When Southerners aren't Understood.

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[AirForceMom]

Thats how my dog was, she was so embarassed she slunk into the house like a snake.

[blam]

[WVNan]

A thing of beauty even the second time around. This story and picture made the rounds a year or so ago. It was funny then too.

[Boiler Plate]

As a southerner who once pronounced all one syllable words as two syllables

My first and last name only have one syllable each. When I lived in Vidalia GA, it never ceased to amaze me as to how difficult it was for my friends to pronounce my name.

[Boiler Plate]

Aslan!

[AUsome Joy]

Are you Pat Dye?

[Boiler Plate]

I figured you must do something useful with the hair!

[Jemian]

Ping

[Boiler Plate]

Beats the heck out of Crevo threads. My daughter found this and we cracked up, then went looking for the cat. I'm thinking mohawk.

[Boiler Plate]

Are you Pat Dye?

Only if you are young, blonde and gorgeous =)

[visualops]

LOL I went through that too, moved to NYC and was told I had a southern accent (?!) and then moved to SC and got called a Yankee! Ya can't win for losing!
BTW, I grew up in Bethesda.

[Boiler Plate]

BTW, I grew up in Bethesda.

Really did you got to Whitman HS.

[Ruth A.]

Funny, funny, funny. It is s joke. Sheesh, if you haven't been transplanted to the south, then you don't know how much truth there is in this. Why does everything have to be made into a red-blue liberal-convervative commentary.

Knew a gal from WV (who was the RA) while we were in college. "Flowers" sounded like "flairs." Her birthday came around and our floor was going to get her a gift. We told the gal in charge that the RA liked "pretty flairs." We were dumbfounded when the gal in charge presented the RA with a mugful of Flair pens.

I went to Florida and for the life of me could not understand a three-year-old telling me her name was "Irene Rose Haynes." I asked her to repeat three times and knelt by her, too.

[visualops]

Class of '76!

[CindyDawg]

A french cat?

[Boiler Plate]

I worked at a Nuke plant in GA. When I was in places were there was a lot of ambient noise I thought people were speaking martian or something. On the flip side, I have relatives in Britain. Last time I visited I had no problem when the spoke directly at me, but when we were in crowds are in group at dinner I had no idea what was being said. The worst part is that the conversation would suddenly stop and everyone was looking at me expecting me to answer a question.

[AUsome Joy]

Only if you are young, blonde and gorgeous =)

I guess you aren't Pat Dye. :-(
I just hit 0 for 3. :-)

[Boiler Plate]

I graduated from WCHS in '78. I got married down the street from Whitamn at 4th Pres.

[Bassfire]

[tuffydoodle]

LOL

Somebody had waaay too much time on their hands.