home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   soc.genealogy.britain      Genealogy in Great Britain and the islan      130,039 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 128,977 of 130,039   
   Athel Cornish-Bowden to All   
   Re: voices   
   11 Apr 19 18:39:06   
   
   From: acornish@imm.cnrs.fr   
      
   On 2019-04-11 15:23:58 +0000, david1940 said:   
      
   > I have often regretted that I have no recording of my parents' voices.   
   > We are busy collecting facts about our ancestors but have no idea of   
   > how they spoke.   
   > In this day and age it would be easy to get them to say a few words,   
   > read a poem or passage from a newspaper or get them to give their   
   > opinion on current events (Brexit anyone?)   
   >   
   > How many of this group have done this?   
      
   A good idea, but no, I haven't. Only my own generation left now.   
      
      
   --   
   athel   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca