~Bracon~
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Whats your:
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Worst Liked?
Hard to Understand?
Easy to Understand?
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Best Liked?
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Hard to Understand?
Easy to Understand?
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Accents
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XxMontanaxX
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Whats your: I don't think I have one, but some people say I have one, haha. Like southernish, but don't believe them.
Best Liked? British most definately, then Australian.
Worst Liked? Spanish
Hard to Understand? Chinese maybe?
Easy to Understand? With no accent, haha.
Best Liked? British most definately, then Australian.
Worst Liked? Spanish
Hard to Understand? Chinese maybe?
Easy to Understand? With no accent, haha.
okiron
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Whats your: When speaking Japanese, I have a true Hiroshima dialect. Can't deny where I'm from. When speaking English..I tend to get southern if talking to my dad but no accent really when talking to others.
Best Liked? Scottish <3
Worst Liked? Um..don't have one?
Hard to Understand? A Londoner's accent. My roommate was from London but he lived here a couple years before I met him so it wasn't that bad. But for the life of me I couldn't understand what his mom was saying whenever she called. And it was funny cause she couldn't understand MY accent either! I just stopped answering the phone.
Easy to Understand? Um..I unno, most of them.
Best Liked? Scottish <3
Worst Liked? Um..don't have one?
Hard to Understand? A Londoner's accent. My roommate was from London but he lived here a couple years before I met him so it wasn't that bad. But for the life of me I couldn't understand what his mom was saying whenever she called. And it was funny cause she couldn't understand MY accent either! I just stopped answering the phone.
Easy to Understand? Um..I unno, most of them.
Bo B Bunny
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NZminilops
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My accent: New Zealand, sort of like softer Australian
Best Liked? Scottish
Worst Liked? Cockney English
Hard to Understand? Scottish
Easy to Understand? Australian
Best Liked? Scottish
Worst Liked? Cockney English
Hard to Understand? Scottish
Easy to Understand? Australian
Bunnys_rule63
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What's your: Standard North East England (we studied this in English language, means I have a north-east accent with some (but not a lot) dialect )
Best liked: a proper Geordie accent
worst liked: South East English accent (aka really posh!) because people always think all English people speak like that!:grumpy:
Hard to understand: Hmmm, that's hard! Southern Irish maybe?:?
Easy to understand: my own accent!
)Best liked: a proper Geordie accent
worst liked: South East English accent (aka really posh!) because people always think all English people speak like that!:grumpy:
Hard to understand: Hmmm, that's hard! Southern Irish maybe?:?
Easy to understand: my own accent!
Michaela
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Whats your: Northern Irish, but not too harsh, not as strong as Derry or Belfast accent. Anyone who has ever watched the Aussie soap Neighbours, and remembers Connor from that, that's my accent.
Best Liked? Aussie and NZ
Worst Liked? Mine
Hard to Understand? Mine Bet none of you would understand me! Actually it's not that bad, it just isn't very nice. :? Eastern Europeans speaking English is very hard to understand, same with Asian. RoI is hard enough too in certain parts, where they talk very very fast.
Easy to Understand? English, American, Aus, NZ, Canadian, etc.
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I always see on TV, Americans making fun of Candian accents - do you really hear a difference!? lol I wouldn't be able to distinguish between them at all. Though the Southern US accent, I would be able to distinguish.
Best Liked? Aussie and NZ
Worst Liked? Mine
Hard to Understand? Mine
Bet none of you would understand me! Actually it's not that bad, it just isn't very nice. :? Eastern Europeans speaking English is very hard to understand, same with Asian. RoI is hard enough too in certain parts, where they talk very very fast.Easy to Understand? English, American, Aus, NZ, Canadian, etc.
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I always see on TV, Americans making fun of Candian accents - do you really hear a difference!?
lol I wouldn't be able to distinguish between them at all. Though the Southern US accent, I would be able to distinguish.
polly
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Whats your: part english part scottish
Best Liked? Geordie :biggrin2: ( thats the accent i should have) also american
Worst Liked? don't have one
Hard to Understand? people from round north Scotland sometimes its just some of the words they use are really strange!! (sorry no offense to anyone ) In Aberdeen they say "far's that" instead of "where's that" took me ages to figure that one out!!
Easy to Understand? Most
I love how we all have different names for things from different areas.
When i was in Vegas i was really hungry and we were at a roulette table talking to some american guys. I said to my friend I need to get some chips and one of the guys said you get them from the croupier. :shock:I was like no chips uuuummm Fries thats it lol i didnt think the casino chips would be very tasty
JadeIcing
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Whats your: In the USA it would be considered Yankee. Just means north east usa.
