southern accents a good thing or bad thing

i am southern i am just curious... every state have unique accents.. what do yall think.. is it attractive for a ym to have one.. i love a ow with a beautiful accent... it just sends chills down my spine.... eww ok i am ok
but what do yall think

I've been told I have a thick southern accent, but I've also been told I have a, "TexMex" accent as well (due to my Mexican heritage). I don't know that my accent is sexy or not. Maybe I need to record myself and make my own conclusions! :D

Originally posted by Joe
I've been told I have a thick southern accent, but I've also been told I have a, "TexMex" accent as well (due to my Mexican heritage). I don't know that my accent is sexy or not. Maybe I need to record myself and make my own conclusions! :D


MMMMM . . . Sugar, you have a sexy voice, with or without all your accents! :p

A southern accent can be very sexy as long as it's not so totally hillbilly that one can't understand what's being said. . .

I never thought I had an accent and Joe doesn't think I have an accent either. But when I lived in Indiana, every time I opened my mouth, someone would say "You're not from here, huh? Are you from Atlanta?" Don't know how they sound in Atlanta, never lived there. :D

I went to college in TN, accents there can vary from "proper" to "redneck". lol

Way back when I lived in KS I was informed that Texas, OK, and KS accents aren't considered southern, they're considered Western accents. Interesting given nobody on the Pacific coast talks like that. :D So, um, I guess that would mean ya'll have a Texas accent Peach and I would suppose rightfully so given that everything is bigger in Texas and thus ya'll deserve your own accent. :D ;)

An Atlanta accent is, um, ever seen Designing Women? The whole Julia Sugarbaker (Dixie Carter's character) accent is quite close to those I dealt with from Atlanta.

Hey, ya'll could be from Maine like me where nobody uses their 'r's!!!

I used to hate southern accents; now I think they're cute!

It all depends.

Sexy with the ladies, yes. For sure! I bet listening
to Southerngal's accent would make me melt.

With guys, I don't know. I heard a Southern guy
complain how every time other folks heard you use
that accent, they want to talk to you real S-L-O-W.

lol

I think the Black Southern lingo is interesting and
hilarious at times.

Once I was watching a documentary on blues/folk
music and the elderly black musician being interviewed
somewhere in Mississippi, talked about how he learned
different instruments as a youngster. He said that
so-and-so "...larned me the harmonica"

:D That was neat to hear.

I looove those country-isms. My pa (from East Texas)
would sometimes say "Sheeee-it" instead of "Sh*t"

Anybody else have folks that talk like that?

Other examples of Dixie to Yankee translations:

Sho' Nuff = Sure Enough

Fixin' to = Going To

:) :D I better stop now.

Originally posted by peachy51
I never thought I had an accent and Joe doesn't think I have an accent either. But when I lived in Indiana, every time I opened my mouth, someone would say "You're not from here, huh? Are you from Atlanta?" Don't know how they sound in Atlanta, never lived there. :D

Baby, you have a voice that is demanding and oooooohhhhh so delicious!

Having been born and raised in Ky., I've been told all my life that I have a southern accent. However, anyone from Ky. knows that Ky. is not a southern state. It's a border state. It's neither southern nor northern. But, we have a very distinctive accent. I can always spot someone from Ky. We always add an extra syllable to one syllable words. For example, day would be pronounced dayee. And, we're not good at saying short e sounds. For example, get is usually pronounced git.

Oh yes, Harrison, we have several colloquialisms. For example, Jeet? means "Did you eat?"

I think the funniest thing ever said to me about my accent was by Joe, the guy from Ireland I dated last year. Now, he had lived in the Bronx for several years before moving to NJ. So, his accent was all mixed up. But, Joe liked to tell me that I have a "twang." I just thought it was funny that a guy from Ireland with a NY accent was teasing me about my own accent.

Oh well, suppose I do have an accent. But, what's wrong with that? Accents are all relative. We ALL have an accent, no matter where we come from. :p

Oh yes, Harrison, we have several colloquialisms. For example, Jeet? means "Did you eat?"

lol

I love it, Whiterose!

I'll bet Kentuckians also use the extraneous "done,"
as in "I done heard enough!" :)

Yup! I'm southern. Lived in Lousiana my whole life. Funny thing about La. is the accent varies to great degrees depending on the area you are in. Down in cajun country around Lafayette, Breaux Bridge and Thibedeaux, even I have a hard understanding them at times. The stronger the cajun french is, the more confused I get.

