Where ya at...!!! twas january r february nineteen n eightyfour down dere n LA nere N.O n dis here 1/2 breed was climbin da stairway ta da wheelhouse of da push boat da GIBBY III ta report ta da captain fer da first time in me new carreer as a deckhand on da might mississippi - twas right neer da top step when i heard da words 'where ya at' stoelzle (he did not pronounce me last name correct - lol - me really don't know meself - well - i sorta do but i gotta concentrate pretty hard ta do it - know it's definition tho) - dese words caught me by surprise - i first looked ta see where dey come from n saw a young man settin behind da wheel in his captains chair n saw two brown eyes on a stern face dat had a bit of a beard - he was a stocky sort n looked ta carry his weight well - his words had strength n i was quite sure he had no problem backin em up - i quickly glanced around n said ---> 'right here' ---> a smile broke across his face n he said ' down here in N.O. we don't say hi - hello - how do you do r how are you ---> we say 'where ya at'...!!! (dis is in song as da folk down dere are da creaters of much 'american' music = our heriage = jazz/blues/rock n so much mo = mixture of sounds - smells - sights - tastes - touches = people :-) ---> we now hv ore one million words in what i've come ta call da 'american capitalistic christian english language' ---> i hv studied our language ere since me knew how ta read on me own ---> lol ---> had no idea what i twas doin fer da majority of me life n n da winter of twothousand n ten was 'gvn understandin' = 'gv me understandin n i shall lv' ---> remember much abt me life ---> hv sorta a video what goes off ifin prompted by circumstances at hand ---> cn see meself right now scootin around on da hardwood floors lookin fer some trouble ta get into n saw a book (was raised w/da kjv of what we call da bible) n on da front it read 'The Word' n right next ta it was another book of equal size n said 'Websters Dictionary' ---> hummmmmmmmmm ---> me word study began n progressed into etymology concernin da words of The Word ---> 'where ya at...!!!' i b words13 n love conversation as communication = education n communication + education = a key ta peace ---> much peace with every breath you are given