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Post by Cuvis the Conqueror on Sept 11, 2012 16:20:49 GMT -6
So, it's official: Jerry Lawler had a massive heart attack on Raw. Latest report I could find is that he's still on a ventilator and unable to speak, though his condition appears to be improving. The reports also say he's had 3 stents put in. Ouch. www.411mania.com/wrestling/news/254377I know we give Lawler a lot of crap for his commentary, but I'm sure we're all wishing for a full recovery. |
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Post by Auntie Cheesus on Sept 11, 2012 17:47:27 GMT -6
From EWrestlingNews:
Jerry Lawler's ex-wife, Stacy "The Kat" Carter, posted the following on Facebook earlier this evening:
I have an update on Jerry. The docs are removing his ventilation & taking him out of sedation. He is responsive, which is great!!! It took a while to revive him last night so there's the concern of brain damage. He had some tests done which will show how much if any damage there is due to the lack of oxygen to his brain. Unfortunately, the results won't be in until in the morning. I appreciate all the calls, texts, tweets, & Facebook messages of support & I know Jerry will too. Thanks everybody!!
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Post by desertgeek on Sept 12, 2012 0:28:25 GMT -6
His son Brian has released the following statement:
“Ok, here’s the latest real update. Lauren (Jerry's girlfriend) and I are here at the hospital in Montreal. He does not look good at all. He is responsive to questions that he is asked which is very good. His sedation and breathing support are being lowered slowly right now. He was shocked a total of 7 times at the arena and underwent a balloon stint to open up a clogged artery when he arrived at hospital. Everyone out there needs to say a special prayer for his brain at this point, please. Tests on his brain will not be available until the morning. One of us two will keep all you guys informed as we know more.”
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Post by Cuvis the Conqueror on Sept 12, 2012 8:17:02 GMT -6
Michael Cole on Fox and Friends, talking about Lawler. His voice sounds different when he's out of character.
Also, wow. I didn't realize how many dates Lawler worked on the indies.
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Post by Auntie Cheesus on Sept 12, 2012 16:44:04 GMT -6
Well, it appears that Jerry has suffered no brain damage, will not require additional surgery and will be headed home to recover "soon", according to assorted reports on Twitter and Memphis media.
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Post by slamjack on Sept 12, 2012 18:25:02 GMT -6
Smiths: It was cuz of my prayers.
All that time on your knees at Sodomy Cove finally paid off.
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Post by Cuvis the Conqueror on Sept 13, 2012 20:15:13 GMT -6
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Post by verbaltoxin on Sept 13, 2012 21:23:52 GMT -6
Regarding why Cole sounds so different: he's from Syracuse, NY, so that's his "real" accent. He started as a news reporter, and reporters will hide their accents and learn the Midwestern American accent, which is the standard for TV reporting. So away from his job, he'll speak with his natural voice.
As for the Tout, Jerry looks pretty damn good for just having heart surgery two days ago!
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Post by desertgeek on Sept 17, 2012 15:49:22 GMT -6
From WWE
Jerry "The King" Lawler has been released from a Montreal medical facility and will be heading home in the next several days. We continue to wish Jerry all the best, and we look forward to him returning to WWE in the future.
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Post by hobblekitty on Sept 17, 2012 17:55:44 GMT -6
Verbaltoxin/Lingualvenom: Regarding why Cole sounds so different: he's from Syracuse, NY, so that's his "real" accent. He started as a news reporter, and reporters will hide their accents and learn the Midwestern American accent, which is the standard for TV reporting. So away from his job, he'll speak with his natural voice.
As for the Tout, Jerry looks pretty damn good for just having heart surgery two days ago!
Syracuse has their own accent?
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Post by verbaltoxin on Sept 17, 2012 18:00:41 GMT -6
hobblekitty: Verbaltoxin/Lingualvenom: Regarding why Cole sounds so different: he's from Syracuse, NY, so that's his "real" accent. He started as a news reporter, and reporters will hide their accents and learn the Midwestern American accent, which is the standard for TV reporting. So away from his job, he'll speak with his natural voice.
As for the Tout, Jerry looks pretty damn good for just having heart surgery two days ago!
Syracuse has their own accent?
Yes, they do, as do most New Yorkers, whether from the city or from upstate. You don't notice because it's normal. Whenever I leave the Midwest though, I notice differences, especially in the South, the Northern Midwest and the Northeast.
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Post by hobblekitty on Sept 17, 2012 18:06:54 GMT -6
Verbaltoxin/Lingualvenom: hobblekitty: Verbaltoxin/Lingualvenom: Regarding why Cole sounds so different: he's from Syracuse, NY, so that's his "real" accent. He started as a news reporter, and reporters will hide their accents and learn the Midwestern American accent, which is the standard for TV reporting. So away from his job, he'll speak with his natural voice.
As for the Tout, Jerry looks pretty damn good for just having heart surgery two days ago!
Syracuse has their own accent?