Scoot over to New Orleans and it changes depending on what side of river you're on, LOL .... I also think the closer to the borders you get, you hear more influence from the neighboring states. I tried really hard to not speak redneck, but my ma' and pa' are country folk. If I git around them too long, I catch myself digressing. (yes I did that on purpose :p)

My California boyfriend loves to jab me about my pronunciation of certain words. I said "po-emmm" one day and never heard the end of it. (was supposed to poem) He claims he doesn't have an accent....... yea right. :rolleyes:

edit: Almost forgot to answer the original poster's question! I think southern accent on a guy can be sexy if the drawl isn't too bad and he doesn't sound like a redneck. ;)

I think all accents are delicious!

Of course, some accents I prefer over others-
but there are none that I dislike a lot.

I say if you have an accent-
speak proudly!!

Wish I had one.....
:p


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Originally posted by peachy51
I never thought I had an accent and Joe doesn't think I have an accent either. But when I lived in Indiana, every time I opened my mouth, someone would say "You're not from here, huh? Are you from Atlanta?" Don't know how they sound in Atlanta, never lived there.
:eek:You never thought you had an accent peachy?

LOL, first time you opened you mouth on oprah i thought..."wow, what a thick texas accent":rolleyes:

i did hear joe on the show so i dont know about him.:D

Oh well, suppose I do have an accent. But, what's wrong with that? Accents are all relative. We ALL have an accent, no matter where we come from. [/B]
Even us californians?:p
I don't think we have accents.:D :p

I don't think we have accents.

Huh?? Jeff Spigoli. Fast Times at Ridgemont High!

"Du-u-u-ude...";)

Originally posted by Harrison
I don't think we have accents.

Huh?? Jeff Spigoli. Fast Times at Ridgemont High!

"Du-u-u-ude...";)

LOL:D Sadly even i say dude sometimes. i'll go back to my hole now.:p

Everybody has an accent. If you didn't, you'd speak like a robot. :p

First of all - thanks Harrison;) Not sure that my accent would melt ya, but its definitely a Texas accent lol. But like Sage said, I probably wouldnt change it if I could, its just part of me!

I dont know that Californians have such a strong "accent" per se, but they do have those words that only they use like "b*i*t*c*h*i*n".

I really do love those true southern accents - which ARE different than mine. I think Molly was right - we Texans have an accent all our own. The people from LA, GA, NC and SC all have different southern accents lol. Anyway, I love to hear those people talk. Julie has such a nice accent - she does sound like Julia Sugerbaker (now dont flog me for sayin that Julie - its a compliment!!)

Talk to yall later;)

Southerngal

Brazil is even more to the south, does that count?

Because it seems I have a very strong accent! :D

My brother's wife, of which he met online,
(just had to add that), is from Mississippi and she
has the most fun and sweet accent!

When we all gather, she sure perks up the
conversation with her accent.
I adore it!
(My brother does too!)



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where dreams have all gone
They never said where
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On the road
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Southern accents??
What's that....LOL.Yup,i got one.It's a part of me,as who i am.
For me,i talk very softly,and slow,the southern Texan,way of course.
On the phone,people are always telling me to"speak up".If talk much louder than a normal voice,i'll be gettin' a sore throat....realy now that's bad.
So later in life,my queen,..won't have worry about any "shoutting matches"....cause she'd always win.....smiles,so ture so ture.

Michael

Originally posted by kimmy
Whiterose - exactly. But certain Californians *ahem* deny they have an accent, but I am sure they do. I just don't know how to describe it.:confused:

Josh - I agree that a man's Southern accent can be very sexy.

I have a very, very, very *slight*midwestern accent.
ahem.....SLIGHT midwestern accent?:rolleyes: :p

Brazil is even more to the south, does that count?

Because it seems I have a very strong accent!

:)

Originally posted by manofmisteree
:eek:You never thought you had an accent peachy?

LOL, first time you opened you mouth on oprah i thought..."wow, what a thick texas accent":rolleyes:

i did hear joe on the show so i dont know about him.

Believe me, if you lived down here, you'd see how deep the accents can get. On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the thickest southern accent) she's probably a 3. :D Peach talks so clear and crisp most of the time - and I like it!

I'm sure if peeps heard 92 Trail Boss and me talk they'd be thinkin', "WTF???"

