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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 03:39 PM Original message |
The inability to pronounce 3 consecutive consonants... |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. jeat? |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. No, jew? |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. yont to? |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Rainin' out? |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. And we could get into the whole 'fixin' to' thing. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. The answer to "rainin' out?" is |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. I love it. |
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suninvited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. oh, please, lets don't get into the fixin to thing |
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EndersDame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
66. Some of my friends say " Finnin' " |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #66 |
90. 3/4 of the population of Oakland, CA says "finna" |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
57. Amo go eat purty quick now. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #57 |
83. I'm fixin to follow n/t |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. We call it Schitz. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm curious, how do you pronunce them? |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. 'Prawns' and 'beer'. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Shrimp ain't prawns, and Schlitz ain't beer |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. 'Prawns'...yes and no. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. As I said, Shrimp ain't prawns, and Schlitz ain't beer |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
92. Not "praw-awns" and "bee-yur?" |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. Mayonnaise |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. The 'suthrun' pronunciation would be 'mannase'. |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. LOL I was afraid |
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Glorfindel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. Depends on which part of the south you're in |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. My last name is Dantzler. People tend to flee in terror rather than try to pronounce it. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Yeah, I woulda said 'Danceler'. Try 'Derouen'. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. There is a small street north of the Gold Coast in Chicago - |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Versailles, KY...Vur-SALES. |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #31 |
45. KAY-ro & San JOSE, IL n/t |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I knew about Kay-ro, but San JOSE? jeez |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Oh...Oh...Oh...Arab, Alabama. AYE-rab |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
94. Del Norte county, California |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
91. New Orleans owns mangled street names |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
44. You met any Taliaferros from Georgia? Pronounced 'Tolliver' :) n/t |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
13. You know , people are not required to have the same accent as you |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. And you're trying to pick a fight. |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. No I am not . But I do have an accent , and it pisses me off when people treat |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. That's silly! |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Funny, that never happens to me. Born and raised in Alabama. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. And your Mom dresses you funny, too............ |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. And you feet stink and you don't love Jesus. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Ever listent to Billy Jo Shaver? |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. No, but I sure as hell will now. Thanks. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. You're very welcome - |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. Were you born without a sense of humor or was it surgically removed? |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Where I come from, it's a humorous |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Thread-tread...Cajun? |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. East Central PA - |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. No kidding? |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Oooooo...DING! |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
24. That one that always gets me is Taliaferro |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. A beautiful Italian name, |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. I know 'they' say it's ALL Coke in the south, but... |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. I knew a guy with that name and that's exactly how he said it. |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
46. Ya beat me to it. (I mentioned this upthread, but 45 minutes later.) |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
38. HEY! Where are all the recs? |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. See - |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
50. English pronunciation is listed in the dictionary. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Your phonetics are WAY off. It's Sye-auth. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 06:45 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Perhaps it's that I've kept a safe distance for some few decades. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I was gone for about 25 years. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. "The yella dawg DUer formerly known as 'trof'." |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. I've always been 'trof'. the retired old fart |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:30 AM Response to Reply #50 |
61. Us folks here in Minnesohhhta speak svell English. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #50 |
88. But we know how to bbq... |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
53. I can't image how they must mangle |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. "HUCK-a-bee" |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-11-09 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
59. We are evolving. Sorry Yanks! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
60. "sh" is a single consonant symbolized by a digraph. |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
62. My last name begins with 3 consonants |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
63. I am southern and have no trouble pronouncing a word as it's |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
64. I have "ltschl" in the middle of my last name |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #64 |
95. My friend is named Tschudi |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
65. You can' easily tell someone who didn't grow up near Balmer, Merlan |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
67. not 3 syllables together, but can't anyone outside of New England say "Worcester" correctly? |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. "Wooster." |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. We actually have a "Wooster Square" in New Haven. |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. I still pronounce it the English way. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. We say "wooster" for Worcester. I haven't met a New Englander who doesn't. |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. I lost count of the times a tourist asked me the way to... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. "Gloster" is my pronunciation. Is that OK? nt |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Perfect. n/t |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #76 |
77. I thought so! Easy, isn't it? nt |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Now for the advanced-level test: |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #78 |
79. I would pronounce the first one "chumley" but I never heard of the second one. |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Believe it or not: "Fanshaw." |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #68 |
85. Close. It's 'wuss-tah'. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #67 |
81. Wooster! But I cheat, since I used to buy Worcester valves. |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
71. The "srimp" thing may be contagious... |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
75. I get a thicker accent |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
82. My accent is all over the place depending on whom I'm talking to. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. I'm a lingual chameleon too. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
84. In N'awlinsese "shrimp" becomes "swimps" |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. N'awlins accents sound close to Brooklyn/Bronx to me. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. Sounds like Confederacy of Dunces |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #89 |
93. John Kennedy Toole. Loved that book. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
96. Ask someone in California's Central Valley how the word "almond" is pronounced |
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