Interesting speech patterns aka 'people talk funny' (was WWII)

Tidewater · Jan 28, 2015

crimsonaudio said:
HAha, yah - any job that requires an 'anti-decapitation bar' is a winner!

There was a woman in Tidewater Virginia a few years ago who was riding a four-wheel ATV through a logging trail/fire break (without getting the land owner's permission). The land owner had a cable strung across the trail, and it hit her at neck level, snapping her head slam off. ("Slam" being apparently the preferred Alabama dialect for what we in Virginia would call "plum" or "completely.")
Sad. The guy was not trying to decapitate trespassers, but if they had asked, he would have told them to watch out for the cable or would have removed the cable.

TIDE-HSV · Jan 28, 2015

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Tidewater said:
There was a woman in Tidewater Virginia a few years ago who was riding a four-wheel ATV through a logging trail/fire break (without getting the land owner's permission). The land owner had a cable strung across the trail, and it hit her at neck level, snapping her head slam off. ("Slam" being apparently the preferred Alabama dialect for what we in Virginia would call "plum" or "completely.")
Sad. The guy was not trying to decapitate trespassers, but if they had asked, he would have told them to watch out for the cable or would have removed the cable.

In north Alabama, I grew up saying "plum," or "plumb," don't know which spelling. I never heard "slam" until many years later..

Tidewater · Jan 28, 2015

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TIDE-HSV said:
In north Alabama, I grew up saying "plum," or "plumb," don't know which spelling. I never heard "slam" until many years later..

I ran into it speaking with folks from around Tuscaloosa.

One friend from Tennessee moved to Maryland (DC suburbs) as a young kid. In English class, his teacher asked him to use the word "plumb" in a sentence. he wrote, "My grandfather's barn burned plumb down." The Maryland teacher did not count this as correct.

TIDE-HSV · Jan 28, 2015

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Tidewater said:
I ran into it speaking with folks from around Tuscaloosa.

One friend from Tennessee moved to Maryland (DC suburbs) as a young kid. In English class, his teacher asked him to use the word "plumb" in a sentence. he wrote, "My grandfather's barn burned plumb down." The Maryland teacher did not count this as correct.

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."

Tidewater · Jan 28, 2015

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TIDE-HSV said:
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."

You know, speaking in a way that seems normal to one person growing up in his environment, but sounds odd to others when he leaves his native environment is hard to detect, because, well, native speech patterns sound normal to us.
That said, when I moved from Alabama to the District of Columbia (and was the only person I knew there from south of the Potomac), I used to say, "Hey, "I'm fixin' to go to the Watergate to get some groceries. Can I get anything for you while I'm there?" My Yankee neighbors would look at me quizzically and say, "You're fixing to go?"
I'd think about it a spell and say, "Yes, smart alecks, I am 'holding myself in readiness' to go to the store."
"Fixin' to" just sounded normal to me, but it sure didn't to their Yankee ears.

TIDE-HSV · Jan 28, 2015

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Tidewater said:
You know, speaking in a way that seems normal to one person growing up in his environment, but sounds odd to others when he leaves his native environment is hard to detect, because, well, native speech patterns sound normal to us.
That said, when I moved from Alabama to the District of Columbia (and was the only person I knew there from south of the Potomac), I used to say, "Hey, "I'm fixin' to go to the Watergate to get some groceries. Can I get anything for you while I'm there?" My Yankee neighbors would look at me quizzically and say, "You're fixing to go?"
I'd think about it a spell and say, "Yes, smart alecks, I am 'holding myself in readiness' to go to the store."
"Fixin' to" just sounded normal to me, but it sure didn't to their Yankee ears.

LOL! yes, that's another...

formersoldier71 · Jan 28, 2015

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Tidewater said:
"Fixin' to" just sounded normal to me, but it sure didn't to their Yankee ears.

Once, I was in a communications facility with just one other soldier on duty with me. He was from Idaho. He was conducting a procedure on a number of cryptographic devices while I was doing something else. We both knew that I would have to leave, I think for a dental appointment (and you can't just not go to those in the Army). I didn't want to leave before he got finished, but I knew I couldn't miss the appointment either. About 20 minutes before the time I knew I had to get out of there, I stepped to where he could see me and hollered across the facility, "How much do you like on those (procedures on the cryptos)?" He stopped what he was doing, stared at me, and asked in a military fashion what I had just said. I thought for a second, figured out the problem and said, "I'm sorry. How much longer will it be until you are finished with the (procedures)?"

