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NealNoIN

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Mike and I go way back. Seems like we've hunted together for at least 10 years or so. It's always a pleasure to dig with old friends. Good to see Greg again too. It's been about 3 years since I'd hunted with him. (Greg pulled a Barber dime out of a place no one else wanted to go, between two fences in a little stretch of grass that was really out of the way.) It was good to meet Doug(TN) and hear someone who talks like I used to before I got so much northern influence, even though Mike and Greg really enjoyed making fun of our pronunciations way too much!!!! (It's Lulville Mike, not Lewisssville!!!).
Hope you get to feeling 100% right away Doug.
Thanks for finding a great spot to hunt Mike!
Y'all think about going to next years hunt.
Neal
 
NealNoIN said:
It was good to meet Doug(TN) and hear someone who talks like I used to before I got so much northern influence, even though Mike and Greg really enjoyed making fun of our pronunciations way too much!!!! (It's Lulville Mike, not Lewisssville!!!).
Neal
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Well, if Mike and Greg were making fun of the way you and Doug talk, they would have a blast listening to me! I'm a lot further south than Doug! I've got a very thick Southern accent/Southern drawl (as does everyone around here), and I also have that country "twang" to go with it. Almost every time I speak to someone who isn't from here (which is actually very often working at the hotel) they make comments about my accent! I hear it all the time! That's okay... you Yankees!!!! :poke: :)
 
Thats right it is Lulville I live about an our from it. Our not hour :lol:
 
Hey, ya,ll Ma still speaks Southern Hill Billy...but my sister lived in Georgia for awhile and she has a mix of both for sure! Guess we all speak with accents of some kind or another! I can't understand the British but sure do love dat Australian drawl! Cliff said they say instead of Sandwich down south...it is Samich...they shorten their words and put them together when speaking with that slow southern drawl! :lol: God Bless! Ma Betty
 
it's WINDER
 
Greg from Mi. said:
Just because you live in the south do you say
Windah when its spelled window???
:lol:
Greg
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After I wrote this it occured to me that the teacher in me just came out... sorry.

Hahahahahaha!!! :rofl: YES!!!!!!!!! And yella instead of yellow (yeller for some of the old timers). I could give you quite a list of things that I'm sure you would find very comical! When I get to teach Alabama History (or now, incorporate it into American History, etc.), or teach Southern Culture as an elective class, I always do a section on Southern (and Alabama) accents & dialects. Did you know that the South has at least 24 types of dialect? We may all speak the same language, but different areas have different ways of speaking (or dialects). For example, lets look at Alabama. We have different detectable dialects in Alabama, however, the two that stand out the most are the Upper Highland and Lower Lowland. The Upper Highland (sometimes referred to as Sand Mountain English) dialect is spoken in my area and throughout the northeastern part of the state. Believe it or not, it is the closest thing we have today to the original King's English and much of it can be associated with the Scottish/Irish also.

Have you ever talked to someone from South Alabama, or heard them speak? A lot of times, especially the further south you go, you will notice a difference in the way they speak. Instead of dollar, you might hear them say dolla. Instead of door, you might hear them say doah or doa. They often drop the "r" from their words. You hear this in lower Alabama and along other southern coastal areas such as, eastern South Carolina, Mobile, Biloxi Mississippi, New Orleans, etc. WHY? Mainly because of slavery. Ever notice how African Americans do not usually pronounce the "r" in a word? Slavery was more common in the areas located near the coast of southern states, which meant there were more blacks located in these areas. WHY? Because slaves arrived to this country on slave ships. Ships arrive in seaports which are located where? On the coast! Over time the slow southern drawl begin to mix with the pronunciations of the African Americans. This is why many Southerners, especially those close to coastal areas, don't always pronounce their "r's." It's called an Africanism. Our dialects and accents begin to mix with that of the black slaves and formed yet another Southern dialect and accent... the Lower Lowland. And next time we will discuss the Upper Highland or Mountain dialect, which is what I speak. Ha!!! Just kidding! I won't put you to sleep with any more ramblings!

When I have more time I will send you a list of words and sayings that, I'm sure, you will get a kick out of.

Lisa
 
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Right, Ma! And we don't usually pronounce the "ing" on the end of a word. We just pronounce the "in." I talked a little about this kind of stuff in a reply below.

