tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post4581735435557653357..comments2024-03-18T04:20:15.987-04:00Comments on Statement Analysis ®: Regionalism and Language: "Of Course!"Statement Analysis Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13607372649929274491noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-41559353853729038232013-09-28T23:55:22.742-04:002013-09-28T23:55:22.742-04:00SE Texas here and have noticed a friend from NW Lo...SE Texas here and have noticed a friend from NW Louisiana recently saying he would close the conversation, "If you're good," meaning if I was comfortable with hanging up. Don't know if it's regional, but it's new to me - although I knew what he meant immediately.<br /><br />A term I grew up with was "a skosh bit" (long o sound phonetically) meaning a little bit. My mother said it - her family being from SE Texas, SE Oklahoma and the Carolinas. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-35706599651014528412013-08-31T04:28:05.774-04:002013-08-31T04:28:05.774-04:00When I was little, about 5 years old, a step-dad c...When I was little, about 5 years old, a step-dad came into my life. He was from North Carolina. We lived in Northern California, close to the Oregon border. He said things like: <br />"cut it off" to mean "turn it off" as in "cut off the water". My 5 year old, shy self was very confused as he continued to yell at me to "cut off the water". And being told to "turn the "spigot" was met with confusion. A "spigot" or sometimes "spikot" was the faucet. Did you know that a "divan" is a couch or a sofa? <br /><br />As a five year old I figured out we had a different dictionary. HE just called my sister & I "hateful" because we did not immediately understand his language.Karen Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12275704112867765035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-26783102712329714232013-08-30T21:03:09.087-04:002013-08-30T21:03:09.087-04:00SKEPTICAL:
Love the Texas dialect. My sister live...SKEPTICAL:<br /><br />Love the Texas dialect. My sister lived down there in Del Rio. Gotta love Texas. I learned to understand how Texans were so graciously kind and and hospitable.<br /><br />I lived in North Carolina. Visited Texas and New Orleans. Love the difference in drawls. <br /><br />I love to have to relax my ears in order to understand the spoken word.Jazzienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-69234688422401474142013-08-30T20:57:12.023-04:002013-08-30T20:57:12.023-04:00PETER:
So funny because the same friend's dad...PETER:<br /><br />So funny because the same friend's dad (CT language consultant) made fun of me when I was young for say "Long Guyland" instead of "Longh IIIIhland"<br /><br />I grew "up" on a farm in Northern CT. But apparently my dialect got under the skin of my friend's Dad! LOL. Not sure if my Polish roots inflected my language. I think it's a CT "thing". <br /><br />Nu Brih-ahn. Me clipping those "t's"<br />He would correct me with "Nu Bri-TAN" Thank you very much!Jazzienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-51438751428796646262013-08-30T18:44:49.901-04:002013-08-30T18:44:49.901-04:00Although Texas is mostly urban now it is common to...Although Texas is mostly urban now it is common to hear phrases from an earlier time such as "that dog'll hunt" for an idea that will work, describing an acquaintance "we've howdied and shook", a braggart "all hat and no cattle", intend to do something "aim to, fixin' to".Skepticalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-52178287195486810832013-08-30T09:31:35.546-04:002013-08-30T09:31:35.546-04:00Anyone grow up "on" and not "in&quo...Anyone grow up "on" and not "in"<br /><br />Long Guyland?Statement Analysis Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13607372649929274491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-42659473099482869592013-08-29T22:11:19.742-04:002013-08-29T22:11:19.742-04:00I remember being on a bus on a tobacco farm here i...I remember being on a bus on a tobacco farm here in CT. I sat in the back and there was a young woman from the deep South. She asked me if "Ya'll gotta a ma-ahsh?" and I said "What?" and she repeated it. I just took the safe route and said no. I thought about it all day until I figured out she was asking me "for a match" (a light for a cigarette).<br /><br />Regionalism plus dialect is an adventure.<br />Totally cool. Her voice, her face is still in my head.Jazzienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-1975072805972464762013-08-29T21:58:46.704-04:002013-08-29T21:58:46.704-04:00HOBNOB:
Married to a Half Brit/Half American.
He ...HOBNOB:<br /><br />Married to a Half Brit/Half American.<br />He was mostly raised in Dartford, England.<br /><br />Oh Boy.<br />I'm forever saying "What?" Never cn understand when he mumbles!!<br />As his soul is so British but his heart so American.<br />I say "No worries mate"<br />Me thought he was Aussie when I met him. Go figure. LOL<br /><br />Gotta love borrowing from regionalism!Jazzienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-23227875555865656592013-08-29T20:28:17.830-04:002013-08-29T20:28:17.830-04:00KISS-a-me, FL means they are from out of state.
