6-12: how do y'all talk?

SouthernBellelovesaYankee · July 2009

I say...

y'all

fixin' to

I also pronouce oil and boil like oool and booool

Buggy = shopping cart

carry as in I am gonna carry her to town

ain't...I say ain't.

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Amarie13 · July 2009

I sound like I'm from WI. lol. Not cute.

me&mymonkey · July 2009

I've been reading that too! I can't think of too many but I'm sure I will think of more as people post

You guys or all y'all (no clue where I picked that up)

git, gotta, gonna

ETA: I thought of two more. I always say pop never soda. And when I am talking about a conversation I will say "He goes blah blah blah and I go tralalala" instead of "He said blah blah blah and I said tralalala".

rease. · July 2009

today you said "i was ill" and i giggled...thats a southern thing! I know another gal that says that too...

MamaMyers22 · July 2009

Dude, I totally like talk like this.

Natalie27 · July 2009

People say I have a Phila accent, but I grew up in South Jersey....

I say Water....no wuder...

I say drawer...as drooyer....

of course...you can't hear it in yourself unless you tape youself and listen back....and it never sounds like "you" when you listen to yourself.

MamaMyers22 · July 2009

auchick0821:
I say "Y'all" and "Fixin' to" and have a hint of a southern accent, and a hint of a northern accent too (went to college in Chicago) but I grew up in California, so it's not strong either way.

Where in California?

SouthernBellelovesaYankee · July 2009

rease.:
today you said "i was ill" and i giggled...thats a southern thing! I know another gal that says that too...

FI makes fun of me for that too!!!

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amidavey06 · July 2009

I say "y'all" and "fixing to". I'm from South Texas and I haven't heard it up here OK but I say Coke referring to any soda.

My grandma though is hilarious because she says things like "over herah" and "soady water". I love it. But she's from around East TX.

smellycat15 · July 2009

I say ya'll and fixin to. Ain't, Gonna, and sometimes I'll say "up there" when talking about going south or "down there" when talking about north. Its weird. I'm sure there are more that I can't think of right now.

My family is from Mississippi so I can pick up the accent ridiculously easy. My grandma's is still pretty thick and DH has a hard time understanding her sometimes. Its funny.

phishphood · July 2009

I've lived in Pittsburgh all my life...

I don't usually use helping verbs unless I'm speaking formally.

I say "south" as "sau-th" and "down" as "dahn".

I tend to run my words together.

ETA: Oh, and I never say "soda", always "pop".

Niffer666 · July 2009

All I can think of from growing up in Philly is pronouncing water as warter. I've stopped since moving away (and meeting DH who always made fun of it) but it comes out sometimes when around family who still live there. Also, saying yous (plural you) was common.

MamaMyers22 · July 2009

auchick0821:
MamaMyers22:
auchick0821:
I say "Y'all" and "Fixin' to" and have a hint of a southern accent, and a hint of a northern accent too (went to college in Chicago) but I grew up in California, so it's not strong either way.
Where in California?

Vacaville!

Nice! A lot of my family lives near Monterey and inland of there. That's about as far north (besides Tahoe) that I've been.

TennisWife815 · July 2009

I say:

Waw-ter = water

Caw-fee = coffee

Longuyland = Long Island

DiAnne82 · July 2009

I am a born and raised Texan, so I probably have at least a bit of an accent.

I say y'all, I call all sodas 'coke,' I call a shopping cart a 'basket.' I probably also say things like 'bout to'. I also blend lots of Spanish words in my vocab.

srex_ee · July 2009

I'm from Canada..that should say it all. I do say 'pop' not 'soda' as well.

ballpit22 · July 2009

amidavey06:

I say "y'all" and "fixing to". I'm from South Texas and I haven't heard it up here OK but I say Coke referring to any soda.

My grandma though is hilarious because she says things like "over herah" and "soady water". I love it. But she's from around East TX.

My DH is from Alabama and says Coke for all sodas too. I'm from Washington so I say soda. We always have a "discussion" about who is right. I still think I am Smile

ballpit22 · July 2009

According to my DH, I talk like a Yankee. I say...

ya'll

headed into town (even though town is a mile away)

I pronounce bag like beg and measure like maysure (drives my DH crazy!)

soda

I never knew I pronounced things different until I started dating DH. He points it out all the time and tells everyone how I pronounce things so weird. I used to get so mad at him and now I just really don't care.

megontoast · July 2009

MamaMyers22:
Dude, I totally like talk like this.

