Two different accent stories--- well OK three- the first of which kinda explains the second.

My parents felt it was important to speak clearly and correctly (for the reasons noted above). Being native E. Tennesseans, they were familiar with our "hillbilly" image.

Dad's high school colors were blue and white. He used to say the school cheer- with typical E. TN pronouncation of the letter "i" was:

"Fite blue, fite wite. Fite Fite Fite." (Imagine a nasal twang as well).

So I tried to be careful of my "i's" and to not drop terminal "g's" on -ing words.

Nevertheless, when I went a mere 2 states north (to Cincinatti)- I was immediately tagged for my "Southern accent."

And in New York, a waitress loved the accent and asked if I was from Texas....

It isn't a matter of not dropping consonants, but how far you stretch the word in a drawl that is the give-away, lol.


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She has a point, lol. West Texas is where the typical Texas accent is from. Even with being careful, there are some things I can't NOT mispronounce. Like iron. I pronounce it "arn" and I can't stop XD

I can just see myself struggling to figure out what the heck you are saying.

Most of my family lives in Minnesota, and everyone speaks normally except one uncle that says "sory" instead of "sorry."

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If it takes you nearly 30 seconds to say the word "Roll" - as in "Roll your neighbor's house" (or gods forbid "Roll Tide") - or if you use terms like "I'm full as a tick" while patting your stomach at the dinner table, you may have a southern accent.


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This post has been edited by mALX: Mar 1 2013, 04:55 AM

It must be warm down south. It's starting to warm up a bit here on the east coast, but it's still cold

You mean warm as in snowing and in the upper 30's with the wind chill factor? Lol. Not warm here, but I'm in the foothills of the Smokies.

How is it warmer here than where you are?! It's warm enough to rain where I am

I think we had an Alberta Clipper blowing through.

Woah! Be careful mALX.

Blimey, the snow must have melted some to get a boat near you...Up on them - as you say - foothills there... ... ...

That was kind of a joke, but it was gale force winds that were really cold, turned the rain here to snow this morning but nothing lay on the ground at all, it (the ground) was too moist and warm from the three days before.




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This post has been edited by mALX: Mar 1 2013, 06:15 AM

Lol, maybe I was seeing/feeling it through Cutty Sark glasses? ROFL !!



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This post has been edited by mALX: Mar 1 2013, 06:15 AM

A joke -KoB facepalms himself- Excuse my lack of common sense

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I'm probably the only one who could be dying of laughter from this pic, but Here you go!

This post has been edited by King Of Beasts: Mar 1 2013, 06:31 AM

Now you know why I can't make it as a comedian: obscure jokes, lol.

You're perfectly fine when it comes to making jokes.

I just have trouble getting jokes I'll read jokes in the forums, and be like:

"I don't get it "

Lol, half the time I think people are joking when they aren't; see something as funny when it isn't; or joke about things that should NEVER be joked about, lol.

You're just as bad as me!

I usually don't get the jokes though. I stay quiet though because I don't want to ruin the joke by saying "I don't get it!"

Oh, I'll ask if I don't get something. "Huh? Wait, I don't get it! Huh? Tell me what it means, I didn't get it...TELL ME! GAAAAAH!"

*mALX turns green, gigantic, rips shirt off*

*Joketeller trembles in fear, quickly explains joke*

*mALX shrinks back to normal size, puts shirt back on.* "BWAAAAHAAA! BUUUWAAAAHAAA!"


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ROFL!

I'm not telling any riddles around you, lol.

I'm the type of guy that glowers on the corner in the back of the room if I don't get something, lol.