Originally posted by Joe
Believe me, if you lived down here, you'd see how deep the accents can get. On a scale of 1-10 (10 being the thickest southern accent) she's probably a 3. :D Peach talks so clear and crisp most of the time - and I like it!

I'm sure if peeps heard 92 Trail Boss and me talk they'd be thinkin', "WTF???"
LOL

i remember riding past texas and different parts of it has different levels of accents. though i haven't met someone i couldn't understand.

...yet anyway...:p

Accents...doesn't matter for me. Where I am now, they like to pronounce w near their vowels..like you would say, "let's get it on"....here they say, "let's get it own"

Harrison, here are a couple of more Kentucky colloquialisms I thought of today...


1. ritecheer = right here
2. ritedare = right there
3. down in tha holler = down in the hollow (valley)
4. sit for a spell = sit down for a while
5. furgitit = forget it

:p

:D

I'm often told I have an accent. I think that living in Germany and France and speaking those languages for 5 years probably accounted for most of the accent. I was also married to a German man for 17 years and we spoke a lot of German with his family. A few people have told me that I have an Icelandic accent; I have *no* idea what Icelandic accents sound like. I don't hear any accent when I speak....but, then again, who hears their own accent?

Originally posted by MrsHedgeHog
As for the subject of accents -- I am a BIG fan of different dialects. I have never cared for Kentucky accents until I met my dear friends, Jack and Missy, who hail from Louisville (pronounced "Loo-vle" for those who aren't 'in the know')



Hey Kelley, there are many different dialects just within the state of Kentucky. People from the western end sound completely different from the eastern end.

You were close on the pronunciation of Louisville. Those of us who grew up around Louisville pronounce it Lou-ah-vull. There was even a bumper stucker about this a long time ago. I'll demonstrate for you this weekend and you all can laugh at my goofy twang. :p

I just love accents.... I spent my first 10 years in New York City. And then my family moved up to New Hampshire.
For those of you not familiar with accents of the Northeast, these two accents are almost polar opposites!

I remember we were moving into our new place and the phone rang, I answered it and the person on the other end asked for someone who's name sounded like "Bahb".

Now to me, that was BOB, a man.
I said, "I think Bob moved to a new house he doesnt live here anymore"
and the voice said, "No its a woman...Bahb...Bahbrahhh!!" :p

Right then and there I decided I wont talk like them, I wont do it!! *stomps foot* (I was also a huge Yankees fan in Red Sox country---fun stuff!)
I think over the years my accent has settled into a sort of non-descript very generic Northeast accent and I just love New England (even tho I live in NY!!).

I have lived also in Mississippi where I attempted to waitress.

This was a bad idea because there truly was a language barrier!
I ended up working part time in a clothing store and part time in a restaurant with a drive-thru.
I loved the warmth and friendlyness of the people in the south but boy I'd just have to crack up when someone swung around the drive-thru yelling "YALL GOT CHICKEN GIZZARDS??" :D
But it was fine because they sure got a kick out of me too!!
Yankee Girl!!

LOL Kelley! Even within Louisville, people tend to say it different ways, but the majority of us around here say Lou-ah-vull, although there's not much emphasis on the "ah" part. :p

Wish I could find a bumper sticker that says that on it. If I run across one, I'll bring it and show you.

There used to be an old joke that went, "How do you pronounce the capital of Kentucky... is it Louisville, Louaville or Louahvull?" The person would pick one of the choices and then the person asking would say, "WRONG! it's Frankfort." Bad joke. :rolleyes:

LOL -- we are definitely known for our friendliness in Kentucky, but that's going a bit too far, I must admit. :D

hey texas its a different country.....sorry its differ people than true southern states like nc,sc,ga,tn,la,ms,al
ohh i got one for you harrison
"i learn yins somthin" well i was dating this asian lady about 4 yrs ago brought her to sc from cali and my papa was talking to her and she didn't even know it... i look at her and said papa is talking to you.... see another thing differ southerns know other by speaking and u can feel it inside... i am sorry texans i can't feel it from yall... this is true b/c i seen it many times with people i didn't even know and started talking to right away out of no where and they mention it to me... see i knew you were southern i just felt and something told me to talk to u.... thats weird but true... come on i know places back home if you didn't speak tru country,redneck or backwoods they are ready to kill you if you don't leave... they just don't likens it

kentucky yall belong with us southerners in some way.....
hey you are right raven new yorkers have a many differ accents like people in the bronx talk differ from people in queens... and so on with every little area of nyc... mano you r just a san diegan... the hospitality is the souths 1 rule and that is what it is known for... just like college football its a religion.........