...KISS-a-me, FL means they are from out of state. <br /><br />Kiss-SEM-me, FL means they are local.<br /><br />:)<br /><br />Running the streets means running errands. <br /><br />"Sorry?" or "come again?" means please say that again or did I hear you correctly.<br /><br />Also, I have noticed where people are dropping the -ly's from words like correctly to just correct and it just might drive me mad. Mad meaning crazy. <br /><br />"Tubing" is riding a float down the river in the summer, not a subway. <br /><br />Townships up north are just cities in the south. <br /><br />Buggies are pushed to buy groceries here.<br /><br />Our city and county are exactly the same name. I have noticed many pronouncing them differently to distinguish between the two.<br /><br />Sus, I wonder if "it was nothing" comes from the Spanish words "de nada" meaning "of nothing" as a reply to a thank-you. <br /><br />Oh, and Jeff Foxworthy's expressions make perfect sense in the south. LOL Have you seen the commercial where three cartoon characters have a strong southern accent and someone with the same southern accent asks who they are looking for? Their answer was "someone with an accent." LOLAnon "I"noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-91113327965796330992013-08-29T00:57:48.269-04:002013-08-29T00:57:48.269-04:00I am from Virginia, but I have lived near Pittsbur...I am from Virginia, but I have lived near Pittsburgh (or Picks-baarg for locals) for the last 10 years. Several words or phrases I grew up using are met with giggles in the north.<br /><br /><br />Such as:<br /><br />I say ya'll = they say 'yinns'<br /><br />I say buggy = they say 'cart' (grocery, once I asked a store clerk where to get a 'buggy' and they didn't know what I was talking about)<br /><br />I say purse/bag= they say 'pack'<br /><br />And one that blew my mind, in the south we often refer to a pharmacy as a 'drug store' (this is a term my grandparents and everyone I grew up with regularly used...I thought it was a widely used term?? But when I moved to PA they looked at me like I had two heads when I called CVS the 'drug store', and had a big laugh! <br /><br /><br /><br />Jennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-32161591482409014572013-08-29T00:14:51.000-04:002013-08-29T00:14:51.000-04:00I'm sorry is used in situations like please re...I'm sorry is used in situations like please repeat or I didn't mean to get in your wayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-17332859377789704842013-08-28T16:41:57.713-04:002013-08-28T16:41:57.713-04:00You both make an amzingly photogenic couple now wh...You both make an amzingly photogenic couple now where our beer and wine??Tania Cadoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511272355142175684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-231906512680819042013-08-28T15:47:40.348-04:002013-08-28T15:47:40.348-04:00witness statement by hobs
I wasn't in the are...witness statement by hobs<br /><br />I wasn't in the area and i saw no one carrying anything that looked remotely like an abductee or in fact any kind of victim.<br /><br />However.....<br /><br />I did see a swarthy tall man, height about 4'6 with pale skin with short crew cut hair tied into a long,frizzy ponytail. <br />He was walking slowly so i only caught a brief glimpse as he sprinted past me but i am postive he was carrying ... wait for it ... amabductee!!!<br />I noticed him cos his clean shaven face looked straight at me as she looked away pretending to admire something in the shop window, i also noticed his 1970's porn star moustache and long bushy beard.<br /><br />I will never forget his face, he had 2 eyes a nose and just one mouth and i am pretty sure she had 2 ears.<br />He was dressed in clothing possibly jeans and a tea shirt but i am sure i also spotted a dicky bow hidden beneath his dinner jacket.<br />It was midnight, just after breakfast i think, as i remember watching the sunset.<br /><br />I am pretty sure he wore shoes as i could hear the clack of her stiletto's as she sidled past me trying not to be seen, but, he didn't fool me, i saw her, cross my heart and hope to earn mega bux.<br /><br />It was the way the cat was being held, grabbed roughly by the collar, i could see it was upset but he said it was a chihuahua and just expressing itself.<br />I will never forget the sound of those happy faces, i was immediately suspicious and vowed to contact police after i returned from my mission to mars.<br />I didn't think anymore about it until i saw the big reward and all the press coverage so i thought i would get my 30 mins of fame and make a few bux out of what i saw.<br />I could possibly help with an e fit if you can guarantee it will make the front page of the papers and be breaking news on tv, just make sure there is plenty of free booze and not the cheap stuff mind you, to help me refresh my memory.<br />My mate says for £500 she can also remember the sighting even though she was lying in bed fast asleep dreaming about being on a desert island with sean connery.<br /><br />http://www.artnewsblog.com/images/pablo-picasso-painting.jpg<br /><br />This is the man that took the last cookie...<br />However for £10,000 it could be the man below who also is the spitting image of the woman i saw<br /><br />http://www.artnewsblog.com/images/pablo-picasso-painting.jpg<br /><br />Please make all checks payable to cash please and thank you and if paying cash please provide it in a very large brown envelope.<br /><br /> All further interviews, where, for a fee, i will spout my story plus give you exact descriptions of the person i saw, you can contact my publicists clarence mitchell (just look for the smarm with the orange hair and pink suit and smell of bull chit) or max clifford (once his legal problems have ended) taco joe (extra cheese on mine) or jose bozo (look for a smarmy chipmunk aided by a slore)Tania Cadoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511272355142175684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-31975592211064168162013-08-28T15:25:05.451-04:002013-08-28T15:25:05.451-04:00THREE WHEELS ON MY WAGON
