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Post by Linda on Aug 9, 2005 19:23:16 GMT -5
Now, now Miles and Linda....no need to be afraid of opening your mouth in the south! Haven't y'all heard of "southern hopitality"? Yeah I have heard of it until I open my mouth ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by finnmom on Aug 9, 2005 23:07:33 GMT -5
accent´s  That sure would be fun to hear all of you talking.....  As far as mine.... I sound a bit foreigner but, not so much I think..... Not for me anyway |
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Post by milesofsmiles on Aug 10, 2005 8:36:46 GMT -5
Christy While in the basic training, I was with a guy from Tennessee and he was telling me of how he was riding around in the hills with shot guns, avoiding the moon shiners..... If he was sterotyped, he was definately it. I guess I should live there a while before making judgements. I just felt really out of place. Miles  |
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Post by Linda on Aug 10, 2005 9:16:14 GMT -5
My son lives in Tennessee and in fact is visiting us in Michigan right now....he and his girls have picked up a little accent and it really cracks me up. ;D ;D My dh spent his formative years in TN and all he talks about sometimes how he wishes his folks had stayed in TN. they came here for jobs and never went back except for vacation.  Of course I said if that had happened he never would have met me!!! ;D ;D |
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Post by kstquilter on Aug 10, 2005 9:27:09 GMT -5
well i live in chicago now but don't think i've picked up the accent. i probably still sound more like my MI roots. while living in GA, i did pick up a little of a southern accent, especially on certain words.
i can understand why people keep their mouth shut in the south when they are from the north.
sorry christy, but i didn't see much of the famous hospitality and i lived there for 10 years. some people were nice of course but as a whole, they still aren't too fond of us yankees.
dh is from KY and made a very conscience effort to get rid of his accent when he moved to MI and has never had a deep accent since i've known him.
we had an arguement once with my BIL who thought he sounded like the national newscasters. luckily dh and his wife both came to my defense and said i sounded a lot more like the national newscasters than he did.
i don't think of most of MI, Oh and Northern IN as having much of an accent although i'm sure other people would agree!
karen
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Post by camismom on Aug 10, 2005 10:36:18 GMT -5
i can understand why people keep their mouth shut in the south when they are from the north. sorry christy, but i didn't see much of the famous hospitality and i lived there for 10 years. some people were nice of course but as a whole, they still aren't too fond of us yankees. I could say the same about the opposite. The few times I have visited the north (remember my brother lived in Indiana for several years and I have a niece and nephew still there) I have never been treated more rudely! I guess it all just depends on where you go. As far as the hills of Tennessee... I won't touch that one. Let's not forget about Deliverance after all! That movie disturbs me more than any scary one out there! |
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Post by Linda on Aug 10, 2005 11:06:40 GMT -5
I feel I have offended you a little bit Christy and if I have I am sorry. People are people and you will find rudeness anywhere.  BTW my son lives in the suburbs of Nashville....and the movie you described...I NEVER WANT TO SEE ANYTHING LIKE IT AGAIN!!! |
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Post by AnneM on Aug 10, 2005 11:18:15 GMT -5
This "north/south" divide is amusing me greatly !! ... because we have it HERE in the UK too ....
I am a "southerner" and to the northerners we "southerners" are thought of as "unfriendly, money-orientated and snobby!" .... (which is NOT fair believe me ... but its the way it is seen!) ...
To us "southerners" the northerners are seen as "brash, loud, beer-swilling, very down to earth and also very warm and friendly" ... (again its not completely fair!)
But generally speaking its all in "good humour" and we have many Northern friends and by the same token there are a lot of Northerners living in the South because the South is supposedly where "money can be made!" ... ;D ;D
Oh and heaven help me if I am trying to talk to a Northerner !! I can hardly understand a word they say!! ;D ;D
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Post by finnmom on Aug 10, 2005 11:27:29 GMT -5
;D ;D we have kind the same in here too, it´s not so much north/south, but more like the state you live in, I live in the central part of the southern Finland and we are concidered to be quite slow and undetermined kind of people, like it would take us days to make some decicion´s NOT ME AT ALL. I tend to be more QUICK AND HASTY Or what do you think Anne, am I a bit slow |
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Post by camismom on Aug 10, 2005 11:33:59 GMT -5
I feel I have offended you a little bit Christy Not at all...I understand there can be rude people here and people that do still harbor prejudice and bad feelings to the "yankees." I know of the bad rep we can get down here and just want people to know that not all of us are that way. Only a small portion...unfortunately it's that minority that gets us the stereotype. ...but I could guarantee if y'all come see me you'll get southern hospitality. I got over the burning of my state's capital a long time ago! hehehe Afterall, my sister-in-law is a "yankee" and I like HER! ;D ;D Her accent cracks me up too by the way! |
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Post by AnneM on Aug 10, 2005 12:46:11 GMT -5
Marja ... If there are words that I would NOT use to describe you they would be "slow and undetermined!!" ... ;D ;D ;D Oh that is tooo funny and just shows how "WRONG" these "assumptions" can be - both here in Europe AND in the US ! ;D
However, someone has to define the word "yankee" to me because I thought this was the nickname given to ALL Americans?? ;D ;D ;D (Which just shows what I know!!)
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Post by camismom on Aug 10, 2005 12:55:36 GMT -5
However, someone has to define the word "yankee" to me because I thought this was the nickname given to ALL Americans?? ;D ;D ;D (Which just shows what I know!!) ;D ;D ;D OK...small American history lesson for Anne. During the infamous Civil War here the north became known as the Union and given the title of "Yankees", the south was the Confederacy and given the name "Rebels" or "Confederates". For some it has stuck. For myself, I just use it to poke fun. I consider myself more a Southern Bell than a rebel. Think Gone With the Wind and Scarlett O'Hara (just not as spoiled!). That WAS based in Georgia afterall. |
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Post by AnneM on Aug 10, 2005 13:11:06 GMT -5
THANKS Christy!! ... that makes it soo much clearer for me !!  BUT do you know what I think happened here in the UK during WWII when we (as you know) had a LOT of US military here "helping us out BIG TIME"? I think that the UK decided (mistakenly!) that ANYONE from the US was known as a "yankee" ... and I think THAT is why today in the UK this is honestly the general perception and is the nickname given to "all" Americans without looking at the REAL truth!! ... (This is SOOOO interesting though and I now feel ONE STEP ahead of my fellow countrymen!! ) I guess "yankies" (although I NOW know this it the North and not the South) is similar to the "Pommies" that we are known as ??!! ;D ;D As a child when I went to Australia fresh from England I was constantly known as the "Pommigranite!" ... (spelling?) ... I remember at the time being kind of mystified by this !! ;D ;D ;D Noww.... as for Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara ... Oh NOW YOU ARE TALKING!! ;D But I agree ... you don't want to be as spoiled as Scarlett!! ;D ;D
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Post by camismom on Aug 10, 2005 13:36:30 GMT -5
Now YOU have to educate ME on "Pommies" as I have never heard that before! As for Scarlett... though I may not want to be known as spoiled like her, I sure wouldn't mind having my own Tara to live in! lol |
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Post by milesofsmiles on Aug 10, 2005 13:38:53 GMT -5
I always thought Pommigranite was a sweet fruit. Were they calling you a fruit? |
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