Lisa
 
But we Yankees really love to hear you southern belles talk. Really, the accent is really cool. I use to have one when I lived in South Carolina for awhile. My family in Illinois really made fun of me when I would come back for a visit. There ain't no hospitality like southern hospitality.
 
Thank you, and I agree! This "Southern Belle" would be happy to have a conversation with you anytime!

Lisa
 
:lol: Thanks Lisa and I want you to know that most of my ancestors were Scottish and/or Irish! Many came over here because of the potato famine to keep from starving to death! They ended up in the South in Kentucky, Ark and other states down that way! They migrated to Missouri and Illinois after that and a story is told that my great-great or great-great-great-grandparents came up and since there were bushwhackers they robbed them including his britches! They were poor and he only had one pair! Guess she had to get busy and make him a pair to wear! Sure was tough in those days...a whole lot tougher than it is today!

Many hid what valuable items they had and they are still being found buried where they had been left, but I haven't found any! :rolleyes: Many of the grandma's said, bile for boil and many other things like taters instead of potatoes! I've gotten away from a lot of the sayings, because of wanting to write correctly and that is why I don't use email language, so I can remember how to spell or hope so anyway! :rofl: ;) God Bless! Betty
 
People always make fun of my accent they say I sound like I am from alot further south. My own sister when I go to nevada to see her she has to show me off to her friends so they can hear my accent. She always says listen to his accent. They never heard anyone say howdy or how yall doin, golly and I could go on with my words all night . When my wife met me she was always trying to teach me proper english and it kinda made me mad I am from the south and I like being an ole country boy. Where I growed up it was all family on a mile long road they probably all together owned about 800 or 900 acres my parents never worried about me because they knew my aunts and uncles would spank my butt too. I thank GOD for my family I never wanted drugs or things like that I had all that land and ponds to explore and family that had all kind of talents to teach me. Now I kind of like it when people make fun of my talk I just make fun of theirs too and ask them where they are from. KENTUCKY BOY
 
Us southerners, yes originally from Kentucky, will teach those yanks how to talk right eventually. Lisa can teach you all how to say you allllllllllll,
You guys had a nice hunt, hope you enjoyed your trip!
 
you being a teacher you can type and its a good thing because If I would have posted your post it would have taken me a week to type that. ( would have to have had my wife type it )
I type with two fingers and cant figure out why the letters are not in alphabetical order yet:shrug:
Greg
 
Sure, I can do that. "You all" is used only in a proper setting. Y'all (Yallll, or sometimes, Yaw) is just the everyday, plain ol ordinary way of saying, "You All."

Lisa
 
7centsworth said:
When my wife met me she was always trying to teach me proper english and it kinda made me mad I am from the south and I like being an ole country boy.
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I know what you mean. I think it is hard for some people to realize that it isn't necessarily a case of being uneducated, ignorant, or anything like that - although in some cases that IS the problem. It is more of a culture thing. I know exactly how to speak properly and am able to turn it on and off, depending on the situation. If speaking publicly or in certain types of teaching situations, I can (and usually do) speak properly... but with the accent, of course, since I can't really turn that on and off. But in everyday life, general conversations and such, it just comes naturally to speak with the slang and dialect that you are accustomed to. It's a way of life, not ignorance.

There is an old song, written and performed by the group, Alabama, and the name of the song is, "My Home's in Alabama." Some of the words in that song say it all for some of us Southerners!

"My Home's in Alabama, no matter where I lay my head
My home's in Alabama, Southern born and Southern bred..........

Oh I'll speak my Southern English just as natural as I please
I'm in the heart of Dixie, Dixie's in the heart of me
And someday when I make it, when love finds a way
Somewhere high on Lookout Mountain I'll just smile with pride and say that my

Home's in Alabama, no matter where I lay my head
My home's in Alabama, Southern born and Southern bred
Southern born and Southern bred
Southern born and Southern bred"

Your country raisin' sounds a lot like mine! Oh, BTW, you are absolutely right! It IS "Lulville." Ha!

And for our Yankee friends - we make fun of the way yall talk, too! ;-)

Lisa
 
n/t
 
Yeah, we had biled taters for supper last night! Ha! Hope you run across some of those treasures someday, Ma!

Lisa
 
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