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Hello everybody, I am new...
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:02 am
by freewheelin
... 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
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:14 am
by cheyenne
Welcome Victor. '73 was a great year for RIC. Looking forward to some pics.
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:15 am
by rictified
Welcome victor, you'll probably like this place.
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:47 am
by rickfan60
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.
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:55 am
by jps
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:
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 6:40 am
by thx1955
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 !!!
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 6:44 am
by incubus2432
Are you the same Victor French from "Family Affair" (or whatever late'60's/early '70's show that was).....
Welcome aboard !
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 6:49 am
by rickfan60
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.
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 7:00 am
by thx1955
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 ..... !!!
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 7:22 am
by marty
Welcome Victor
Look forward to the pics..
Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 7:46 am
by rickfan60
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:09 am
by freewheelin
Well, I feel much better now !
Thanx everybody !
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 5:58 am
by paul_yan
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.
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 9:25 am
by teeder
Welcome Victor!