Best Liked? Irish
Worst Liked? Indian
Hard to Understand? Indian
Easy to Understand? Spanish
Best Liked? Irish
Worst Liked? Indian
Hard to Understand? Indian
Easy to Understand? Spanish
EileenH
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Best Liked? Also British, then Australian.
Worst Liked? Queens New York - my own
Hard to Understand? Swedish
Easy to Understand? Hmm. Don't know - I guess New Yorkers -bada bing!
Worst Liked? Queens New York - my own
Hard to Understand? Swedish
Easy to Understand? Hmm. Don't know - I guess New Yorkers -bada bing!
Alexah
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Whats yours? I would say midwestern with a slight twang. It's actually a lotmore pronounced thanmost people who live in northeast Ohio.And I'm originally from NJ/NYC so when I'm talking fast, angry, or upset, I tend to retain some of that. It makes people laugh usually and half the time I don't even notice. But I would assume that it would be funny to hear this midwestern girl start talking like, "the doctah said I could do the lawndry with my dawter while drinking cawfee."
Best liked? I really like listening to Irish and Scottish accents.
Least liked?I don't know that I really dislike any of them. Well, that's not true. But what I dislike is when people mangle English with slang. Some is good, but more is not-so-much, no.
Hard to understand? I can't understand Cockney English. And I have trouble with Indian and some Chinese/Japanese if the person is talking too quickly.
Easy to understand? I can pretty much understand all of them if the person talks slowly enough. But I don't know - maybe hispanic accents? They're pretty cut and dry. But really all of them are decipherable easily enough.
Best liked? I really like listening to Irish and Scottish accents.
Least liked?I don't know that I really dislike any of them. Well, that's not true. But what I dislike is when people mangle English with slang. Some is good, but more is not-so-much, no.
Hard to understand? I can't understand Cockney English. And I have trouble with Indian and some Chinese/Japanese if the person is talking too quickly.
Easy to understand? I can pretty much understand all of them if the person talks slowly enough. But I don't know - maybe hispanic accents? They're pretty cut and dry. But really all of them are decipherable easily enough.
lalena2148
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Whats your: A mixture. I don't think I have one but I grew up in Chicago for one half of my life, then moved to Florida (and my best friend's family was from Mississippi and Lousiana, so really adopted their accent) and now I moved back up to Chicago. During a Bears game, I sound like the Super fans from SNL: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpQamVt_zPc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpQamVt_zPc[/ame], but sometimes I break into the "y'alls." So I don't know! All I know is don't say Pop in Florida if you want a Soda and don't say Soda in Illinois if you want a Pop!
Best Liked? Irish...it's just beautiful. My great grandpa had a cool brogue.
Worst Liked? Hm...don't know.
Hard to Understand? Indian.
Easy to Understand? English I guess. At least it is when most people speak.
All I know is don't say Pop in Florida if you want a Soda and don't say Soda in Illinois if you want a Pop! Best Liked? Irish...it's just beautiful. My great grandpa had a cool brogue.
Worst Liked? Hm...don't know.
Hard to Understand? Indian.
Easy to Understand? English I guess. At least it is when most people speak.
GoinBackToCali
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Whats your:
Best Liked? Irish...Scottish.. English... Irish cause I am Irish, Scottish because I want to marry Gerard Butler, and English cause I use an English accent at Faire.
Worst Liked? White Trash Tuff Talk... sounds ignorant and uneducated
Hard to Understand? I hate to say it, but Indian.. not Indian like my husband, riding on the warpath in a loincloth, but the other kind...
Easy to Understand? uhhhh.... huh? Sorry I was still picturing my husband angry in a loincloth..Um...Southern I would have to say, cause I am exposed to it 99.9.9.9.9% of the time.
Zin
Best Liked? Irish...Scottish.. English... Irish cause I am Irish, Scottish because I want to marry Gerard Butler, and English cause I use an English accent at Faire.
Worst Liked? White Trash Tuff Talk... sounds ignorant and uneducated
Hard to Understand? I hate to say it, but Indian.. not Indian like my husband, riding on the warpath in a loincloth, but the other kind...
Easy to Understand? uhhhh.... huh? Sorry I was still picturing my husband angry in a loincloth..Um...Southern I would have to say, cause I am exposed to it 99.9.9.9.9% of the time.
Zin
Bassetluv
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I always see on TV, Americans making fun of Candian accents - do you really hear a difference!?
You know, I used to be under the assumption that I didn't have an accent. Well, until one day several years ago. I was working at a company, taking orders over the phone for CD-rom tutorials. Roughly 95% of the customers were from the United States, but because it was a toll-free number the company had set up for them to call, they didn't know they were calling Canada. So on this particular day I took a call from a fellow who had an extremely heavy Southern accent. We got through most of the conversation all right, and then just as it was wrapping up he paused and said, "I love your accent, by the way". I hesitated, caught off-guard by this man who had such a thick, slow drawl in his voice. So I said, "Accent? I don't have an accent at all!" And he laughed at me and said, "Sure y'all do...you're Canadian, aren't ya?" And then he went on to tell me that I had a very noticeable Canadian accent. Try as I might, I still can't hear it to this day.
