I realized today how stupid i must sound....

[aphex]

(although im sure many of you realized that long ago)

I grew up in jersey, so naturally, i have that jey-sey accent with a little new-yawk from my parents...

Now that i've been living in florida for 14 years, i've incorporated some phrases typical of the south, such as 'Ya'll' and 'git'.

As i saw sitting in Sonny's for lunch this afternoon, i pointed to a sign on the wall that said something about some new dishes coming soon. And i quote; (some words spelled phonetically)

"Ya'll selling that new ribs i saw on the wauulll over there?"

Ugh, i wish i didn't pick up these damn accents...

Anyone else prone to this crap? Or do you pretty much keep the accent you grew up with?

 

[dcdude]

I live in florida and have never heard anyone say "ya;ll" or "git" or "aint"

 

[thechinesehero]

i say yall damn black people influenced me

 

[BriGy86]

yeah sure ya betchya

 

[xospec1alk]

born and bred new yorker, but i like using the word y'all =)

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: dcdude
I live in florida and have never heard anyone say "ya;ll" or "git" or "aint"

SW Florida seems to be more prone to the southern charms. Everyone on the east coast of FL (where i lived before) is from the Northeast, while the west coast seems to have many more "native" southerners.

I hear "Ya'll" at least 5-6 times a day.

BTW, you've never heard 'aint'?

 

[theknight571]

I travel for work a lot and I've noticed that if I'm in a place with an accent different than mine for more than just a few days, I tend to start picking up the local accent.

It's not a conscious thing...but I've learned to listen to myself and stop it before it gets out of hand.

Although that was after I got a "talking to" by my boss once because the client thought I was making fun of their accent...and I didn't even realize I was doing it.

- TK

 

[simms]

Originally posted by: thechinesehero
i say yall damn black people influenced me

Funny cuz you're Chinese...

 

[Uppsala9496]

Sometimes an accent slips out on me from when I lived in Sweden. My fiance hates it. She always thinks I do it on purpose.
A couple of my friends from Sweden will be in for my wedding in a couple weeks. The accent really comes out then. I have no idea why either?

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Uppsala9496
Sometimes an accent slips out on me from when I lived in Sweden. My fiance hates it. She always thinks I do it on purpose.
A couple of my friends from Sweden will be in for my wedding in a couple weeks. The accent really comes out then. I have no idea why either?

I almost studied abroad at Uppsala U, but ended up at Utrecht in the Netherlands

 

[sisq0kidd]

I have an ATOT accent. You know what I mean OMGSYRINGERREPOXY!!!DIAFLMAOROFLCOPTER!!!!1111111

 

[Sphexi]

I've been told I have a typical North Eastern accent, aka lack of an accent. Very clipped, and words like "Milton" which should be pronounced with a hard T, I pronounce Mil-uhn, almost as if the T isn't there.

 

[iamwiz82]

I think no accent is worse than a New Yorkers. Ugh... Reminds me of the couple on Seinfeld. "You gotta see the baaay-bee!"

 

[FrustratedUser]

In VA I've learned the following:

Ya'll = You, singular
All ya'll = You, plural

'So all ya'll need him fixin' to git'er done?'

 

[chrisms]

It's not the accent

 

[slightlyhuman]

i say yall. i also say "i'm fixin to ..."

i'm from arkinsaw
i have an accent

i don't have the best grammar but it's nothing to cry about.


girls like my accent so it's fine by me.


see yall later

 

[bradruth]

Originally posted by: aphex
"Ya'll selling that new ribs i saw on the wauulll over there?"

I'd be less concerned about the accent than saying "that new ribs."

 

[KarenMarie]

VeggieFrog was born in Northern NJ. She was 3 1/2 when we took her to the UK and she was 12 when we went to Nashville, TN. Stayed there for 5yrs and came back to NJ for a few years, she went to Penn State for a year and is now back in the UK.

It is really fun to listen to her speak. And there is a HUGE difference in her accent in a matter of days after landing back in the USA.



edit: had a southern b/f and it took me forever to learn what a gweet was.

the first time he said: We can gweet ifyanto... i was lost.
translation = we can go eat if you want to.

 

[slightlyhuman]

Originally posted by: bradruth

Originally posted by: aphex
"Ya'll selling that new ribs i saw on the wauulll over there?"

I'd be less concerned about the accent than saying "that new ribs."

true, that doesn't even make sense to me(and i'm a hick)

 

[jadinolf]

Apparently so.

I've been here in California for 45 years and still people with keen ears spot me as a New Yorker. I'm actually from Connecticut but close to the NY border.