2/19/2008

12 Responses to “Careful . . .”

1. It’s a necessary survival skill in the South to adopt some of that thar accent.

   Many’s the Southerner I’ve met who simply cannot understand what I’m saying unless I crank up my own accent levels to maximum drawliness.

   LYT (b67340) — 2/19/2008 @ 11:26 pm

   
   

2. Now listen up, Talkin southern is one thing, making an attempt is quite another, cuz dey learn the written word same as ya’ll do. Generally not afraid to use it either.

   I’m a UT boy, but hang around wit a bunch of TX folk. I sorta know semi southern.

   Gots sum friens in LA, and dey mix in sum Cajun. Conplicats matters a bit.

   But iffin ya desire real southern, den make any attempt to understan dem folks frm bama. Cuz dat chit don evn reseml englis!

   I mean to tell ya day jes can’t be unstood! atall!

   Bama n backwod bof bgin wiffin a B ya no?

   ah mean thet ah can write an extensive dexcripshun an’ helter-skelter it through a purdy fine interpolater of a program on th’ net fer redneck an’ sech, an’ them folks in Bama aint got one clue as t’wht wuz writ! Fry mah hide! Not a sin’le clue! Imagine thet?

   So just don’t give me any crap about my southern tongue, err typin. Might git me sorta riled er sumptin.

   (wanders off gumbeling in language cant nobody understand).

   🙂

   TC (1cf350) — 2/20/2008 @ 2:10 am

   
   

3. TC, that was superb. Thanks for the AM laughs.

   no one you know (1ebbb1) — 2/20/2008 @ 3:41 am

   
   

4. all y’all – the plural of y’all.

   From the school of Alabonics, as spoken in Alabama.

   Scott (3a402b) — 2/20/2008 @ 6:51 am

   
   

5. Now, lookie here, just cause I was born and raised in North Gawgia, doesn’t mean I have to look at the ridiculousness of this typing style.

   I’ll tell you what….

   Techie (ed20d9) — 2/20/2008 @ 7:58 am

   
   

6. We doan tahlk funny down heah.

   It’s ya’ll who cahn’t tahlk riaght. Ahin’t none of our bother, but youuns might druther to look into some of them now “speech un diction” lessuns.

   Yous might just lahrn you someun powerful.

   Unix-Jedi (651a1b) — 2/20/2008 @ 9:00 am

   
   

7. You Southerners talk 1) border country peasant talk, afraid to speak up your Marquess, “If it please milord, would I be allowed to gather deadwood in the forest this winter in case my family freezes to death otherwise?” and 2) slave talk, “Would master like a little more wood on the fire?”

   Who cares about your annunciation. I don’t know how clearly I speak either and I still practice tongue twisters at age 51. Juat use the indicative and imperative when talking to people. That’s what they’re there for.

   nk (798403) — 2/20/2008 @ 9:22 am

   
   

8. TC, do you work for Duke Energy or the local delivery company that contracts with Costco? One of those dudes had to be you.

   Xrlq (b71926) — 2/20/2008 @ 9:43 am

   
   

9. Who cares about your annunciation.

   Unless you mean someone getting a visit from the Archangel Gabriel, I’m pretty sure you meant to use enunciation

   Not that I’d nitpick you, nk 🙂

   Steverino (e00589) — 2/20/2008 @ 9:50 am

   
   

10. all y’all – the plural of y’all.

    Nah, all y’all means all y’all, not just two or more o’y’all.

    Xrlq (62cad4) — 2/21/2008 @ 6:55 pm

    
    

11. Steverino #9,

    You’re right. I guess I’m illustrated after all.

    nk (798403) — 2/21/2008 @ 7:09 pm

    
    

12. I agree with XRLQ. “All ya’ll” means everyone, as opposed to “some of ya’ll.” And I don’t have a problem with NK’s annunciation or his enunciation.

    DRJ (3eda28) — 2/21/2008 @ 7:10 pm