Whats your: Well, I guess I have a Canadian accent, though to me I hear no hint of any accent. There are different accents for different regions everywhere, here and throughout the country (which is true of just about any country, I guess) but I don't think I carry any sort of regional tone - though the guy from the U.S. would have argued that. I have been told by others (Canadians) though, that I pronounce some words a bit oddly, like 'road'.
Best Liked? Southern U.S. - I'm so drawn to that southern drawl...and add in a 'ma'am' or two and I melt...
Worst Liked? Not sure...I don't think there's any accents I don't like.
Hard to Understand? A heavy Newfoundland accent is kind of hard for me to understand at times. But then, I find anyone with a very prominent accent difficult to make out, partly because I don't hear certain tones. LOL...one rather embarrassing incident happened to me many years ago when I'd just moved to Ottawa. I had gone downtown to do some sightseeing and a man who was protesting something approached me. He went on and on about whatever it was, but I couldn't understand a word he'd said. Ottawa's a very bilingual city, so I assumed he was speaking French...and when he'd finally stopped talking I said, "I'm sorry...I don't speak French". The man got a very angry look on his face and yelled, "I WAS SPEAKING ENGLISH!!" :embarrassed:
Easy to Understand? Anyone who doesn't have a heavy accent, speaks clearly, doesn't mumble, doesn't slur their words, etc. Then it's easy-peasey for me.
Omigosh, there is a guy at work though, he's from an island somewhere in the Carribbean I think, and he not only has a very heavy accent, but he runs all his words together, and he mumbles. Most people at the office have some degree of difficulty understanding him, but for me it's literally impossible. The only way I can communicate with him is via e-mail!
GoinBackToCali
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For you lovers of us Southerner's and our accents...
And yeah.. I actually talk like this..lol
Addled: Confused, disoriented, as in the case of Northern sociologists who try to make sense out of the South, "What's wrong with that Yankee? He acts right addled." Afar: In a state of combustion. "Call the far department. That house is afar."
Ahr: What we breathe, also a unit of time made up of 60 minutes. "They should've been here about an ahr ago."
Ar: Possessive pronoun. "That's AR dawg, not yours."
Ary: Not any. "He hadn't got ary cent."
Awfullest: The worst. "That's the awfullest lie you evr told me in your life."
Bad-mouth: To disparage or derogate. "All these candidates have bad-mouthed each other so much I've about decided not to vote for any of 'em."
Baws: Your employer. "The baws may not always be right, but he's always the baws."
Best: Another baffling Southernism that is usually couched in the negative. "You best not speak to Bob about his car. He just had to spend $300 on it."
Braht: Dazzling. "Venus is a braht planet."
Bud: Small feathered crature that flies. "A robin sure is a pretty bud."
Cawse: Cause, usually preceded in the South by the adjective "lawst" (lost). "The War Between the States was a lawst cawse."
Cayut: A furry animal much beloved by little girls but detested by adults when it engages in mating rituals in the middle of the night. "Be sure to put the cayut out-side before you go to bed."
Chunk: To throw. "Chunk it there, Leroy. Ole Leroy sure can chunk 'at ball, can't he? Best pitcher we ever had."
Clone: A type of scent women put on themselves. "what's that clone you got on, honey?"
Contrary: Obstinate, perverse. "Jim's a fine boy, but she won't have nothin' to do with him. She's just contrary, is all Ah can figure."
Daints: A more or less formal event in which members of the opposite sex hold each other and move rhythmically to the sound of music. "You wanna go to the daints with me Saturday night, Bobbie Sue?"
Danjuh: Imminent peril. What John Paul Jones meant when he said, "Give me a fast ship, for I intend to put her in harm's way."
Deah: A term of endearment, except in the sense Rhett Butler used it when he said to Scarlett O'Hara, "Frankly, my deah, Ah don't give a ****."
Didn't go to: Did not intend to. "Don't whip Billy for knockin' his little sister down. He didn't go to do it."
Dollin: Another term of endearment. (darling) "Dollin, will you marry me?"
Dreckly: Soon. "He'll be along dreckly."
Effuts: Exertions. "Lee made great effuts to defeat Grant."
Everthang: All-encompassing. "everthang's all messed up."
Everhoo: Another baffling Southernism - a reverse contraction of whoever."Everhoo one of you kids wants to go to the movie better clean up their room."
Fahn: Excellent. "That sure is a fahn-lookin' woman."
Farn: Anything that is not domestic. "Ah don't drink no farn liquor, specially Rooshin vodka."
