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  1. 10-24-2015, 10:35 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Utopian View Post
    I don't recall any particular problem with that show, considering that it was supposed to be taking place in Georgia.
    It was the first show that purposely used improper English. AFAIK, shows used proper English before this series.

    Hazard is in eastern Kentucky.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rolodave View Post
    It was the first show that purposely used improper English. AFAIK, shows used proper English before this series.

    Hazard is in eastern Kentucky.
    The Hazzard County for the show was in Georgia. I assume that some of the improper English was the writer's attempts at the southern dialect. I don't recall Bo or Luke or Uncle Jesse speaking poorly. Cooter, and Enis, and Roscoe, and Boss Hogg were caricatures and spoke as such.

    Welcome Back Kotter's Sweathogs didn't speak good.

    Neither did Lennie or Squiggy.

    Neither did Festus.

    Neither did Ralph Kramden or Ed Norton.
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