(Burt Bacharach / Bob Hi...THREE WHEELS ON MY WAGON <br />(Burt Bacharach / Bob Hilliard) <br /><br />The New Christy Minstrels <br /><br />mangled by Hobnob <br /><br /><br />Three wheels on our wagon, <br />And we're still rolling along <br />The cops are chasing us <br />Accusations fly, right on by <br />But we're singing a happy song <br /><br />We're a singing gimme, gimmus, money and fame <br />Mccanns, we never say die <br />Was an abductor what came <br />And we can watch those cops <br />Stand impotently by <br /><br />SPOKEN: “gerry, they’re catching on to us!” <br />“Get back in the wagon kate!” <br /><br />Two wheels on our wagon, <br />And we're still rolling along <br />Them cops are after us <br />The honest truth, burns our ears <br />But we keep spinning our song <br /><br />We're a singing gimme, gimmus, money and fame <br />Mccanns, they never say die <br />A mile up the road there’s a lawyers office <br />And the cops can watch us <br />Scarper via the sky <br /><br /><br />SPOKEN: “Duh,kate? Are you sure this is the right story?” <br />“Will you hush up? You and your scripts!” <br /><br />One wheel on our wagon, <br />And we're still rolling along <br />Them Cops are still after us <br />We're still hiding, clarrie at the reins <br />But we're singing a happy song <br /><br />We're a singing gimme, gimmus, money and fame <br />Mccanns, we always lie <br />A mile up the road there’s a newspaper office <br />We can sue and get rich whilst the media <br />Go carefully by <br /><br />SPOKEN: “gerry? Should I get the bag of wristbands and t-shirts?” <br />“Woman, I know what I’m doing!” <br /><br />No wheels on our wagon, <br />So we're not rolling along <br />The Cops captured us <br />They look mad, things look bad <br />So I’m spilling the beans <br /><br />SPOKEN: “C’mon all you Coppers sing along with me!” <br /><br />We're a singing gimme, gimmus, bail and mercy <br />mccanns, we got found guilty <br />A mile up the road there’s a nice prison cell <br />Where the cops can watch us <br />As the years go crawling by<br />Tania Cadoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511272355142175684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-71650900502986168902013-08-28T15:24:11.518-04:002013-08-28T15:24:11.518-04:00aimed at the mccanns
When I'm Cleaning Window... aimed at the mccanns<br /><br />When I'm Cleaning Windows <br />George Formby <br />mangled by hobnob <br /><br />Now I go breaking windows to earn a dishonest bob <br />For a child abductor it's an interestin' job <br /><br />Now it's a job that just suits me <br />A child abductor you would be <br />If you can see what I can see <br />When I'm stealing children <br /><br />Abandoned children left alone <br />You should see them cry and moan <br />You'd be surprised at things i saw <br />When I'm stealing children <br /><br />In my profession I'll work hard <br />But I'll never stop <br />I'll climb this blinkin' ladder <br />Till I get right to the top <br /><br />The 3yr old, she looks divine <br />The twins are sleepin fine just fine <br />I'll grab the girl there's lots of time <br />When I'm stealing children <br /><br />Gerry & Jez standing by the wall <br />It's a wonder I don't fall <br />My mind's not on my work at all <br />When I'm stealing children <br /><br />I know a fella, such a w**ker <br />He has a thirst, can drain a tanker <br />I've seen him drink his bath as well <br />When I stole his daughter <br /><br />Oh, in my profession I'll work hard <br />But I'll never stop <br />I'll climb this blinkin' ladder <br />Till I get right to the top <br /><br />Pyjamas lyin' side by side <br />Sedated toddlers I have spied <br />I've often seen what goes inside <br />When I'm stealing children <br /><br />------ banjo ------ <br /><br />Now there's a famous talkie queen <br />Her name is Oprah mistress of the screen <br />She got the gruesomes to spin a tale <br />About when I stole the small female <br /><br />Kate pulls her hair all down behind <br />Then tells a porkie about her find <br />And after that pulls down the blind <br />'Cos I stole her daughter <br /><br />In my profession I'll work hard <br />But I'll never stop <br />I'll climb this blinkin' ladder <br />Till I get right to the top <br /><br />Dear old kate walks around the floor <br />She's so fed up, one day I'm sure <br />She'll drop the lies and tell us more <br />About her missing daughter <br /><br />When I'm Stealing childrenTania Cadoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511272355142175684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-9294686306830424302013-08-28T14:29:12.646-04:002013-08-28T14:29:12.646-04:00I use guidey as it is part of my name and my job d...I use guidey as it is part of my name and my job description.<br /><br />I like to play around with wirds, saying and poetry.<br /><br />the members like it plus it is fun to see my sayings end up as part of the lingo in client.Tania Cadoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511272355142175684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-15391121506845390082013-08-28T14:07:07.291-04:002013-08-28T14:07:07.291-04:00Blogger Hobnob said...
