When Southerners aren't Understood.

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[Boiler Plate]

Ebaum,

"My sister-in law is from Oklahoma and has a slight accent. She has cats and when she lived in the south she would take them to the groomers and have what is called a Line Cut. To her a line cut is when all of the fur hanging down below the cat's tummy is taken off (because it gets matted or snarled). When she moved to Chicago with my brother, one of the cats fur got all tangled up during the move so she took it in for a line cut. She was quite surprised when she heard the price as it was twice as much as it was down south. She confirmed with the groomer that he understood what a line cut was and he said "yes, I know what a LION cut is." It seems her accent came out sounding like LION not LINE and this is how her cat was returned to her. She cried for a week...but not as much as the cat.

[NYTexan]

Now that's 'just not right' *L*

[MissAmericanPie]

This is so wrong. From the look of "vengeance is mine" in that cat's eye's I don't think I would sleep soundly.

[Arizona Carolyn]

I don't know about that. We had a cocker that if she was shaved down she'd go pout. That dog loved the water and after a week on vacation with her swiming all day she'd smell like mildew. One time on the way home my husband and I made a comment that she smelled and the dog turned around in the seat, hid her face and wouldn't look at us the rest of the way home. After that we'd bathe her and rinse with vinegar at the end of vacation so she didn't smell. Sandy was very sensitive about those things.

Last Spring we shaved one of our girls down to get rid of her fine puppy fur. Daisy is a real prima-donna and I really thought she's be upset -- no such luck -- she loved it... that dog is a nudest at heart. She hates to wear a collar, harness, anything that restrains her freedom. Our newest puppy, on the other hand, LOVES to be combed and will bring you her brush so you can brush her fur.... and fall asleep while you do it.

[Robert Teesdale]

(rolling around on floor here) AAAAAAAhhhhhh.... how bloody hysterical (cough) that poor feline.

Atrocious. I expect charges to be filed, stat.

[JanetteS]

along with that uppity kitty cat attitude

Why is it that if you did this to a dog they still want to slobber all over you like nothing happened, but do it to a cat!

Actually the uppity kitty attitude is only phased for a few minutes, then she thinks she looks FABULOUS and preens around so we can all pet her. EWW! EWW! EWW! It feels worse than it looks, especially on a 15 year old really fat cat.

[ItCanHappenToYou]

What?


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[Boiler Plate]

That's funny my second Cocker was called Sandy too. Dogs have much greater need to be loved than cats. My first Cocker got skunked and none of us wanted to go near her and she was desperate to have us accept her no matter what she smelled like. We went through a lot of tomato juice and peanit butter trying to get that stink out.

[visualops]

Unfortunately I really can't be sure. The name sounds vaguely familiar. The Washington Ballet of today is not the same as before. When I was in school there, Washington Ballet was our school company. We performed alot, but the National Ballet (Washington, DC official company) was still around and we were all just students really. After the National Ballet folded, Washington Ballet gained in stature and the school eventually dropped the academics (as far as I know), and became a "professional" company.

[NYTexan]

Yur haven too much fun at arr 'xpence

[Boiler Plate]

What till PETA founds out!

[Arizona Carolyn]

Thank goodness we've avoided the skunk-thing. Our dogs love to chase rabbits and bring newborn baby quail in the house when were not looking. They're a challenge.... and yes they do love to be loved. Right now we're just getting past the newpuppy jeolousy issues.

[NYTexan]

got pics?

[Boiler Plate]

Fortunately she was the only one out of four to get skunked. We live in the burbs so skunks are not much of a problem. Cockers are real sniffers though. I think smelling is just like eating chocolate to them. It's almost intoxicating, they start smelling something and you have to beat them over the head to move on.

[jettester]

When I first arrived in Austin, TX to attend U.T., a group of friends took me out for a real "Texas" meal. We went to a greasy spoon sort of place well known for its' chicken fried steak dinners.

The first thing I learned about southern-speak was when I ordered a drink. I asked (foolishly) what they had and the waitress (who looked like Flo from the "Alice" series) said "Tea and cokes." Not wanting anything hot (the tea, or so I thought) I asked what kind of coke did they have. She said "7-Up, Orange Crush, Dr. Pepper and Pepsi" I kid you not.

Next, I ordered my meal which was the medium sized chicken fried steak (darn near filled the plate by itself). She asked me if I wanted a "super salad" with that and I said "what?" She asked again if I wanted a "super salad" and I asked back "how big is it?"

By this time, all of my redneck friends were busting up at their new Yankee roommate's ignorance of the local dialect. I was duly informed that the waitress was asking me if I wanted soup or salad. After this careful translation, I sheepishly said salad and she spun on her heals with a look that wondered if I had any brains at all. Needless to say, that was the best chicken fried steak I ever had, along with some "humble pie."

[MeekMom]

This cracks me up.
I can't understand Southern people at all.

[ItCanHappenToYou]

Weuns all haven fun at ar espencse.

[Senator Pardek]

Y'all should be fixin' to read this.

Did I do that right?

[Boiler Plate]

Wait till you get "Chicken Fried Steak Chicken". Yeah that's right. A chicken fillet that is cooked like a steak that is cooked like fried chicken. Got it? All soda in the Citified south is coke, while in the rural south all coke is Pepsi. If you want water, you have to ask for it else you are getting sweetened ice tea, which in the south is what water looks like.

[ItCanHappenToYou]

Yas, ya did't raght Please pass the @**, mah coke's fixin ta git warm raght quick.

[Boiler Plate]

Oh and WHATEVER you do don't EVER get Red Eye Gravy, unless you want to bloat up like a drowned horse and die.