Dude, I totally do too! OMG! Like, we are sooo radical!

mrs.serrato85 · July 2009

I say HELLA (very californian)

But Im a hot mess because I alo speak spanglish (mix english and spanish) and was raised in some not-so-good areas and that rubbed off on me too

Im pretty hood... lol

MamaMyers22 · July 2009

megontoast:
MamaMyers22:
Dude, I totally like talk like this.

Dude, I totally do too! OMG! Like, we are sooo radical!

Gag me with a spoon!!!

Ludenbelle · July 2009

I say you guys although a lot of people said yous guys, soda, sneakers, weed whacker, down shore, cause, yeah, prolly, nuttin, pocketbook, whole nother, lotsa and long O/A sounds the way Natalie27 explained it but I grew up near Philly.

I remember when we first moved to TX the people my parents bought our house from asked my dad where he was going to put all of our 'stuff'. They needed to stay in the house 2 extra weeks and we had already moved down here. My father is English and he felt calling our belongings 'stuff' was very rude and ignorant.

grinsandgiggles · July 2009

I live just outside of Pittsburgh - I talk Pittsburghese.

erika_sue · July 2009

I'm PA dutch...it's like I speak a different language here in in Ohio

"Go do that awhile" instead of "Go do that now"

red up the room insteasd of clean it, or tidy it

outen the lights, instead of turn them off

the milk's all, instead of the milk's gone, or empty

there are a ton more...espcially food wise that people have never heard of...chicken pot pie does not have a crust, shoo-fly pie, scrapple...I could go on and on

vegetarian_chica · July 2009

I say pop, not soda

I use like, like every other word

I say standing IN line, not ON line

If I'm going to miss work, I say CALL OFF, not CALL IN sick

I'm born/raised/live in Northeast OHIO

Although, I did live in Nashville for a summer and picked up some sayings (y'all, do what?, fixin' ta), but they're gone now.

grinsandgiggles · July 2009

erika_sue:
I'm PA dutch...it's like I speak a different language here in in Ohio

"Go do that awhile" instead of "Go do that now"

red up the room insteasd of clean it, or tidy it

outen the lights, instead of turn them off

the milk's all, instead of the milk's gone, or empty

there are a ton more...espcially food wise that people have never heard of...chicken pot pie does not have a crust, shoo-fly pie, scrapple...I could go on and on

What part of Ohio are you from? As I posted above, I speak a lot of "Pittsburghese," but haven't heard anyone use these phrases you posted.

erika_sue · July 2009

grinsandgiggles:
erika_sue:

I'm PA dutch...it's like I speak a different language here in in Ohio

"Go do that awhile" instead of "Go do that now"

red up the room insteasd of clean it, or tidy it

outen the lights, instead of turn them off

the milk's all, instead of the milk's gone, or empty

there are a ton more...espcially food wise that people have never heard of...chicken pot pie does not have a crust, shoo-fly pie, scrapple...I could go on and on

What part of Ohio are you from? As I posted above, I speak a lot of "Pittsburghese," but haven't heard anyone use these phrases you posted.

I grew up in South Central PA, thats where these phrases come from, but I live in Dayton, OH now, and they don't understand me

grinsandgiggles · July 2009

erika_sue:
grinsandgiggles:
erika_sue:

I'm PA dutch...it's like I speak a different language here in in Ohio

"Go do that awhile" instead of "Go do that now"

red up the room insteasd of clean it, or tidy it

outen the lights, instead of turn them off

the milk's all, instead of the milk's gone, or empty

there are a ton more...espcially food wise that people have never heard of...chicken pot pie does not have a crust, shoo-fly pie, scrapple...I could go on and on

What part of Ohio are you from? As I posted above, I speak a lot of "Pittsburghese," but haven't heard anyone use these phrases you posted.

I grew up in South Central PA, thats where these phrases come from, but I live in Dayton, OH now, and they don't understand me

Ah gotcha.

britti<3 · July 2009

MamaMyers22:
megontoast:
MamaMyers22:
Dude, I totally like talk like this.

Dude, I totally do too! OMG! Like, we are sooo radical!
Gag me with a spoon!!!

yea, what they said.

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