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Hmmmm....sounds southern (Original Post) HarveyDarkey Sep 2013 OP
Hmmmm......sounds like another broad brush smear of Southerners. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2013 #1
actually, this could be construed as a twofer as it is jibing Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2013 #3
No offense, but sometimes we're too READY to be offended. No one in their right mind... MiddleFingerMom Sep 2013 #8
southern would be HAID hobbit709 Sep 2013 #2
Watch yer haid yaul. nt sarge43 Sep 2013 #4
or..."hay-yed" dixiegrrrrl Sep 2013 #6
Maybe it's South Korea? KamaAina Sep 2013 #5
Isn't that what the Door Mouse said? In_The_Wind Sep 2013 #7

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)
3. actually, this could be construed as a twofer as it is jibing
Sat Sep 7, 2013, 06:05 PM
Sep 2013

one language in one dialect. meh.

MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts)
8. No offense, but sometimes we're too READY to be offended. No one in their right mind...
Sun Sep 8, 2013, 07:55 AM
Sep 2013

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... (leaves ME out) would think that ALL Southerners say "haid" for "head", but name
me two other U.S. location-based accents where you would hear that substitution.
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I'd actually be pretty impressed if you could name one.
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Sometimes a realistic generalization is not a "broadbrush smear".
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No offense to the offended intended.
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(edit to add): In the Army, I spent 3 years in Germany followed by three years on
the Kentucky/Tennessee border. When I'd go home, my family would tease me
about the faint accents I had picked up from both places by saying, "ACH, y'all!!
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dixiegrrrrl

(60,159 posts)
6. or..."hay-yed"
Sat Sep 7, 2013, 07:13 PM
Sep 2013

I always laff at movies when characters try so hard to do "a" southern accent,
not realizing there are many versions of how people talk down here, and inflection is just as important as pronunciation.

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