TIDE-HSV · Jan 28, 2015

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formersoldier71 said:
Once, I was in a communications facility with just one other soldier on duty with me. He was from Idaho. He was conducting a procedure on a number of cryptographic devices while I was doing something else. We both knew that I would have to leave, I think for a dental appointment (and you can't just not go to those in the Army). I didn't want to leave before he got finished, but I knew I couldn't miss the appointment either. About 20 minutes before the time I knew I had to get out of there, I stepped to where he could see me and hollered across the facility, "How much do you like on those (procedures on the cryptos)?" He stopped what he was doing, stared at me, and asked in a military fashion what I had just said. I thought for a second, figured out the problem and said, "I'm sorry. How much longer will it be until you are finished with the (procedures)?"

If you said "like" instead of "lack," you might get a blank look from me also...

Tide1986 · Jan 28, 2015

TIDE-HSV said:
LOL! yes, that's another...

Did you tump over?

TIDE-HSV · Jan 28, 2015

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Tide1986 said:
Did you tump over?

No, but I know what it means...

Elefantman · Jan 28, 2015

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So what word does everyone here use for soft drink. When I was growing up in the south, it was a "coke" regardless of the brand of the soft drink.

A typical exchange:

You want a coke?

Sure..

What do you want?

Mountain Dew.

Al A Bama · Jan 28, 2015

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Elefantman said:
So what word does everyone here use for soft drink. When I was growing up in the south, it was a "coke" regardless of the brand of the soft drink.

A typical exchange:

You want a coke?

Sure..

What do you want?

Mountain Dew.

I sure NEVER used the words "soda pop".

When I moved to Houston, I wanted to take "Grapico" with me. Best grape soda around.

How about an RC cola? I miss those also. And I agree with "lack" instead of "like".

In some places you can take the boy out of the country, but you still can't take the country out of the boy.

TIDE-HSV · Jan 28, 2015

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Elefantman said:
So what word does everyone here use for soft drink. When I was growing up in the south, it was a "coke" regardless of the brand of the soft drink.

A typical exchange:

You want a coke?

Sure..

What do you want?

Mountain Dew.

Like Al above, we called a Coca Cola a Coke. Most preferred an "RC" or an "RC cola." Grapicos were popular, and called by name. An orange cola was just called an "orange," or a "big orange." A Pepsi Cola was just a "Pepsi." I guess I just never felt the need for a generic blanket name to cover all soft drinks. I suppose it would have been a "cola."

Tidewater · Jan 28, 2015

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Thanks for moving this.

rolltide_21 · Jan 28, 2015

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When I was in college I said, "Ooshee! That's cold." when I jumped into my roommate's pool. My friends (who were from all over the SE- AL, TN, MS, & KY) had never heard it before. Then they proceeded to make fun of me [emoji2]. When something is cold I've said, "Ooshee" all my life. Someone told me it's a NWAL thing, but I don't know if that's true. None of my college friends had ever heard it.

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Tide1986 · Jan 29, 2015

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rolltide_21 said:
When I was in college I said, "Ooshee! That's cold." when I jumped into my roommate's pool. My friends (who were from all over the SE- AL, TN, MS, & KY) had never heard it before. Then they proceeded to make fun of me [emoji2]. When something is cold I've said, "Ooshee" all my life. Someone told me it's a NWAL thing, but I don't know if that's true. None of my college friends had ever heard it.

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I Sewanee...Southerners are creative in coming up with more polite ways to express their expletives and other unbiblical phrases.

crimsonaudio · Jan 29, 2015

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Tide1986 said:
I Sewanee...Southerners are creative in coming up with more polite ways to express their expletives and other unbiblical phrases.

You're gosh dang right we are!

TIDE-HSV · Jan 29, 2015

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Tide1986 said:
I Sewanee...Southerners are creative in coming up with more polite ways to express their expletives and other unbiblical phrases.

That's another familiar one..

Bamaro · Jan 29, 2015

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"Push" a button and "mash" a button; "take" me to the store and "carry" me to the store are others

mittman · Jan 29, 2015

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Tide1986 said:
I Sewanee...Southerners are creative in coming up with more polite ways to express their expletives and other unbiblical phrases.

You-betcha, That and some very creative mispronunciations.

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