Fetchin': Attractive. "That's a mighty fetchin' woman. Think I'll ask her to daints."
Fixin' to: About to. "I'm fixin' to go to the store."
Fummeer: A place other than one's present location. "Where do we go fummeer?"
Gawn: Departed. "Bo's not here. He's gawn out with somebody else."
Gone: Going to. "You boys just git out there and play football. We gone make mistakes, but they are, too."
Got a good notion: A statement of intent. "Ah got a good notion to cut a switch and whale the dickens out of that boy."
Grain of sense: An appraisal of intelligence, invariably expressed in negative terms. "That boy ain't got a grain of sense."
Gummut: A large institution operating out of Washington that consumes taxes at a fearful rate. "Bill's got it made. He's got a gummut job."
Hahr: That which grows on your head and requires cutting periodically. "You need a hahrcut."
Hod: Not soft, but meaning stubborn or willful when used to describe a Southern child's head. "That boy's so hod-headed it's pitiful."
Hot: A muscle that pumps blood through the body, but also regarded as the center of emotion. "That gull (girl) has just broke his hot."
Hush yo' mouth: An expression of pleased embarrassment, as when a Southern female is paid an extravagant compliment. "Honey, you're 'bout the sweetest, best-lookin' woman in Tennessee. Now hush yo' mouth, Jim Bob."
Ignert: Ignorant. "Ah've figgered out what's wrong with Congress. Most of 'em are just plain ignert."
Ill: Angry, testy. "What's wrong with Molly today? She's ill as a hornet."
Innerduce: To make one person acquainted with another. "Lemme innerduce you to my cousin. She's a little on the heavy side, but she's got a great personality."
Iont: I don't. "Iont know if Ah can eat another bobbycue (barbecue) or not."
Jack-leg: Self taught, especially in reference to automobile mechanics and clergy-men. "He's just a jack-leg preacher, but he sure knows how to put out the hellfire and brimstone."
Jewant: Do you want. "Jewant to go over to the Red Rooster and have a few beers?"
Ka-yun: A sealed cylinder containing food. "If that woman didn't have a kay-un opener, her family would starve to death."
Kerosene cat in hell with gasoline drawers on: A colorful Southern expression used as as evaluation of someone's ability to accomplish something. "He ain't got no more chance than a kerosene cat in hell with gasoline drawers on."
Kin: Related to. An Elizabethan expression, one of many which survived in the South. "Are you kin to him?" "Yeah, He's my brother."
Klect: To receive money to which one is entitled. "Ah don't think you'll ever klect that bill."
Laht: A source of illumination. "This room's too doc (dark). We need more laht in here."
Lar: One who tells untruths. "Not all fishermen are lars. It's just that a lot of lars fish."
Layin' up: Resting or meditating. Or as Southern women usually put it, loafing. "Cecil didn't go to work today 'cause of a chronic case of laziness. He's been layin' up in the house all day, drivin' me crazy."
Let alone: Much less. "He can't even hold a job and support himself, let alone support a family."
Let out: Dismissed. "What time does school let out?"
Lick and a promise: To do something in a hurried or perfunctory fashion. "We don't have time to clean this house so it's spotless. Just give it a lick and a promise."
Mahty raht: Correct. "You mahty raht about that, Awficer. Guess Ah WAS speedin' a little bit."
Make out: Yes, it means that in the South too, but it also means finish your meal. "You chirren (Children) hadn't had nearly enough to eat. Make out your supper."
Mind to: To have the intention of doing something. "Ah got a mind to quit my job and just loaf for a while."
Nawth: Any part of the country outside the South _Midwest, California or whatever.If it's not South, it's Nawth. "People from up Nawth sure do talk funny."
Nekkid: To be unclothed. "Did you see her in that movie? She was nekkid as a jaybird."
Nemmine: Never mind, but used in the sense of difference. "It don't make no nemmine to me."
Of a moanin: Of a morning, meaning in the morning. "My daddy always liked his coffee of a moanin."
Ownliest: The only one. "That's the ownliest one Ah've got left."
Parts: Buccaneers who sailed under the dreaded skull and crossbones. "See that third baseman? He just signed a big contrack with the Pittsburg Parts."
PEEcans: Northerners call them peCONNS for some obscure reason. "Honey, go out in the yard and pick up a passel of PEEcans. Ah'm gonna make us a pie."
Pert: Perky, full of energy. "You look mighty pert today."
Pick at: To pester and annoy. "Jimmy, Ah told you not to pick at your little sister."
Purtiest: The most pretty. "ain't she the purtiest thing you ever seen?"
Quar: An organized choral group, usually connected with a church or school. "Did you hear the news? The preacher left his wife and run off with the quar director."