Yes, they do, as do most New Yorkers, whether from the city or from upstate. You don't notice because it's normal. Whenever I leave the Midwest though, I notice differences, especially in the South, the Northern Midwest and the Northeast.
Pi says I have a NY accent but I never noticed it, and I always assumed if it was there it was from growing up with my Grandmother, who herself grew up downstate. But I never thought my voice really sounded that different from the folks on TV. Funny how perception works, especially when it relates to the self. Pi has a WI accent. It's the cutest thing dontcha know, LOL.
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Post by Ed Becker on Sept 18, 2012 4:07:23 GMT -6
You never hear your own accent. When I was running the roads working demolition derbies all over the place, mainly Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota and Kansas, some of the well traveled drivers would say to me about 30 seconds into a conversation, "You're from Wes-sconsin, aren't ya." So even speaking for a living for at that time 10-15 years, you still have that.
And even different parts of WI have different accents. Milwaukee is different from Green Bay or Eau Claire. You have your "yah hey dere" parts of the state. Milwaukee has it's own quirks, such as going to the store to get a gallon of melk, highway 100 is highway a hunnert and my favorite while not necessarily an accent issue but a grammar issue is "can you borrow me 20 bucks?" I guess that's the WI version of dropping articles, i.e.: "The dogs need fed" as opposed to "the dogs need to be fed."
I kinda find this crap fascinating.
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Post by hobblekitty on Sept 18, 2012 10:52:58 GMT -6
Ed Becker: You never hear your own accent. When I was running the roads working demolition derbies all over the place, mainly Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota and Kansas, some of the well traveled drivers would say to me about 30 seconds into a conversation, "You're from Wes-sconsin, aren't ya." So even speaking for a living for at that time 10-15 years, you still have that.
And even different parts of WI have different accents. Milwaukee is different from Green Bay or Eau Claire. You have your "yah hey dere" parts of the state. Milwaukee has it's own quirks, such as going to the store to get a gallon of melk, highway 100 is highway a hunnert and my favorite while not necessarily an accent issue but a grammar issue is "can you borrow me 20 bucks?" I guess that's the WI version of dropping articles, i.e.: "The dogs need fed" as opposed to "the dogs need to be fed."
I kinda find this crap fascinating.
OMG I am laughing so hard right now because I correct Pi constantly about the "borrow me" thing. It's lend, LEND goddammit. You LEND things TO people, you BORROW things FROM people. LMFAO. Poor Pi.
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Post by LucklessWonder on Sept 18, 2012 11:25:57 GMT -6
Remember: To people in England, All Americans have the accent. And they don't. Damn Right. Applies to people from England to. Y'all have the accents, not me. The American accent that James Carville has (Cajun?) is the dumbest sounding accent in ze world. |
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Post by verbaltoxin on Sept 18, 2012 16:00:06 GMT -6
Missourian here. First, I've never heard anyone use "Missourah" who's actually from Missouri. I don't know the origin of that. But I have heard people use "marnin'" for "morning," "warsh" for "wash," and "farty" for "forty" many times. We call rednecks "hoosiers." My grandfather says, "restrunt" for "restaurant," and my great grandfather always pronounced my name as "Purry," not "Perri." They also tend to drop the "h" on "him" and "her," so it's "im" and "er."
Nobody ever ends a "ing" word with the "g." It's always, always, "goin," "doin," "marnin," "ev'nin," "startin" and so on. They also like to place "them" in place of these and those, i.e., "Them boxes over there need to be moved to the shelf."
"Hold your horses!" is a common phrase, and so is "See ya later," instead of "Goodbye."
The last one is the very typical, Midwestern tendency to end sentences with prepositions. "Where's it at?" "What's it for?" and so on.
They do some, but not all of this in Nebraska. The biggest colloquialism I've noticed is a tendency to say "sack" instead of "bag" most of the time. "Do you want a sack?" is asked pretty much every time you check out some where. Other things are pronouncing "root" as "rut," and "creek" as "crick." It's more like Western, prairie talk in the rural parts, especially with older folks and farm families.
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Post by hobblekitty on Sept 18, 2012 17:10:33 GMT -6
Smiths: Maryland has dundalk .
Go to urban dictionary and look that up.
Classy. Kind of sounds like Ravena, the town I was living in when I went to high school. We didn't have a sewage plant though. We had a cement factory that shook the entire town with their blasting (literally). Lots of white trash. Almost no racial diversity. Dueling banjos. Ravena Ravena, NY is a small village in Albany county. No one has heard of Ravena so usually they just say they are from Albany to save time. The High School / Middle School share the same grounds and was once a drive-in. The Elementary school is built on an Indian burial ground, hence the district's mascot. The biggest school sport (besides pot, alcohol, and sex) is football, swimming and track. Mosher Park is the town's biggest park, with a playground to pee in, fields for peeing on and a pool for peeing into. Don't even drive though Oakbrook Apartments, you'll get an STD and/or a duck will shit on you. The village tries to have a Friendship festival every August with rides, games and fireworks, keyword is tries. The cops are teenagers and the townies know at least four people in the volunteer fire department.
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