Originally posted by MrsHedgeHog
LOL - adding thoughts to my aforementioned comments about Joe and Peachy's accents:

Here's Joe on the telephone:

"Kelley??? HI!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW ARE YA!!!!!!!!"


And here's Libby:

"Hah, Kal-llay"

:D


You're hearing things! :D

i have a friend in nyc from nashville, and everytime her accent kicks in when she talks to me i absoloutely melt.

so yea accents good. :D

we all know the south is famous for accents... how about those boston or new england accents... i tell you a new york accent melts me for some reason... i hear plently of chicago accent at work since i do work for united airlines and most of the guys i work with are from there.... well in chiiicaaaagooo....

Originally posted by joshkdn007
hey texas its a different country.....sorry its differ people than true southern states like nc,sc,ga,tn,la,ms,al

Aww. . . what's wrong, Jealous! :D j/k

"i learn yins somethin". . .

WTF? Is that 'hillbilly'?


... i am sorry texans i can't feel it from yall... this is true b/c i seen it many times with people i didn't even know and started talking to right away out of no where and they mention it to me... see i knew you were southern i just felt and something told me to talk to u.... thats weird but true... come on i know places back home if you didn't speak tru country,redneck or backwoods they are ready to kill you if you don't leave... they just don't likens it

Dayng dude, you lost me there! What are you sayin'? It's clear to see that you ain't writin' your "southern" because your words are written clearly. But dayng bra', I still don't understand what you just wrote! Please expound on your analysis! :D

i am not jealous at all i love most of yall as brothers or sisters... it is just a saying we use... see the biggest state in continental usa... it s another country....
i am just saying with no offense... it is something i have notice with my travles around the us.. all the southern states have people who connect with 1st impression... texan it takes 3 or 4 meeting to connect fully... no offense at all just something i have notice...

Is'all good! :D

i learn yins somthin
is my papa fav saying he always say hey come on let me lern ya somthin it soo hard to spell southern grammar i can say just can't type it

Originally posted by joshkdn007
... texan it takes 3 or 4 meeting to connect fully... no offense at all just something i have notice...


hehe. . . okay bro! We won't debate this, but the results of your "Texan" to "southern" talk is reciprocated in my opinion. :)

s'all good tho'! :D

I say we get voice in the chat room so that we can all hear each other talk!! I don't have an accent. But people always try to guess where I'm from, cuz of some of the words I use....like soda, instead of pop, or the way you say wash...or warsh.

So who do we talk to about getting that voice talk enabled?

No offense Josh,
But I think we Texans are REALLY friendly ;) We pretty much speak to everyone we meet, and we wave at people we dont even know!! :p


Southerngal

what i am talking about is not about hospitality... its something from within a person that you sense maybe a 6th sense you can say thats the only difference sorry nothing mean just trying to show my point

Oh Boy! I started reading this, couldn't stop and then had to write something.....southern accent? I agree that just about most accents are interesting.....but I gotta say this much. I am from San Diego, California, and I KNOW that I definitely do not have an accent. So there! I was raised somewhat with neighbors from Wisconson or Minnesota, and sometimes the o's get a little long, cracks me up at myself, but otherwise, Nope! No Accent for me! Also used to work in the tourist industry, very fun thing to do is guess where someone is from, kept things from getting boring too when it was slow.

Marie

marie has no accent but lives 3 min from me

if that's the case then you both live about 3 minutes away from me. because l live near national city also. yup we have no accents. i like accent though...they're interesting:)

Oh??

Josh & Marie: Y'all an OW/YM item yet? :D

i work at the dreadful airport and marie hmm busy in her own world like mine but i am always flying out

well since im from texas,houston people say i have one but i cant hear it yall and of course people say it sounds sexy but i love the way people from england speak and the new yorkers as well see yall later

Hey Marie and Xited1, everybody has an accent!! We all come from some place that has it's own unique speaking style and tone. Everybody has their own accent that reflects where they are from. They're not always as obvious as some others, but that accent is there.

Dictionary.com states an accent is:

"A characteristic pronunciation, especially:
a. One determined by the regional or social background of the speaker.
b. One determined by the phonetic habits of the speaker's native language carried over to his or her use of another language."

Those of us who were naturally born within the U.S. would fall under category a. We all come from different regions in the U.S. and therefore have a unique pronunciation based upon where we live.