Raffle: A long-barrelled firearm. "Dan'l Boone was a good shot with a raffle."
Rahtnaow: At once. "Linda Sue, Ah want you to tell that boy it's time to go home and come in the house rahtnaow."
Ranch: A tool used to lossen or tighten nuts and bolts. "Hand me that ranch, Homer."
Raut: A method of getting from one place to another which Southerners pronounce to rhyme with "kraut". Yankees, for reasons that remain shrouded in mystery, pronounce "route" to rhyme with "root". Or worse still, "foot."
Restrunt: A place to eat. "New Yorker's got a lot of good restrunts."
Retard: No longer employed. "He's retard now."
Sass: Another Elizabethan term derived from the word saucy, meaning to speak in an impertinent manner. "Don't sass me, young lady. You're not too old to get a whippin'."
Shainteer: Indicates the absence of a female. "Is the lady of the house in?" "Nope. Shainteer."
Shudenoughta: Should not. "You shudenoughta have another drink."
Spell: An indetermined length of time. "Let's sit here and rest a spell."
Stain: The opposite of leaving. "Ah hate this party, and Ah'm not stain much longer."
Supper: The evening meal Southererners are having while Yankees are having dinner. "What's for supper, honey?
Take on: To behave in a highly emotional manner. "Don't take on like that, Brenda Sue. He's not the only man in Lee County."
Tal: What you dry off with after you take a share. "Would you bring me a tal, sweetheart?"
Tawt: To instruct. "Don't pull that cat's tail. Ah tawt you better'n that."
Thank: Think. "Ah thank Ah'll go to a movie tonight."
That ole dawg won't hunt no more: That will not work. "You want to borrow $20 when you still owe me fifty? That ole dawg won't hunt no more."
Tore up: Distraught, very upset. "His wife just left him, and he's all tore up about it."
Uhmewzin: Funny, comical. "Few things are more uhmewzin than a Yankee tryin' to affect a Southern accent, since they invariably address one person as 'y'all when any Southern six-year-old knows 'y'all is always plural because it means 'all of you.'"
Unbeknownst: Lacking knowledge of. "Unbeknownst to them, he had marked the cards."
Usta: Used to. "Ah usta live in Savanah."
Vaymuch: Not a whole lot, when expressed in the negative. "Ah don't like this ham vaymuch."
Wahn: What Jesus turned the water into, unless you're Babdist who is persuaded it was only grape juice. "Could Ah have another glass of that wahn?"
Wars: Slender strands of coated copper that carry power over long distances. "They're puttin' telephone wars underground now."
Wawk: A method of non-polluting travel by foot. "Why don't we take an old-fashioned wawk?"
Wear out: An expression used to describe a highly-effective method of behavior modification in children. "When Ah get ahold of that boy, Ah'm gonna wear him out."
Wender: A glass-covered opening in a wawl. "Open that wender, It's too hot in here."
Yat: A common greeting in the Irish Channel section of New Orleans. Instead of saying "hey" in lieu of "hello" the way most Southerners do, they say, "Where yat?"
Yew: Not a tree, but a personal pronoun. "Yew wanna shoot some pool?"
Y'heah?: A redundant expression tacked onto the end of sentences by Southerners. "Y'all come back soon, y'heah?"
Yontny: Do you want any. "Yontny more cornbread?"
Yungins: Also spelled younguns, meaning young ones. "Ah want all you yungins in bed in five minutes."
Zit: Is it. "Zit already midnight, sugar? Tahm sure flies when you're having fun."
And yeah.. I actually talk like this..lol
Addled: Confused, disoriented, as in the case of Northern sociologists who try to make sense out of the South, "What's wrong with that Yankee? He acts right addled." Afar: In a state of combustion. "Call the far department. That house is afar."
Ahr: What we breathe, also a unit of time made up of 60 minutes. "They should've been here about an ahr ago."
Ar: Possessive pronoun. "That's AR dawg, not yours."
Ary: Not any. "He hadn't got ary cent."
Awfullest: The worst. "That's the awfullest lie you evr told me in your life."
Bad-mouth: To disparage or derogate. "All these candidates have bad-mouthed each other so much I've about decided not to vote for any of 'em."
Baws: Your employer. "The baws may not always be right, but he's always the baws."
Best: Another baffling Southernism that is usually couched in the negative. "You best not speak to Bob about his car. He just had to spend $300 on it."
Braht: Dazzling. "Venus is a braht planet."
Bud: Small feathered crature that flies. "A robin sure is a pretty bud."
Cawse: Cause, usually preceded in the South by the adjective "lawst" (lost). "The War Between the States was a lawst cawse."
Cayut: A furry animal much beloved by little girls but detested by adults when it engages in mating rituals in the middle of the night. "Be sure to put the cayut out-side before you go to bed."
