Dialect differences

[zhukov1943]

I've got a buddy named Rob, who's a Long Island jew (and looks just like the lead character in the movie "American Psycho") who married a good ol' southern girl named Patti, and they moved back north to Connect-i-cut. Anyway, a few months later, I got this hilarious picture of their Persian cat with a REALLY stupid haircut...

It seems Patti had taken the cat to the groomer to get it trimmed up. She asked for a "line" cut, in which the hair on the sides and belly is trimmed in order to keep it from dragging the ground (and getting all dredded-out). She then left to do some shopping...

Unfortunately, the Yankee groomer thought Patti said "lion" cut, and proceeded to shave the poor kitty's body, except for a fluffy "mane" on the head and a little tuft on the tail...

The cat looked so pissed off in the picture...

 

[sheath]

Re: Right on!

Whew. I feel better now. If I think of more as the day wears on, I'll rant some more.

(Damn good thread, Ang!)

- Hooch

Oh my God, I saw your name on this thread and immediately started laughing. Before I even read the post.

I wondered when you would jump in.

S.

 

[Mskey]

Lightning bugs? Fireflys? Now c'mon ya'll ya know if you're really from the south they're June Bugs! So called 'cos they're most visible in the south in June.

Lemme see now, as my talent in drama lay in accents I can think of quite a few...

Theyah...as in "please go stand over theyah". In point of fact please feel free in the south - below the mason dixon that is- to adda soft aahh to a whole lotta words that have R. Another southern fave is Pillar...see up 'round Mammoth Cave here in KY we sleep on Pillars but just about everywhere else they're an architectural support of some type. And lets not forget that great southern tradition of running our words together. Ex: yonta, as in " You can go outside and play if yonta."

My faves are the New England accents...pahk ye cah in Havad yad.

The hardest thin for me in moving from California to KY was that all soda became POP. " Ya want a pop?" If I'd been asked that in CA I'd have flinched waiting for somebody to " pop" me.

 

[sheath]

Lightning bugs? Fireflys? Now c'mon ya'll ya know if you're really from the south they're June Bugs! So called 'cos they're most visible in the south in June.

Nawww....June Bugs are those little square looking things that have long legs and cling to the window screens.

Or are those stinkbugs?

And I won't even get started on Granddaddy Long Legs...

S.

 

[Mskey]

Nawww....June Bugs are those little square looking things that have long legs and cling to the window screens.

Or are those stinkbugs?

And I won't even get started on Granddaddy Long Legs...

S.

I'm certain those are stinkbugs...might be wrong tho.

 

[Guest]

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[sheath]

Re: Re: Re: Right on!

Ok, PLEASE..... The Great Sheath must make a pronouncement. PLEASE.

Due to your unique, professional perspective of the "music industry based in Nashville" (being very cautious to not use either term in a subliminal attempt to sway the vote), is it:

A - "Country" music

or

B - "Country-Western" music?

I am even more confused now because I saw the Great Kenny Chesney on A&E this weekend and he told an obviously confused caller from Michigan (what IS it about those people up thair?) that he "played BOTH kinds... country AND western" LMFAO

Or is this going to earn me a doctoral dissertation on the nuances of American music?



- Hooch

Ahem.

In my learned, professional opinion, the style of music you are referring to is labeled 'country'. Country AND Western is a term used from back in the days of 'outlaw' country, when Nelson and Jennings were all the rage. Country/Western is what it is called by those who couldn't find Nashville on a map if you put a big cowboy hat on it.

The Great Kenny Chesney can get away with saying that...because with over 15 million albums sold? The man can say whatever the hell he WANTS.

So, like I said...there is my learned, professional opinion.

S.

 

[sheath]

That is just about the funniest thing I have read here! Thanks for making me laugh so hard I spit my oatmeal out. Now I have to go home at lunch and change.

- Hooch

Hmmm...you are playing on lit...(at work)...and now you have to go home during lunch and change...

Yeah, I'll just BET that was oatmeal.

S.

 

[Quint]

I work for directory assistance for phone companies like Sprint, Verizon, etc, and our market is all over the US and Canada, so I get calls from absolutely every state (except I don't think I've gotten one from South Dakota or Wyoming yet). Talk about exposure to accents! The hardest for me to get are from Detroit or way down in the Loozeeana area. Sure, there are exceptions, but lots of people just don't seem to care about their diction--which makes it rather difficult to find the damned business they're looking for.

I love it when I ask if they want me to read the number verbally or simply connect them, and the answer is "Just connect it's fine." I blink, run the sentence back through my head. Just connect it's fine. Gotcha.

Though the best was after I'd said "I do show [x business] on [x street]," paused as is required, and the caller said, "What that number is?" I had to put the phone on mute momentarily.

I mean, sure, I'm a snob. But apparently it's just as hard for some to understand my carefully articulated, mostly-accent-free-due-to-moving-every-two-years voice as it is for me to understand them! I was reading movie times at this one theater in Richmond, and the woman had to have me repeat every single movie because she never caught what I was saying. I don't think she ever understood "Catch That Kid," even after the fourth time.

Yeah, this is mostly accent, not so much dialect, but I'm having trouble thinking of anything to add. I've run into "wicked" when I lived in upstate NY, "dinner/supper" and "ubiquitous Coke" at my grandma's, and fireflies were, are, and always will be fireflies. Though I'm tempted by "flickers."

 

[Guest]

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[Guest]

 

[Feistyred16]

Lightning bugs? Fireflys? Now c'mon ya'll ya know if you're really from the south they're June Bugs! So called 'cos they're most visible in the south in June.