Sorry guys, it just kills me when someone thinks they don't have an accent. We all have one. :D

Originally posted by whiterose
Hey Marie and Xited1, everybody has an accent!! We all come from some place that has it's own unique speaking style and tone. Everybody has their own accent that reflects where they are from. They're not always as obvious as some others, but that accent is there.

Dictionary.com states an accent is:

"A characteristic pronunciation, especially:
a. One determined by the regional or social background of the speaker.
b. One determined by the phonetic habits of the speaker's native language carried over to his or her use of another language."

Those of us who were naturally born within the U.S. would fall under category a. We all come from different regions in the U.S. and therefore have a unique pronunciation based upon where we live.

Sorry guys, it just kills me when someone thinks they don't have an accent. We all have one. :D
i suppose if this is the case...your kentucky accent is just MUCH MUCH MUCH MUUUUUCCCCHHHH more noticeable.:p :p

Much more noticeable to YOU, but yours is much more noticeable to ME. :p

very good point i am picking up on the differences of accents from southern cal and northern cal you are soo right

Josh, it's all relative. We all have accents. But, some think that southerners are the only ones with accents. But, everyone develops their own unique accent based upon where they are from.

As I said in an earlier thread. If someone doesn't have an accent at all, that would mean they talk like a robot. :p

http://artottawa.ca/images/animation/bender.gif
Humans have funny accents!

Originally posted by whiterose
As I said in an earlier thread. If someone doesn't have an accent at all, that would mean they talk like a robot. :p

And how do you know robots don't have accents?:D

LOL Mano! Of course, if it's a sophisticated robot like in the movie AI (Artificial Intelligence), maybe it would have an accent.

But, I'm thinking of "Robot" from Lost in Space. You know, "Danger Will Robinson"? He seemed to have a pretty flat affect to me. :p

Ravenglow -- I love that robot gif!

Whiterose, thats Bender from Futurama!! He's awesome---but yes I do remember the robot from Lost in Space. That thing was extremely "anal" ---if a robot can be anal.

Now the Cylons from Battlestar Gallactica---those were some bad a55 robots!!
Oh and I used to simulate their voices by holding my nose and speaking into a box fan. They really didnt have an accent!!
(I think I have too much time on my hands!!!:p )

http://iml.bu.edu/cmr/robots/cylon.jpg

Morning all
a few southern words that i use are:
Nutter.......a other
Yup..........Yes
Gota.........Gots to
Everone......Everyone
Brain fade...Head ache...magraine
Cluster f*&ked....Major Boo Boo
Gil-flirted...Fubared
Thingy majegor....some for i dont know real name of
Nutin.....Nothing
Dew-hickey... has some worth
Dew-bob.....something important
Dew-filchy....something important that works with some else that is important

Those are just a few i use,in a given day.

Michael

Originally posted by 92_Trail boss
Morning all
a few southern words that i use are:
Nutter.......a other
Yup..........Yes
Gota.........Gots to
Everone......Everyone
Brain fade...Head ache...magraine
Cluster f*&ked....Major Boo Boo
Gil-flirted...Fubared
Thingy majegor....some for i dont know real name of
Nutin.....Nothing
Dew-hickey... has some worth
Dew-bob.....something important
Dew-filchy....something important that works with some else that is important

Those are just a few i use,in a given day.

Michael

I remember Jannie now MarieZunck created a texan dictionary full of phrases and their meanings. i think one of you many texans should create another one.

Hi Manofmisteree,
well guess we could....Of i use alot more of those"southern"words,than i posted...Lots and lots more.Those are just a few,that i can remember.Cause you speak them often it's hard to remember them....
Im thinking some utter ones.May post them later,if i can remember....LOL.

Michael

I think the most auricularly delectable accents are English ones, especially the upper-crust kind.

Kelley,

Don't the Brits call a truck a lorry as well?

:)

Okay, Im sorry...Prawn-flavored potato chips!!!! My lord, who invented those and WHY???

And what is..marmite?

Kelley said that Tim said:

Oh! One day we were grocery shopping (*grin* the local cashiers just love to ask him to say "British" things like, "bloody hell" ) and, as we were walking through the bread aisle, Tim does a double take and says, "Oh. Magod! What is that? We do not have that in England!" He was referring to English Muffins. After going on and on for months about the injustice of declaring a food "English" when it's not English at all, he finally tried one and has declared them delicious.

