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14 Jan 14
17 Jan 14
Originally posted by lolofI lived there for five years. The people are warm and friendly. It took a few months before I could understand most of what they say. The worst was listening to two men discuss a hunting or fishing trip. 😕 It seemed to degrade from colloquial English to "Slop Talk." Jeanne Robertson has a thick accent, but she enunciates sharper than most Americans. Many tend to slur their words.
So it's not the same accent at all, is it?
17 Jan 14
Originally posted by ChessPraxisOkay, now that was just about the funniest thing I've heard in months.
Super funny IMO
http://www.godvine.com/Hilarious-Comedian-Shares-Why-Men-Shouldn-t-Go-to-the-Grocery-Store-fb-gv-2880.html
Heck no, I didn't have any problem understanding her, I spent a year in NC when I was around 8, and by the time we left NC, I was speaking about like a native. To this day it still slips out here and there, y'all and all. 🙂
17 Jan 14
Originally posted by SuzianneI like the sound of it, fascinating.
Okay, now that was just about the funniest thing I've heard in months.
Heck no, I didn't have any problem understanding her, I spent a year in NC when I was around 8, and by the time we left NC, I was speaking about like a native. To this day it still slips out here and there, y'all and all. 🙂
18 Jan 14
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Originally posted by SuzianneI lived in Raleigh and worked in Cary and Garner. She sounds a bit more "Gooberish" than most of the people I met during work in the grocery business.
She's from Eastern Tennessee, just over the Smoky Mountains from NC. Jeanne might be from western NC, Asheville, probably. I lived down the road from Raleigh, in Wayne County.
The thing that got me was the amount of words Southerners use. They tend to speak in complete sentences. In my regular everyday speech I seldom string more than 4 words together.
Std Western English: Hi Suzi
Carolina: Well hey there Miss Suzi, how are you doing this fine day Sug?
Carolina: Hey Miss Suzi, I was thinking about going to the bakery for a doughnut. I wondered if you'd care for one. As long as I was going there anyway it would be no trouble.
Me: Wanna donut? 😕
Just found out she went to school in Graham NC. That's about 50 Miles or so WNW of Raleigh.
🙂
19 Jan 14
Originally posted by ChessPraxisWhat a charming way to live. I would like that very much.
... Std Western English: Hi Suzi
Carolina: Well hey there Miss Suzi, how are you doing this fine day Sug?
Carolina: Hey Miss Suzi, I was thinking about going to the bakery for a doughnut. I wondered if you'd care for one. As long as I was going there anyway it would be no trouble...
🙂
19 Jan 14
Originally posted by ChessPraxislol, this is so true.
I lived in Raleigh and worked in Cary and Garner. She sounds a bit more "Gooberish" than most of the people I met during work in the grocery business.
The thing that got me was the amount of words Southerners use. They tend to speak in complete sentences. In my regular everyday speech I seldom string more than 4 words together.
Std Western English: ...[text shortened]... found out she went to school in Graham NC. That's about 50 Miles or so WNW of Raleigh.
🙂
Graham, huh, that's only about 100 miles from Goldsboro.
05 Feb 14
Originally posted by ChessPraxisRepublicans are the sperm of Satan's planetary phuck-fest.
To play, post a no brainer quote or link to a meme quote.
George Bernard Shaw: If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.
