payne had many Spanish speakers.  She rolled her eyes and went into a rant against the people who didn't speak English.

     At least I think that was what she was saying.  I'm having a hard time with the northern Alabama accent and only pick up about one in three words.

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