Posted on 08/24/2019 12:06:15 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Heard ALL of that. And yeah, it’s mostly just pronunciation. Or some made-up cutsie word for something.
Warsh is rampant through MD but not consistent.
“Red up” is grammar issue partly. I bet it stems from “ready”. The up is superfluous.
My MIL says “Keller” all the time and drives me crazy! But again, just “accent”.
“Needs cut” is unique to me. Never heard such a weird grammar situation, and yes the much-maligned blacks with Ebonics don’t do it!
The other thing is let vs leave. What would you think when someone asks if you left the dog out, and the dog is right there IN the family room? I didn’t know howto answer except hey, the dog here! Yeah, that’s massive confusion, my first realization that something was really off!
Ever heard of being “snoopy”? Or is that just my MIL as I haven’t heard anyone else say that yet.
I’ve driven that stretch. Trucks with governors bumper to bumper going just over 60MPH. Car speed limit is 70MPH so cars try to go 80MPH. The speed differential makes it very dicey.
BTW I thought “dippy” means just sunny-side up eggs, so they can dip into the yolk? OTOH maybe people do dip into over-easy eggs? I don’t eat any of those kinds, but my dad does that with sunny side. My DH and MIL don’t eat eggs either, so have no assurance of what it means.
But the cream is all onest.
Heard snoopy.. but more often its “nebby” around here..
Nope, dippy is over easy around these parts....
Of course no one knows how to actually cook an over easy egg to save their life.
They are under the impression that over easy means the white is still runny as well,... which is disgusting.. but not remotely the most disgusting food they eat around here...
Any “over” egg regardless of easy, medium of hard, the white should be fully cooked, the adjective describes the yolk.. but not around here, they will serve you an egg that has barely touched the pan on both sides, and is basically raw if you order over easy or “dippy”
The thing is, not only have I never heard that outside the name of a comic dog, but even allowing for it being based on some other word, I still got it wrong.
I assumed maybe “snoopy” meant NOSY, you know, snooping around into other business.
But no,it means what we call “picky”. Finicky. Sigh.
Still, language is fluid.
What is considered ‘proper’ today will not be a hundred years from now.
Can two ebonics speakers understand each other?
Can pidgin English patois be understood?
Maybe the legisl00ture could mandate that I-70 have 3.141592654 lanes in each direction. That way, cyclists, mopedders and hoverboarders could use the fractional lane and part of the shoulder for safe riding.
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