tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1761596656009288835.post4807795120651991601..comments2023-11-26T07:56:25.469-04:00Comments on eddsaid----ready or not, here i am!!!: On the Road AgainEdd Statonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10087303161307567127noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1761596656009288835.post-68644804932119740672012-10-27T23:22:00.212-03:002012-10-27T23:22:00.212-03:00Lighten up. I'm not talking about you, and I&#...Lighten up. I'm not talking about you, and I'm not talking about "everybody." In fact I'm not even doing the talking. This "monkey" thing is simply reporting what local highlanders say about people who live on the coast. If this bothers you take it up with them, not me. Edd Statonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10087303161307567127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1761596656009288835.post-17419604645808085302012-10-27T18:46:27.953-03:002012-10-27T18:46:27.953-03:00Coast people look different. Of course because it’...Coast people look different. Of course because it’s hotter they often dress in T shirts, shorts, and flip flops, but it’s easy to see these folks have descended from different bloodlines than those in the highlands. They are on the whole fatter and to me generally not as attractive.<br /><br />Highlanders call coast people “monos,” or monkeys. This is because speech is much faster here, like chattering to the ears of mountain inhabitants. Also they consider people who live on the coast to be lazy and “clever” (translation: not to be trusted).<br /><br />Well, we actually live at the coast but are from Oregon. I think you are generalizing A LOT. We don't find the folks here to be as you describe and we live with them. We've visited Cuenca, and although nice and completely different, it's not that much different. I realize it's your blog and your opinions; just wish you wouldn't group everyone into one lump sum. Calling people monkeys is to say the least, disrespectable to a people as a whole, and specifically just not very kind.Divinely Designedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359138490597456283noreply@blogger.com