I be at the UK or is i...Blogger Hobnob said...<br /><br /> I be at the UK or is it i are at the UK or is it i are in the UK or is it I are in the UK or is it i be in the UK?<br /><br /> Decisions decisions<br /><br /> Eenie meenie miny mo,<br /> Datch a guidey by it's toe<br /> If it tools you let it go.<br /> Ennie meenie miny MO!<br /><br /> hehehe<br /><br />You are across the pond! (we Americans may have stole that phrase from y'all)<br /> August 28, 2013 at 12:08 PMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-41424211717214796142013-08-28T13:12:59.987-04:002013-08-28T13:12:59.987-04:00Heather is looking beautiful!
Heather is looking beautiful!<br />Sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-43442344429430175262013-08-28T12:59:43.569-04:002013-08-28T12:59:43.569-04:00Hobnob and REK-
We say- catch a rabbit by its toe...Hobnob and REK- <br />We say- catch a rabbit by its toe!<br />but we do say- if it hollarsrobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-9872623802529448112013-08-28T12:35:51.084-04:002013-08-28T12:35:51.084-04:00Hobnob..
"I'm in Wisconsin" and we s...Hobnob..<br />"I'm in Wisconsin" and we say:<br />eenie meenie miny mo,<br />catch a tiger by it's toe,<br />if it hollers, let it go,<br />Eenie, meenie, miny mo!REKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-77526529836617546202013-08-28T12:08:35.434-04:002013-08-28T12:08:35.434-04:00I be at the UK or is it i are at the UK or is it i...I be at the UK or is it i are at the UK or is it i are in the UK or is it I are in the UK or is it i be in the UK?<br /><br />Decisions decisions<br /><br />Eenie meenie miny mo, <br />Datch a guidey by it's toe<br />If it tools you let it go. <br />Ennie meenie miny MO!<br /><br /> heheheTania Cadoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511272355142175684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-49884985757821932042013-08-28T11:27:30.522-04:002013-08-28T11:27:30.522-04:00I live in New Mexico now. We say "Of course!&...I live in New Mexico now. We say "Of course!" a a way of thanks here also. You were correct, it means to be taken for granted; Of course I'd help you with that!<br />We also ask a friend in the car, "Are you going to get down?" It means "Are you getting out and coming into the store/house/restaurant?" Maybe originating from getting down from a horse and buggy??? <br />I used to live in Wisconsin and related to everything the Wisconsinite above posted. Out here, a bubbler isn't a water fountain, but a small water pipe to smoke marijuana! Not one you wasn't to confuse!Shaynanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-5492368158368394412013-08-28T10:38:21.087-04:002013-08-28T10:38:21.087-04:00Hobnob said...
It amuses me to hear Americans... Hobnob said...<br /><br /> It amuses me to hear Americans saying "Where you at?" rather than "Where are you?"<br /><br /> August 28, 2013 at 9:45 AM<br /><br />Oh, Hobnob! I always enjoy your posts. Where you at anyhow?<br /><br />LOL I am in IndianaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-49381349973281212702013-08-28T10:30:36.813-04:002013-08-28T10:30:36.813-04:00Years ago, when I was in the USAF,one of the airme...Years ago, when I was in the USAF,one of the airmen asked if I would like to get a tonic,(we were given some free time). I totally freaked and said NO! She was a lovely gal from Boston. I could not believe that she would risk getting sent back to day one of basic training for a liquor drink.I told my Mom when I got home, and she laughed and laughed and said she meant a Coke, that's how they say it in the northeast.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-6821348427620123832013-08-28T10:14:04.029-04:002013-08-28T10:14:04.029-04:00i always think of "at hospital" as sound...i always think of "at hospital" as sounding so odd, but now that I think about it...its similar to how we describe kids going to college like another poster referenced. <br /><br />If i was talking about someone leaving town to go back to school, I might say "she's at college" <br />it would sound silly to me to say "she's at the college" because you don't know which one.. the same could be true for "at hospital"REKnoreply@blogger.com