Kelley (and Tim) in a grocery store with a large international food section I saw what I THOUGHT were english muffins but they looked a bit, well too moist to be english muffins---the package said CRUMPETS! I have no idea. I had assumed Crumpets were more like cream puffs LOL.....
And let me tell you---if you have never tried an English MARS bar, you are missing out.
What is it about American made candy bars?
Its all 100% sugar in various colors and textures.....I refuse to eat anything but European chocolate when I choose to indulge in it!!
My fave is a german made chocolate with hazelnuts and raisins--YUMMY!!
:p

I have to ask.... what is prawn, Kelley?

Originally posted by MrsHedgeHog
LOL - pretty much the same thing as shrimp! Shrimp ****tail flavoured potato chips! ick!

Those are good!!! Is it anything like this?
http://www.quickspice.com/scstore/images/snack-calbee-shrimpchips_lg.jpg

Coming from an Asian culture, i grew up on these chips!

Yes Whiterose, Prawns are big humungous SHRIMP!! :p
I love steamed shrimp with c0cktail sauce (spicy please!) but I dont know about chips with that flavor.
Come to think of it, I have seen Japanese shrimp chips!

Originally posted by MrsHedgeHog
LOL - that's the puppy, yep! Good thing Tim's still sleeping... he'd be gagging if he saw that :D

I guess i'm the minority in liking them:D :cool:

Those look like french fries.

Originally posted by whiterose
Those look like french fries.

LOL.


Hmmm...that would taste interesting...shrimp flavored french fries.:D

ewwwwwwwwwww :(

Originally posted by MrsHedgeHog
Yeah. Big, nasty, fish flavoured french fries! BLECK!

Don't knock it till you've tried it.;)

Aside from that i'm also having a craving for sushi right now.:D

MMMmmmm...
http://www.ogris.de/pics/sushi.jpg

double ewwwwwwwwww!!! :(

You can keep all the sushi and prawn flavored chips for yourself, Mano! blecchh!!

Originally posted by whiterose
double ewwwwwwwwww!!! :(

You can keep all the sushi and prawn flavored chips for yourself, Mano! blecchh!! :D :p

Originally posted by whiterose
double ewwwwwwwwww!!! :(

You can keep all the sushi and prawn flavored chips for yourself, Mano! blecchh!! No! Katrina! He has to share them with *me*!

Mano, I forgot...which Asian culture are you from?

Originally posted by MrsHedgeHog

Marmite is difficult to describe... it's dark brown and VERY salty! It's got a thick, smooth consistency and, to me, tastes kind of like what soy sauce might taste like as a sandwich spread. *grin*
\ Is it like Vegemite? My Australian girlfriend used to eat that all the time; I never did aquire a taste for it, myself.

Originally posted by MrsHedgeHog

He misses English bacon and he really, really misses some interesting crisp flavours... roasted lamb & mint, chicken & thyme, and marmite flavoured potato chips!
Kelley, I had some Australian lamb chops that I refused to make until I found mint sauce or mint jelly (I finally found it, thank God). I was wondering why my parents always had mint jelly with lamb. I definately want it when I eat lamb.

Originally posted by ravenglow
[I]

Kelley (and Tim) in a grocery store with a large international food section I saw what I THOUGHT were english muffins but they looked a bit, well too moist to be english muffins---the package said CRUMPETS! I have no idea. I had assumed Crumpets were more like cream puffs LOL.....
You should try Welsh Rarebit on toasted crumpets; it is incredibly good! It's a cheese sauce made with beer, worchestershire sauce, dry powdered mustard and a little cayenne, I think. It's fantastic in my opinion, but my tastes are weird for a lot of people. I love that stuff!

Okay I came on to reply about southern accents, but am finding we are talking about Sushi now, so I will combine my thoughts. LOL


SUSHI ----------ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww. I spent a month in Hawaii once in the 70s floating around living with Hawaiian families, learned to fish like the old Hawaiians, make Lau Lau's, etc., the old customs, but oh well that is another story.....back to the sushi. I ate raw Octupus and Salmon, but the worst was Sushi. Im told you have to develop a taste for it.

About Sourthern accents. I could be mistaken, but I think Molly that Ya'll is not spelled Ya'll in Texas. We don't think of it as a contraction...it is just one word...YALL. :) Yall can mean one person as well as many, so Ya'll would be you all referring to more than one person. I say yall to one person as well as many.

