Posted on 07/26/2004 7:40:49 AM PDT by HalfFull
Sorry, ma'am. We ain't got none 'em hawg pens where I growed up, I didn't never even think t'mention it.
Now if'n y'all 'scuse me, I reckon I'm gonna head on home, have me a cold Co-Cola, and thow me some steaks onna grill.
(I have NO idea how many different Southern dialects I just ran through in three sentences, LOL)
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As an amateur linguist, I would luv to spend time with these righteous dudes!!!
When my wife met my mother for the first time, she was fascinated by my mom's accent--she actually jokingly told me, "Why does your mother sound like she's from Scotland?"
It turns out that in the particular area of Virginia where I grew up--the Blue Ridge foothills, Lynchburg over to Roanoke--you often hear an accent where the word "house" isn't pronounced "howse," it comes out as a cross between "hoose" and "hearse" minus the R. I grew up with it (and I don't have it, interestingly enough), I never even paid it a thought. But my Atlanta-bred wife caught it instantly.
I love the South Carolina Lowcountry accent...well, except when I hear Fritz Hollings. :) And I'm fascinated by different Southern dialects.
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She don't like the Jerr-zey accent? Maybe I should call her on the phone and speak with her about it for a few hours. Ya think?
No wonder you love the low country accent. They all talk like you describe! I was once instructed to go to the hoose for loonch. (They were having BBQ for lunch...LOL)
I live about 25 miles from Orangeburg and surprisingly from Orangeburg to the coast I can't understand half of what they're saying. Never dawned on me to get my own newspaper column to ridicule them, however! /sarcasm :-)
Dixie accent bump!
Dixie accent bump!
LOL!
One of them was me..
For disgruntled transplanted yankees, in the words of the late Lewis Grizzard, 'Delta is ready when you are.'
So is I-95 North!
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