English text
[In the 60's] there was madness in any direction, at any hour ... You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was `right', that we were winning ... And that, I think, was the handle -- the sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn't need that. Our energy would simply `prevail'. There was no point in fighting -- on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave ... So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost _s_e_e the high-water mark -- the place where the wave finally broke and rolled back. -- Hunter S. Thompson, "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"
English variant — jive
[In de 60's] dere wuz madness in any direcshun, at any hour ... You's could strike sparks anywhere. What it is, Mama! Dere wuz some fantastic universal sense dat whuteva' we wuz doin' wuz `right', dat we wuz winnin' ... And dat, ah' dink, wuz de handle -- de sense uh inevitable victo'y ova' de fo'ces uh Old and Evil. Not in any mean o' military sense; we dun didn't need dat. Our energy would simply `prevail'. Dere wuz no point in fightin' -- on our side o' deirs. We had all de momentum; we wuz ridin' de crest uh a high and beautiful wave ... So now, less dan five years later, ya' kin go down on some steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and wid de right kind'a eyes ya' kin almost _s_e_e da damn high-booze Amos -- de place where da damn wave finally broke and rolled back. -- Hunta' S. Dompson, "Fear and Loadin' in Las Vegas"
English variant — valspeak
[In thuh 60's] there was madness in any direction, like, wow, at any hour ... You could strike sparks anywhere. Like, there was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doin' was `right', like, wow, that we were winnin' ... And that, like, I think, fer shure, was thuh handle -- thuh sense of inevitable victory over thuh forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn't need that. Our energy would simply `prevail'. Like, there was like, ya know, no point in fightin' -- on our side or theirs. Us guys had all thuh momentum; we were ridin' thuh crest of a high and beautiful wave ... So now, mostly, less than five years later, man, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, man, and with thuh right kind of eyes you can almost _s_e_e thuh high-water mark -- thuh place where thuh wave finally broke and rolled back. -- Hunter S. Thompson, like, "Fear and Loathin' in Las Vegas"