Lemme see now, as my talent in drama lay in accents I can think of quite a few...

Theyah...as in "please go stand over theyah". In point of fact please feel free in the south - below the mason dixon that is- to adda soft aahh to a whole lotta words that have R. Another southern fave is Pillar...see up 'round Mammoth Cave here in KY we sleep on Pillars but just about everywhere else they're an architectural support of some type. And lets not forget that great southern tradition of running our words together. Ex: yonta, as in " You can go outside and play if yonta."

My faves are the New England accents...pahk ye cah in Havad yad.

The hardest thin for me in moving from California to KY was that all soda became POP. " Ya want a pop?" If I'd been asked that in CA I'd have flinched waiting for somebody to " pop" me.

June Bugs were a totally different thing to me...You know those HUGE green beetles???? That's what we called June Bugs

 

[midwestyankee]

and fireflies were, are, and always will be fireflies. Though I'm tempted by "flickers."

It occurs to me that in order for fireflies (as in Rufus T.), lightning bugs (see alt. lightening bugs), or even flickers to light up our early summer nights, there must exist actual bug fuckers.

But that thread is two doors down to the left and has "what the hell is up" in its title. We'll have no more talk of bugs or bug-fuckers in this intellectual thread, thank you.

God, that felt wicked good, what I just said theah.

One last new englandism: calling people "deah" (spelled dear), even men.

mwy

 

[dollface007]

There's a REALLY interesting and funny documentary called "American Tongues" produced in the 1980s about this exact subject. It explores alot of the different dialects found in the U.S. I saw it at least twice when i was in college, so my bet is you've seen it if you've taken any kind of linguistics/anthropology/sociology classes. I you haven't seen it they might have it at the local library. It's worth checking out.

I was born and raised in Texas, but my parents are from the midwest, so you can bet i've had ALOT of accent and vocabulary issues growing up.
Anybody who can tell me what a "bubbler" is gets a prize!!!

 

[midwestyankee]

There's a REALLY interesting and funny documentary called "American Tongues" produced in the 1980s about this exact subject. It explores alot of the different dialects found in the U.S. I saw it at least twice when i was in college, so my bet is you've seen it if you've taken any kind of linguistics/anthropology/sociology classes. I you haven't seen it they might have it at the local library. It's worth checking out.

I was born and raised in Texas, but my parents are from the midwest, so you can bet i've had ALOT of accent and vocabulary issues growing up.
Anybody who can tell me what a "bubbler" is gets a prize!!!

A bubbler is a water fountain, such as might be available in a public place like a school or civic building. It's the type of fountain from which one takes a drink by leaning into a stream of water.

Now, where's my prize and what is it?

 

[dollface007]

A bubbler is a water fountain, such as might be available in a public place like a school or civic building. It's the type of fountain from which one takes a drink by leaning into a stream of water.

Now, where's my prize and what is it?

True to your name, you've won the prize, Midwest!!

Here it is:

Was it good for you??

 

[PrincessHoney]

yep.

rolypoly/sowbug/pillbug/butcher boys/what have you.

That is quite possibly the one insect that has THE most names. Lightning bugs come a close second.

Ang

they are called Woodlice in the UK!!! tis very strange....

i live in a very small area and am the only person I know that uses the word "cooch" to mean cuddle/snuggle up!

 

[Bobmi357]

they are called Woodlice in the UK!!! tis very strange....

i live in a very small area and am the only person I know that uses the word "cooch" to mean cuddle/snuggle up!

Whether you call them pill bugs, sowbugs, rolypolys, one little fact that 98% of the people get wrong is to call them bugs.

They are in fact a form of crustacean, similar to and related to the same family as horseshoe crabs and not bugs at all. I even recall an article in Discovery magazine where one biologist spent most of his life studying them, then in thinking they were really crabs, tried to make a soup out of 100s of them. Said it tasted like urine.... bleh!

Shows how much we know, its small, so people automatically think its a bug.

 

[sheath]

<In an even MORE subdued voice, barely audible now>

I am a horrible person and I should be ashamed of myself. I will relegate my posts to my "free time", which means I will now get to post once a month or so. But I bravely accept my public chastisement.

Ummm...once a month?

Okay. New rule. You are hereby allowed to post on literotica at work. As long as you keep the windows easily hidden and don't get so much of a problem that you cannot walk around the building if necessary.

On second thought...forget the last part. I'm having visions of a big desk and a lot of room under there...



S.

 

[midwestyankee]

True to your name, you've won the prize, Midwest!!

Here it is:

Was it good for you??

Oh, gawd yes, dollface, it was wicked good. Finestkind, deah.

 

[sheath]

now what do u people call the remote control for the tv?
i call it a beeper, people argue with me all the time and say flicker, clicker, the box, the converter, the remote.

Ah, good one. My grandmother (from Kentucky) calls it the 'control'. When she doesn't call it the 'TV thingie'.

My mother (from Chicago) calls it the 'beep'.

My friend from Australia calls it the 'changer'.

I used to call it the 'beep', but my ex-husband (from Ohio) called it the 'remote'...so I eventually picked up on that through marital osmosis.

S.

 

[firefighter02]

they are called Woodlice in the UK!!! tis very strange....

i live in a very small area and am the only person I know that uses the word "cooch" to mean cuddle/snuggle up!

Speaking of "cooch"...Oh christ..I can't even say it....

What can I say..I've been spoiled...

 

[Quint]

The remote control was "the bopper" in my family, but I think that was more our individual wackiness than a regional thing. The other names at least make a degree of sense.

 

[Guest]

Thank Heavens!