Also, I have noticed that the word aight (spoken like a slang of Alright) is used by a lot of kids today......Im sorry people, we have been saying that forever down here in the south. I say "Auiiiight then" all the time and "fixin to."

Rick loves my accent....he said I say Riiiiick for Rick, but I dont always notice. I love accents of all kinds, so sourthern accent is okay with me.

Has anyone ever seen the movie SLING BLADE with Billy Bob Thornton....THAT IS EXACTLY how people in Northeast Texas talk. EXACTLY!!! Billy Bob is from Arkansas and he got the language down perfect for that movie. My family and I talk like that around each other for a joke, but try to use better English in public. lol

Speaking of food, lol, has anyone ever seen the White Trash Cookbook? The pictures in it are hilarious, but the recipes are good. :)

Kelley, Jeremy is still at work, but he should be home in about a half hour. I'm sure that he'll be checking the soccer situation. I'm not into sports, so I don't know anything about it.

As I was writing this, Jeremy called me. He's on his way home. He got out of work early tonight (first time). He's probably just too excited to get home and see what's happening with soccer, lol. Or....maybe he's just excited because it's his last day of work for the next 14 days (vacation):D . It's probably soccer, though, lol.

Okay....you all are going to laugh at me, but keep in mind I live in barbeque land, fried chicken land...potato salad land.

Why do you eat mint jelly with lamb? Do you actually put it on the lamb? And does it still taste like mint? And onto this...what is rarebit? Is that related to (heaven forbid) a rabbit? Is just more rare?

Ugh, I feel like a dunce! lol....The most exotic foods we get around here are frog legs, and about 3 times a year we have a Rocky Mountain Oyster feed. Oh, but the town up the road about 20 miles has a turtle festival where they actually eat turtle all day. My daughter went last year...I swear to goodness I am telling the truth.

Oh my gosh, I feel so back country "hickish".

At one time, I worked with a much older woman at work that had real strong southern accent. (I think she was from Alabama). Anyway, I tried so hard to keep myself from laughing every time she talked me. I wasn't doing it to be mean, I loved her southern accent, but it was just so different from all the New Englanders.
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Originally posted by Jo-Admin

Why do you eat mint jelly with lamb? Do you actually put it on the lamb? And does it still taste like mint? And onto this...what is rarebit? Is that related to (heaven forbid) a rabbit? Is just more rare?

I just read your post. Well, oysters (I love them) and turtle sound pretty exotic, lol.

I always eat lamb with mint jelly. I love it. I serve it with the lamb, and everyone can put it on their lamb if they want to. The mint jelly still tastes like mint and the combination tastes fantastic (to me). My parents always served it this way.

I made Welsh Rarebit last week. It's a cheese sauce made out of sharp cheese, beer, worshestershire sauce, dried mustard, flour and a dash of tobasco. I served it on top of toasted English crumpets, but most people put it over toast. My dad used to make it when I was young.

I think southern accents are sexy on women (ala gone with the wind)...maybe I'm just biased, but they don't help out guy's cause according to my female friends. Then again it's all about personal preferance. I'm from minnesota, and everyone thinks I have a funny accent, although the "midwest" is the blandest of accents. And no I don't say Booooat and Doncha Know like they do in the movie Fargo :)

Originally posted by mikeymad
I think southern accents are sexy on women (ala gone with the wind)...maybe I'm just biased, but they don't help out guy's cause according to my female friends. Then again it's all about personal preferance. I'm from minnesota, and everyone thinks I have a funny accent, although the "midwest" is the blandest of accents. And no I don't say Booooat and Doncha Know like they do in the movie Fargo :)

Aww now you can't be from Minneeesssooooottaaa and not talk like that.......lol......kidding......I think it all depends on where the "Southern" accent comes from........some are very sexy on men.........but then others are horrible on both sexes. I grew up in Southeastern Missouri and in Tennessee.........when I moved to Tn everyone there said I talked funny, then when I moved back to SE MO everyone there said I talked funny. My SE MO accent I was very glad to lose. But I kinda liked the TN one :D. But alas I have been here in KS now for almost 12 years now, and have lost both. Except on the rare drinkfest with my friends......they of course get a big kick out of it.....lol.

Raveness

I'm from the midwest, but I love country music. And I think that a slow, deep voiced southern accent coming from underneath a cowboy hat is very sexy! I'm not big on the "twangy" high-pitched southern accents, though. (Think Tim McGraw, Johnny Cash or Toby Keith - NOT HeeHaw! LOL!)

