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Most people who speak with me have a hard time believing I'm southern as I have no distinctive 'drawl' - a product of spending much of my life in Orlando and having parents who have no discernible accent - though I do use a few colloquialisms that are definitely southern such as y'all and fixin'.

Most folks assume I'm from the midwest, except mid-westerners, who assume I'm from California.
 
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I left Cullman,Al in 1981 for the **. Lived in D.C., Tampa and Colorado and everyone know where I'm from soon as I open my mouth. That accent never left, and they laugh a lot at at the way I phrase things. My girlfriend from North Dakota has some issues with the way I pronounced 'oil'.
 
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My dad pronounces the largest city in Illinois as "Shu-CARGO." I remember in eighth grade looking at a map in a Geography textbook and I saw it on a map. I thought they had misspelled it ("where's the "r"?) I pronounce it correctly now but didn't until I was around 13.

When I hear a fire truck coming I still say "sigh-reen." My wife and daughter laugh at me over that one.

I've recently drawn on my experience living in SW Virginia 20 something years ago. When I see or hear something somewhat incredulous, I'll reply with a drawn out "Haaaayle faaarrr." I like that one.
 
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The only synonym I remember is "slap," as in "I'm slap out," meaning "I don't have any more." However, I grew up in a grit-less household and never saw a bowl before college. Oddly enough, I knew what hominy was. It just hadn't occurred to me that it could be ground up and called "grits."
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And hominy at dinner isn't nearly as good as grits at breakfast!
 
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What's the correct spellilng for "pert near?"
 
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My grandmother had a unique measurement of time, "two shakes of a sheep's tail", I still am not sure exactly how long that is.
 
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crimsonaudio said:
Most people who speak with me have a hard time believing I'm southern as I have no distinctive 'drawl' - a product of spending much of my life in Orlando and having parents who have no discernible accent - though I do use a few colloquialisms that are definitely southern such as y'all and fixin'.

Most folks assume I'm from the midwest, except mid-westerners, who assume I'm from California.
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I've been told I'm from the midwest before too. Which I find annoying because I dislike the midwest accent. However there are some words where a drawl comes out. Most especially Carolina (Caralinuh).


Bamafaninco1 said:
I left Cullman,Al in 1981 for the **. Lived in D.C., Tampa and Colorado and everyone know where I'm from soon as I open my mouth. That accent never left, and they laugh a lot at at the way I phrase things. My girlfriend from North Dakota has some issues with the way I pronounced 'oil'.
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I told a friend of mine from Michigan that I was going to get some oll for my car, he had no idea what I was talking about.
 
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I grew up across the bay from the largest military installation in the world (at the time) in NW FL. Thus, all you furriners in the military from up north & out west who cycled through Eglin & sent your chirruns to my schools ruined my perfectly good Southern accent. ;) Despite 200+ years of Alabama heritage + 25 years living in south MS, I don't have much of an accent at all any more. This is sad, because as the late great Lewis Grizzard once said, "God talks like we do." :biggrin2:

I remember when we were moving from western Indiana to MS, one of my midwestern friends looked at my then 10-month-old son & said, "Aw, he's going to speak with a Southern accent." By this time, I had had a gut full of Southerner bashing, so I smiled & said, "Gosh & I sure hope so!" My thinking on this issue didn't really compute with them.

I recall a colleague moving here from Nebraska. We became friends; one day he said, "Want a Pop?" (pronounced something like "pap") I was confused. He said, "I'm going to the machine downstairs. Want anything?" I said, "Oh, you mean a Coke?" :) He lived here 4-5 years, but I don't think he ever really grasped how this works.

Last point: I heard a non-MSU-fan friend comment on the Dawgs' "Hail State" end zone perfectly. He said, "Should there be a comma between Hail & State? And an "Oh" in front of Hail?" ;)
 
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Go Bama said:
I'll be there directly. Don't forget to cut the lights out.
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The first time I visited Austria, it was common to find shops, well after the lunch hour to have a sign on the front door, reading "Ich komme gleich." It really says, closest translation, to "I'll be back immediately," however, it means anything but. It really means "I'll be back eventually, but don't hold your breath." It's one of the things about the Austrians which infuriates the Germans and their time stamp mentality. I once was taking an older Austrian friend to a gathering of friends and it was set for seven PM. I told her I'd pick her up around 6:45, so we'd arrive promptly. She said, in German, "Oh no! You owe your hostess at least 15 minutes. Pick me up at seven..." :)
 
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Country-isms that I never really heard growing up in Birmingham but which I hear from my SO from Montevallo
"Ill" for being upset or angry
"Buggy" for the shopping cart

Another one that neither one of us ever heard but we heard from an older gentleman from Sylacauga.
"Mushmelon" for a cantaloupe. I have since learned that these are also known as 'muskmelon' in the Midwest.
 
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cbi1972 said:
Country-isms that I never really heard growing up in Birmingham but which I hear from my SO from Montevallo
"Ill" for being upset or angry
"Buggy" for the shopping cart

Another one that neither one of us ever heard but we heard from an older gentleman from Sylacauga.
"Mushmelon" for a cantaloupe. I have since learned that these are also known as 'muskmelon' in the Midwest.
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Where I come from a mushmelon is a honeydew. IOW, it's green.

My wife gets a buggy at Walmart.

The UPS lady just came in the office and I signed for a package. UPS lady: Thank you much. Me: Have a good 'un.

We're so full of these colloquialisms that we don't even notice because they're natural.
 
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