Hello everybody, I am new...

freewheelin · Post by **freewheelin** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:02 am

... and I am French, so excuse me if my english is not always good !
Anyway, I am a Ric lover and the owner of a 73 4001, mapleglo, checkered binding, toaster pickup, grover tuners... I send a photo as soon as I can !
PS : This forum is just GREAT

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:14 am

Welcome Victor. '73 was a great year for RIC. Looking forward to some pics.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:15 am

Welcome victor, you'll probably like this place.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:47 am

I am american, excuse me if MY english is not so good!

I can promise you that my french is even worse. Welcome to the forum Victor. Yes, this is a great place for Rick players to hang out.

jps · Post by **jps** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:55 am

Hi Victor, welcome to this great big family of all things Rickenbacker. I too, have a '73 4001 in Fireglo that you may have seen if you've been lurking here:

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 6:40 am

Hi Victor, welcome to the Forum, I'm sure you'll enjoy it here !!!

Ted,you're excused !!! Remember ya'll speak with a funny accent over here !!!

incubus2432 · Post by **incubus2432** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 6:44 am

Are you the same Victor French from "Family Affair" (or whatever late'60's/early '70's show that was).....

Welcome aboard !

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 6:49 am

Jim: I am from the middle of the country and well north of the Mason - Dixon line so I probably have more of the nasily midwestern sound than a southern drawl.

thx1955 · Post by **thx1955** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 7:00 am

Only teasing Ted, I'm always surprised when I hear people say that all Americans have the same accent. You're right a Chicago accent is way different from a Southern Drawl, or a Minnesotan hurty flurty ..... !!!

marty · Post by **marty** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 7:22 am

Welcome Victor

Look forward to the pics..

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 7:46 am

No problem Jim. I imagine that we do sound a bit strange to other english speakers. A lot of american dialects are the product of one immigrant group teaching another to speak english. The Polish side of my family learned english from the Irish, German, and Italian immigrants who settled in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood before them. We still carry the vocal inflections of all of those ethnic groups. American english is a bit of a language stew. I have never figured out the source of the southern drawls though. Most of the settlers in the southern states were British but drawls are quite removed from any British dialect I have ever heard.

freewheelin · Post by **freewheelin** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:09 am

Well, I feel much better now !
Thanx everybody !

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 5:58 am

Bienvenue au forum, Victor.
Pas de problème quel langue on parle. Il est l'amour pour Rickenbacker qui nous rentre ici.

Please do post some pics of your '73 baby.

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 9:25 am

Welcome Victor!