Like Harry Connick Jr. in the movie Hope Floats :D

Well, Im from the midwest too, and Raveness tell me if you agree, I don't think we have accents! My thinking is, all the people on the television talk like me. Of course, I don't really hear how I actually talk, but I don't "think" we have an accent.

I have talked to a few people from the site on the phone, and I love southern accents. I love talking to Jules and Tru....I wish I could talk like them. And Stan has a really nice accent!

You know, its been a long time since we had that thread "Who have you talked to on Ageless". We start it that back up sometime, and exchange phone calls. *smiles*

Oh sure you have an accent Jo! Just like Katrina said wayyyy earlier in this thread, we all have accents.

Of course you don't hear your accent and you wouldn't think people in your local area have an accent because you are used to hearing them talk.

However, someone from another country would think you have an accent because you don't sound like the people they are used to hearing.

Even people from other states would say you have an accent, depending on the state. I am also from the Midwest.

Raveness... that SE MO thing is crazy, huh? My parents are from there... talk about country, rednecky, or hillbillyish-type talking. LOL!

My parents really do not have a southern accent to me but they do say crazy stuff. My Dad says "win-ders" for windows. My Grandmother says "it's comin up a cloud" when it's going to rain. She calls hangers "racks". The list goes on. :p

Oh... and a southern accent that I really loved was from this little guy in the movie "All the Pretty Horses". I'm telling you that guy had the awesomest accent ever...

Originally posted by Kristin
I'm from the midwest, but I love country music. And I think that a slow, deep voiced southern accent coming from underneath a cowboy hat is very sexy! I'm not big on the "twangy" high-pitched southern accents, though. (Think Tim McGraw, Johnny Cash or Toby Keith - NOT HeeHaw! LOL!)

Trying to get my head around "high-pitched" southern twang... Someone like Ricky Skaggs?

My first thought was Vince Gill, who has one of the cleanest pure tenor voices in country music but whos voice is so high-pitched that he sometimes has trouble finding even female voices to sing harmony behind him. Patti Loveless recently claimed she has to "stand on her tippy-toes" to do it...

Originally posted by Jo-Admin
Well, Im from the midwest too, and Raveness tell me if you agree, I don't think we have accents! My thinking is, all the people on the television talk like me. Of course, I don't really hear how I actually talk, but I don't "think" we have an accent.


Like 1Love said, to others it might sound like we have some sort of one, I would think maybe more of just how we say words than an accent though. So I am with you Jo, as far as a actual heard accent.......na I don't think we really have one either. :(

OK, as far as a midwestern accent - just saying the name of my state speaks volumes.

Wisconsin.

If you're from here, you say "wis-caahn-sihn" and it's very nasal.

I've heard it said more like "wis-cone-sin" from other parts of the country.

Midwestern accents can be very nasal and talk fast. Definately not drawn out like southern states.
Trying to get my head around "high-pitched" southern twang... Someone like Ricky Skaggs?
No, more like old 50's country singers - usually the women. Very nasal.

Originally posted by last1standing
Trying to get my head around "high-pitched" southern twang... Someone like Ricky Skaggs?




Ricky Skaggs is from eastern Ky. He grew up about an hour east of where I went to college. Ky is not a southern state. In fact, Ky. is a border state, and in the corporation in which I work, it is considered a part of our Midwest Region. I'm gonna keep driving this point home. ;) :p

Melisa I love that...I think Im going to borrow "Its comin' up a cloud" when it looks like rain. Too cute!
I work with a guy Ive never met, he lives in North Carolina but also lived in other southern states before. He's got the absolute sexiest accent Ive ever heard. Perhaps its the combination of subtle differnces just sort of gathered from all those different places he's lived. Definitely Southern, just unique and verrrry sexy.
Personally, being a Northeast chick living in New York, I love mid-western and Southern accents. Anything different is sexy to me....and cowboy hats? OMG yeah!:D

LOL Suzanne!

Oh yeah... and guess what her name is? Or I should say... what we call her... Ma Dude.... which just made me think I should spin this off into a thread about what you call your Grandparents.:p

Ma Dude!!!! lol that would be a great spin off thread! :D
My grandmother used to say some funny things now and again too. One thing I find myself borrowing from her a lot lately is "I ran out of gas". LOL she used to do sooooo much, taking care of everyone. Once in a while she'd say, "Nana is running out of gas", but she'd keep goin!
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