jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Aug 1, 2014 5:45:49 GMT -5
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Post by radio on Aug 1, 2014 6:57:51 GMT -5
You have not seen wrath unleashed until you pizz off a Southern gal
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Aug 1, 2014 7:09:25 GMT -5
You have not seen wrath unleashed until you pizz off a Southern gal Emnar itches can kik somass
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 1, 2014 8:57:22 GMT -5
Hard to unnerstand, reckon some subtitles woulda been hepful?
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Post by jamesp on Aug 1, 2014 10:45:31 GMT -5
Subtitles needed for decipherin' ...and a lot of experience helps too.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 1, 2014 11:05:13 GMT -5
Sorta like learnin' a new language, understanding comes naturally when you are submerged in it.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 1, 2014 12:32:39 GMT -5
Sorta like learnin' a new language, understanding comes naturally when you are submerged in it. It took a while Jean, drowning, I mean submerged in brilliant logic was never a strong suit.
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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 1, 2014 15:03:03 GMT -5
I never felt so Southern till I went to Maine to a family reunion and no one could understand me. They kept sayin'- say something- so they could marvel at the foreign-ness of whatever I said. (They said "wicked" about it a few times too, which I thought was rude, but it's just their way of sayin "cool".) Needless to say, I experienced a mighty culture shock. And then there was the time I went to NYC during the hey day of Dukes of Hazards. Everyone kept buying me drinks. Lord I got trashed. People were so tickled by the way I talked. What's funny is I don't even have an accent- not that I know of anyway. Dh says we have a "midwestern none" accent. I'm not so sure about that.
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Post by Pat on Aug 1, 2014 15:20:00 GMT -5
Subtitles needed!
Daughter and I were driving from South Carolina to home. Stopping at restaurants along the way was interesting. Couldn't understand the waitresses.
Learned about sweet tea. Yum! Waitress even told us how to make it.
At many places, grits were all over the menu. Asked waitress what's grits. She didn't know; she was from Michigan!
Folks at booth next to ours told us. Waitress gave us some just to check them out. Nice! Communication was very difficult everywhere.
Good to be back in our own accent land.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 1, 2014 15:39:26 GMT -5
Actually, I unnerstand it better than I let on. I mean, I was submerged (sink or swim!) many moons ago as an impressionable and impulsive teenager. Heck, I even spoke like that myself for a year, lol. Dropped that little accent like a hot potato when I returned home, to the land of the high cost of living and water shortages. Would probably pick it up again, were I to be re-immersed. As if!
Yeah, emnar itches back there could make the skin peel off your hide the way they trash talked... But they'd always soften the cut by interjecting, "bless her heart." Ha, they didn't fool me none. They waz mean!
In Cali, they'd be a tough match for the Valley Girls, and the California English dialect, "Valleyspeak." You know, like, gag me with a spoon? Growing up in LA, I'm sure Scott can relate. In high school, my gal pals and I would sometimes cut up at lunch, do our best Valley Girl impressions, totally.
Hey, they could do a new TV show, Southern Women Vs the Valley girls. Razor tongues and catfights, lol. Whatever....
EDIT - They could call it "Left Vs South. Hell, yeah, I'd watch it! (Y'all can keep your Honey Boo Boo.)
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Aug 1, 2014 16:22:07 GMT -5
I plead the 5th
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 1, 2014 17:42:44 GMT -5
You're smarter than you look
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Post by thehp on Aug 1, 2014 18:30:53 GMT -5
1) They sound ' bout right to me 2) The red head needs my phone number 3) someone pooted
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Post by jamesp on Aug 1, 2014 19:26:26 GMT -5
You're smarter than you look Would not stand a chance.
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 1, 2014 20:00:55 GMT -5
I was born and raised in Commiefornia but my mom was a Texan and, of course, lots of my farmer/rancher clients spoke country. I figured our Texas move might require some linguistic adjustment and it kind of did for the wife who is a Floridian, but for me, heck it was like coming home *L*. Main thing to adjust to I find, is not the accent but the chatter speed. Us west coast natives talk much faster than Texans who have got to be some of the world's slowest talkers. I God, it can take a Texan and hour to say howdy and making yore way through a small town supermarket full of friends can take all day.....Mel
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Post by jamesp on Aug 1, 2014 20:10:53 GMT -5
How about 6 syllables for the name Melvin. New Yorkers faint. Deadly weapon.
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Post by thehp on Aug 1, 2014 20:23:25 GMT -5
Given the nature of what i do, and the economy in my industry in other parts of the country compared to here in NC, I encounter a LOT of "displaced" northerners and mid-westerners.
Now, When you are known as The Hillbilly Philosopher, folks will seek you out. We have fun with each other and pick and play, but never had any problem understanding folks.
Until I met a lady from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. She kept asking me to help her with some "begs" - I thought she wanted aid with one of our fundraising efforts, but she made no sense.
Took an hour of the most ridiculous "Who's on first?" conversation to realize she wanted me to help her locate some "bags". ( Bags does not rhyme with eggs people..... )
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 1, 2014 20:44:26 GMT -5
When was in the army, the Boston boy's accents gave me fits ( whatever happened to the letter "O" guys? Baasten? ? And for some strange reason, they referred to their gals as "trees". They never would explain that one to me *L*.....Mel
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2014 21:13:11 GMT -5
I never felt so Southern till I went to Maine to a family reunion and no one could understand me. They kept sayin'- say something- so they could marvel at the foreign-ness of whatever I said. (They said "wicked" about it a few times too, which I thought was rude, but it's just their way of sayin "cool".) Needless to say, I experienced a mighty culture shock. And then there was the time I went to NYC during the hey day of Dukes of Hazards. Everyone kept buying me drinks. Lord I got trashed. People were so tickled by the way I talked. What's funny is I don't even have an accent- not that I know of anyway. Dh says we have a "midwestern none" accent. I'm not so sure about that. [spoken slowly with deliberation, every syllable carefully spoken] Hun-ny, I got to call y'all on the te-le-phone. I sho' would love to hear y'all ak-sent. Sho' 'nuf. [/deliberate speakin']
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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 2, 2014 11:25:45 GMT -5
I never felt so Southern till I went to Maine to a family reunion and no one could understand me. They kept sayin'- say something- so they could marvel at the foreign-ness of whatever I said. (They said "wicked" about it a few times too, which I thought was rude, but it's just their way of sayin "cool".) Needless to say, I experienced a mighty culture shock. And then there was the time I went to NYC during the hey day of Dukes of Hazards. Everyone kept buying me drinks. Lord I got trashed. People were so tickled by the way I talked. What's funny is I don't even have an accent- not that I know of anyway. Dh says we have a "midwestern none" accent. I'm not so sure about that. [spoken slowly with deliberation, every syllable carefully spoken] Hun-ny, I got to call y'all on the te-le-phone. I sho' would love to hear y'all ak-sent. Sho' 'nuf. [/deliberate speakin'] Well, if I can ever get dh to take time off from work, maybe we can head out West for a spell (spa-ell) I have an Aunt in San Diego, whom I haven't seen in years. She doesn't like me much. LOL! I have a cousin in Maine who will not let her grandkids speak "normally" in her house. The must use the old accent. We are all very proud of our Colonial Scotts/Irish and Irish ancestry. The old accent is all but gone now. I remember my grandparents speaking when I was a kid. I was enthralled by the accent. Mom kept a lot of her accent. She said things like dug for dog. As seafarers, they had a lot of superstitions, too. I have kept up some of those just for the sake of tradition. Sorry - didn't mean to hijack- guess I was getting a bit nostalgic.
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