Serious Question

[lazy shooter]

I wish we could hear Skeeter speak, I love the Jayjuh accent.

[iddee]

Better'n th' Texas drawl anytime. 

[skeeterhawk1960]

I do speak real Southern. I had a friend from Edgewood Tx, when we were in the USMC. He spoke real Southern, but not as much as me. They used to make me get up in bootcamp and tell stuff about coon huntin` and stuff, because the Drill Instructors liked to hear me talk.

[Slowmodem]

I do speak real Southern. I had a friend from Edgewood Tx, when we were in the USMC. He spoke real Southern, but not as much as me. They used to make me get up in bootcamp and tell stuff about coon huntin` and stuff, because the Drill Instructors liked to hear me talk.

I don't speak southern.  I guess I speak Appalachian.  You should hear me speak Appalachian German! Gooten Tawg, y'all!   

[brooksbeefarm]

I've had to correct alot of my southern Mo. hillbilly language over the years, especially when i was in the service in army camps up north . They would look at each other and say, What the hades did he say I learned you don't say i'll Carry you there, or you'uns or we'uns ect.ect.they would laugh and i would too. It took me awhile to understand what they were saying, they talk so fast the words all run together and i would say your going to have to say that again, i didn't get all of that, and we would laugh. Not all were that friendly, i remember 3 different ones that took things to far and after we had an attitude adjustment they thought i talked just fine. Jack

[LazyBkpr]

LOL Jack.. amazing how well that works sometimes 

   I moved from Iowa to Alabama..  learned that Hey, and Hey Yall was a normal greeting. took me a while to adjust...   THEN I met a gal from Maine.. married her, and moved there...   MAN I got razzed a lot... them people in main have no Idea what pop is, they call it "soda"...   The switch from southern dialect to Maine Dialect was nearly impossible.. I lived there for 17 years, and even the last year I lived there got asked if I was from the south...     Speaking southern gets in your brain cells and wont come out, speaking New Englander doesnt stick as bad...   My revenge has come full circle..
   Saying, "Yup, I reckon so",  earned me the greeting of Hey Sievers, what you wrecking today?  Now its my wife that everyone harasses...  Shes got to go get dressed, put her "braron" then she can hop in the Cahh and meet me at the Bahh for lunch.. they have Clam Showdah theyuh?

[brooksbeefarm]

Yep, going up north was almost like going to another country when it came to speech, but it's not that bad anymore i reckon?? Met and made friends with alot of good old boys up yonder.  Jack

[Woody Roberts]

Many years ago before the Internet I ordered a camera from a supply house in New York City. They went thru three salesmen before they got one I could communicate with.

I know them yayhoos was holding their hands over the phone and telling their buddies ( youns need to listen to this peckerwood )

[Slowmodem]

Yep, going up north was almost like going to another country when it came to speech, but it's not that bad anymore i reckon?? Met and made friends with alot of good old boys up yonder.  Jack

LOL  Anymore, I consider north of I-40 to be up north.

[G3farms]

WHEW!! made it by about 7 miles as the crow flies! 

[lazy shooter]

When I listen to my recorded messages, I am appalled at my drawl and how ignorant I sound.  But it does assist me in slipping up on some folks from time to time.  I once knew an old East Texas hillbilly that looked and sounded pretty illiterate.  He build and sold home to city slickers moving into the Tyler area.  He now owns a good portion of Tyler, and I suspect that many of those folks the felt bad about taking advantage of his ignorance found him to be much smarter than they suspected.

I have learned to never just a book by its cover. 

I love to hear the deep south accent as it reminds me of a more leisurely time.  A time when people took time to be polite and show some grace to to others.  My father was from Alabama, and he taught me that there was always time for a greeting and time to be polite.

[skeeterhawk1960]

Amen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jen]

LazyS- ""I love to hear the deep south accent as it reminds me of a more leisurely time.  A time when people took time to be polite and show some grace to to others.  My father was from Alabama, and he taught me that there was always time for a greeting and time to be polite.""

Nice message there Lazy, my mom raised us kids to be polite, kind, and non judgemental to others.