Chunk: To throw. "Chunk it there, Leroy. Ole Leroy sure can chunk 'at ball, can't he? Best pitcher we ever had."
Clone: A type of scent women put on themselves. "what's that clone you got on, honey?"
Contrary: Obstinate, perverse. "Jim's a fine boy, but she won't have nothin' to do with him. She's just contrary, is all Ah can figure."
Daints: A more or less formal event in which members of the opposite sex hold each other and move rhythmically to the sound of music. "You wanna go to the daints with me Saturday night, Bobbie Sue?"
Danjuh: Imminent peril. What John Paul Jones meant when he said, "Give me a fast ship, for I intend to put her in harm's way."
Deah: A term of endearment, except in the sense Rhett Butler used it when he said to Scarlett O'Hara, "Frankly, my deah, Ah don't give a ****."
Didn't go to: Did not intend to. "Don't whip Billy for knockin' his little sister down. He didn't go to do it."
Dollin: Another term of endearment. (darling) "Dollin, will you marry me?"
Dreckly: Soon. "He'll be along dreckly."
Effuts: Exertions. "Lee made great effuts to defeat Grant."
Everthang: All-encompassing. "everthang's all messed up."
Everhoo: Another baffling Southernism - a reverse contraction of whoever."Everhoo one of you kids wants to go to the movie better clean up their room."
Fahn: Excellent. "That sure is a fahn-lookin' woman."
Farn: Anything that is not domestic. "Ah don't drink no farn liquor, specially Rooshin vodka."
Fetchin': Attractive. "That's a mighty fetchin' woman. Think I'll ask her to daints."
Fixin' to: About to. "I'm fixin' to go to the store."
Fummeer: A place other than one's present location. "Where do we go fummeer?"
Gawn: Departed. "Bo's not here. He's gawn out with somebody else."
Gone: Going to. "You boys just git out there and play football. We gone make mistakes, but they are, too."
Got a good notion: A statement of intent. "Ah got a good notion to cut a switch and whale the dickens out of that boy."
Grain of sense: An appraisal of intelligence, invariably expressed in negative terms. "That boy ain't got a grain of sense."
Gummut: A large institution operating out of Washington that consumes taxes at a fearful rate. "Bill's got it made. He's got a gummut job."
Hahr: That which grows on your head and requires cutting periodically. "You need a hahrcut."
Hod: Not soft, but meaning stubborn or willful when used to describe a Southern child's head. "That boy's so hod-headed it's pitiful."
Hot: A muscle that pumps blood through the body, but also regarded as the center of emotion. "That gull (girl) has just broke his hot."
Hush yo' mouth: An expression of pleased embarrassment, as when a Southern female is paid an extravagant compliment. "Honey, you're 'bout the sweetest, best-lookin' woman in Tennessee. Now hush yo' mouth, Jim Bob."
Ignert: Ignorant. "Ah've figgered out what's wrong with Congress. Most of 'em are just plain ignert."
Ill: Angry, testy. "What's wrong with Molly today? She's ill as a hornet."
Innerduce: To make one person acquainted with another. "Lemme innerduce you to my cousin. She's a little on the heavy side, but she's got a great personality."
Iont: I don't. "Iont know if Ah can eat another bobbycue (barbecue) or not."
Jack-leg: Self taught, especially in reference to automobile mechanics and clergy-men. "He's just a jack-leg preacher, but he sure knows how to put out the hellfire and brimstone."
Jewant: Do you want. "Jewant to go over to the Red Rooster and have a few beers?"
Ka-yun: A sealed cylinder containing food. "If that woman didn't have a kay-un opener, her family would starve to death."
Kerosene cat in hell with gasoline drawers on: A colorful Southern expression used as as evaluation of someone's ability to accomplish something. "He ain't got no more chance than a kerosene cat in hell with gasoline drawers on."
Kin: Related to. An Elizabethan expression, one of many which survived in the South. "Are you kin to him?" "Yeah, He's my brother."
Klect: To receive money to which one is entitled. "Ah don't think you'll ever klect that bill."
Laht: A source of illumination. "This room's too doc (dark). We need more laht in here."
Lar: One who tells untruths. "Not all fishermen are lars. It's just that a lot of lars fish."
Layin' up: Resting or meditating. Or as Southern women usually put it, loafing. "Cecil didn't go to work today 'cause of a chronic case of laziness. He's been layin' up in the house all day, drivin' me crazy."
Let alone: Much less. "He can't even hold a job and support himself, let alone support a family."
Let out: Dismissed. "What time does school let out?"
Lick and a promise: To do something in a hurried or perfunctory fashion. "We don't have time to clean this house so it's spotless. Just give it a lick and a promise."
Mahty raht: Correct. "You mahty raht about that, Awficer. Guess Ah WAS speedin' a little bit."
Make out: Yes, it means that in the South too, but it also means finish your meal. "You chirren (Children) hadn't had nearly enough to eat. Make out your supper."
Mind to: To have the intention of doing something. "Ah got a mind to quit my job and just loaf for a while."
Nawth: Any part of the country outside the South _Midwest, California or whatever.If it's not South, it's Nawth. "People from up Nawth sure do talk funny."
Nekkid: To be unclothed. "Did you see her in that movie? She was nekkid as a jaybird."
Nemmine: Never mind, but used in the sense of difference. "It don't make no nemmine to me."
Of a moanin: Of a morning, meaning in the morning. "My daddy always liked his coffee of a moanin."
Ownliest: The only one. "That's the ownliest one Ah've got left."
Parts: Buccaneers who sailed under the dreaded skull and crossbones. "See that third baseman? He just signed a big contrack with the Pittsburg Parts."
PEEcans: Northerners call them peCONNS for some obscure reason. "Honey, go out in the yard and pick up a passel of PEEcans. Ah'm gonna make us a pie."
Pert: Perky, full of energy. "You look mighty pert today."
Pick at: To pester and annoy. "Jimmy, Ah told you not to pick at your little sister."
Purtiest: The most pretty. "ain't she the purtiest thing you ever seen?"
Quar: An organized choral group, usually connected with a church or school. "Did you hear the news? The preacher left his wife and run off with the quar director."
Raffle: A long-barrelled firearm. "Dan'l Boone was a good shot with a raffle."
Rahtnaow: At once. "Linda Sue, Ah want you to tell that boy it's time to go home and come in the house rahtnaow."
Ranch: A tool used to lossen or tighten nuts and bolts. "Hand me that ranch, Homer."
Raut: A method of getting from one place to another which Southerners pronounce to rhyme with "kraut". Yankees, for reasons that remain shrouded in mystery, pronounce "route" to rhyme with "root". Or worse still, "foot."
Restrunt: A place to eat. "New Yorker's got a lot of good restrunts."
Retard: No longer employed. "He's retard now."
Sass: Another Elizabethan term derived from the word saucy, meaning to speak in an impertinent manner. "Don't sass me, young lady. You're not too old to get a whippin'."
Shainteer: Indicates the absence of a female. "Is the lady of the house in?" "Nope. Shainteer."
Shudenoughta: Should not. "You shudenoughta have another drink."
Spell: An indetermined length of time. "Let's sit here and rest a spell."
Stain: The opposite of leaving. "Ah hate this party, and Ah'm not stain much longer."
Supper: The evening meal Southererners are having while Yankees are having dinner. "What's for supper, honey?
Take on: To behave in a highly emotional manner. "Don't take on like that, Brenda Sue. He's not the only man in Lee County."
Tal: What you dry off with after you take a share. "Would you bring me a tal, sweetheart?"
Tawt: To instruct. "Don't pull that cat's tail. Ah tawt you better'n that."
Thank: Think. "Ah thank Ah'll go to a movie tonight."
That ole dawg won't hunt no more: That will not work. "You want to borrow $20 when you still owe me fifty? That ole dawg won't hunt no more."
Tore up: Distraught, very upset. "His wife just left him, and he's all tore up about it."
Uhmewzin: Funny, comical. "Few things are more uhmewzin than a Yankee tryin' to affect a Southern accent, since they invariably address one person as 'y'all when any Southern six-year-old knows 'y'all is always plural because it means 'all of you.'"
Unbeknownst: Lacking knowledge of. "Unbeknownst to them, he had marked the cards."
Usta: Used to. "Ah usta live in Savanah."
Vaymuch: Not a whole lot, when expressed in the negative. "Ah don't like this ham vaymuch."
Wahn: What Jesus turned the water into, unless you're Babdist who is persuaded it was only grape juice. "Could Ah have another glass of that wahn?"
Wars: Slender strands of coated copper that carry power over long distances. "They're puttin' telephone wars underground now."
Wawk: A method of non-polluting travel by foot. "Why don't we take an old-fashioned wawk?"
Wear out: An expression used to describe a highly-effective method of behavior modification in children. "When Ah get ahold of that boy, Ah'm gonna wear him out."
Wender: A glass-covered opening in a wawl. "Open that wender, It's too hot in here."
Yat: A common greeting in the Irish Channel section of New Orleans. Instead of saying "hey" in lieu of "hello" the way most Southerners do, they say, "Where yat?"
Yew: Not a tree, but a personal pronoun. "Yew wanna shoot some pool?"
Y'heah?: A redundant expression tacked onto the end of sentences by Southerners. "Y'all come back soon, y'heah?"
Yontny: Do you want any. "Yontny more cornbread?"
Yungins: Also spelled younguns, meaning young ones. "Ah want all you yungins in bed in five minutes."
Zit: Is it. "Zit already midnight, sugar? Tahm sure flies when you're having fun."
Bassetluv
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LOL!!! Zin, your list is great! Now I'm all educated in Southernspeak! :laugh:
That was such a hoot to read, though I must admit, this one I never heard before:
"He ain't got no more chance than a kerosene cat in hell with gasoline drawers on."
That's hilarious...I love it!!!
That was such a hoot to read, though I must admit, this one I never heard before:
"He ain't got no more chance than a kerosene cat in hell with gasoline drawers on."
That's hilarious...I love it!!!
JadeIcing
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Has anyone ever seen the blue comedy tour?
Luvmyzoocrew
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Whats your: Philly!!!!!!!!!!! I ,of course dont hear it, but everyone else hears it.
I moved right outside of Philly in a sub-burb and was talking to a neighbor and she said something about my accent, i asked what accent, she said yours. HA HA i forget that i am from Philly and have heard that people from Philly have an accent. So i asked her to immatate me so i can hear what people think i sound like. Well needless to say she sounded like ROCKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am embarrassed that people think i sound like that,lol, i dont like Rocky,lol.
YO ADRIENE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best Liked? any i could listen for hours someone who has an accent
Worst Liked?ones that i can understand,someone whos accent is really thick
Hard to Understand?Anyone with an accent that talks fast
Easy to Understand? Southern
I moved right outside of Philly in a sub-burb and was talking to a neighbor and she said something about my accent, i asked what accent, she said yours. HA HA i forget that i am from Philly and have heard that people from Philly have an accent. So i asked her to immatate me so i can hear what people think i sound like. Well needless to say she sounded like ROCKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am embarrassed that people think i sound like that,lol, i dont like Rocky,lol.
YO ADRIENE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best Liked? any i could listen for hours someone who has an accent
Worst Liked?ones that i can understand,someone whos accent is really thick
Hard to Understand?Anyone with an accent that talks fast
Easy to Understand? Southern
bluedimplett
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Whats your: I was trying to figure out mine. I don't think i have much of an accent when i speak english but, when i speak spanish i sound like a valley girl .
Best Liked? Australian and British
Worst Liked? I'm a phone operator so i come across many accents. I would say that its the people who use english as a second language accent that i don't like.
Hard to Understand? My boyfriends mom. lol. She is impossible to understand my own boyfriend does not know what she says half the time. She is cambodian.
Easy to Understand? Scottish, Irish, British, Australian
Best Liked? Australian and British
Worst Liked? I'm a phone operator so i come across many accents. I would say that its the people who use english as a second language accent that i don't like.
Hard to Understand? My boyfriends mom. lol. She is impossible to understand my own boyfriend does not know what she says half the time. She is cambodian.
Easy to Understand? Scottish, Irish, British, Australian
lalena2148
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Hey Zin, your list is AWESOME! Seriously, I felt like I was in the South again! And funny that I understood all your Southernisms.
I remember the first week I moved there from Illinoisand met my friend's family. I referred to her as "Mrs. + her last name" and she told me to call her "Miss + her first name". I was shocked because I didn't mean any (or no in South) disrespect,soI ran with it. But I was so confused and they thought it was hilarious to tease me!
Like one night I was over for dinner and I asked what we were havin'
Her mom said "Cornbread with honey, red beans and rice, collard greens..."
And her dad chimed in with "And coon for the main course!"
I just looked him trying to figure out what a 'coon' was.
And he continued "Yep, hit er' on the way home from work so shes fresh."
Needless to say, I didn't eat the meat (which turned out to be chicken fried steak,which was another thing I had never had in my life). I had to ask my friend what her dad meant, and then she told me "You know a coon, one of those cute animals that get into the garbage."
"Oh a RAcoon," I said. And she said "Yeah, a coon!" :craziness
I remember the first week I moved there from Illinoisand met my friend's family. I referred to her as "Mrs. + her last name" and she told me to call her "Miss + her first name". I was shocked because I didn't mean any (or no in South) disrespect,soI ran with it. But I was so confused and they thought it was hilarious to tease me!
Like one night I was over for dinner and I asked what we were havin'
Her mom said "Cornbread with honey, red beans and rice, collard greens..."
And her dad chimed in with "And coon for the main course!"
I just looked him trying to figure out what a 'coon' was.
And he continued "Yep, hit er' on the way home from work so shes fresh."
Needless to say, I didn't eat the meat (which turned out to be chicken fried steak,which was another thing I had never had in my life). I had to ask my friend what her dad meant, and then she told me "You know a coon, one of those cute animals that get into the garbage."
"Oh a RAcoon," I said. And she said "Yeah, a coon!" :craziness
