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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:08 AM Original message |
This is Alabama. We speak english. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. It's a dialect of authentic American frontier gibberish |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Now who can argue with that? (nt) |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
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Fla_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I only speak two languages |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. love that movie. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
72. The Fifth Element is one of my alltime favorite movies. I watch it EVERY time it is on TV |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:14 PM Response to Reply #72 |
81. Mine too... |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. I will own it...eventually. |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. multipass. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Yep |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Reminds me of the time I had to translate between native English-speakers... |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
46. English to English. . . |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #46 |
52. One of my job duties once |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
61. I'm from the South and my husband's from Boston. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:24 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. oh lighten up... I'm a southerner born and bred and raised... |
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RubyDuby in GA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. "Heck The difference between Northern Georgia and Southern Georgia can be pronounced" |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. uh oh - THAT word . . |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:21 PM Response to Reply #70 |
82. p'kahn |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahnnn!!!! |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #68 |
79. btw - |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #67 |
75. Okay, what is it? |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. it's . . . |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #78 |
87. LOL! Thanks. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
88. It is extremely hard for me to understand Deep South English and some British dialects. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Me from oklahoma and going off to the navy |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:40 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. HAH! when i moved to OK... |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:17 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. It should only be funny and not serious like this ahole would like it to be |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
32. My father is from Alabama. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:36 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Thank you, Will. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:38 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. REALLY? |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:40 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Yes, I knew Dorothy from very early childhood. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:42 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. What is your mother's name? |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:37 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Its not just Alabama! |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:43 AM Response to Reply #32 |
44. Hey, Will, I lived in Decatur for a bit. |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #32 |
49. now Will - |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #32 |
74. Watch American Loggers |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:19 AM Response to Original message |
3. That is so, so funny considering the linguistic origins of the several vernaculars |
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proudohioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Too true! |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
5. "Just don't ask us to spell anything." |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. LOL! pretty funny. |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. That is hilarious! |
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southern_belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:50 AM Original message |
hahahaha |
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southern_belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. hahahaha |
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my2sense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:09 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. bwahahaha - did you get that by infiltrating a tea bagger party? |
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Altoid_Cyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. In times such as this, sometimes we all need a good laugh. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
13. Hey, some of my family members are from Alabama and THEY speak English... |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:25 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I was slurring the Republican Gubernatorial Candidate |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:58 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Many of my Alabamian transplanted relatives really are tobacco chewing truckdrivers- |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
14. England would have something to say about what we call English ... |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Even been to Newcastle? n/t |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:00 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. no. |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:03 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I can understand a Geordie... |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:23 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. You're English? |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #14 |
51. +1. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #51 |
58. 18th Century English |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
23. I have relatives in Georgia that I can't understand and I lived in the South. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
33. My father is from Alabama. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:33 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Did you watch the video,,,,, a rethuglican gubernatorial candidate |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:36 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Have you read the rest of your thread? |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:38 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. This thread has gotten precisely the responses it was designed to elicit. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #39 |
47. I'm not sure I'd put the blame on the OP - from the body of the post it |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Some subjects cannot be discussed intelligently here. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:59 AM Response to Reply #33 |
60. Well put Will. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 09:50 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. . |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. The hardest dialect to understand for me is the cajun one, but I LOVE it!! |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:26 AM Response to Reply #48 |
56. budreaux and tijon "jokes" . . |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. No, I've never heard those. I am sure I'd be fascinated though. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. I grew up around gullah |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
50. I probably sound like everyone in Alabama. While you may not be |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. yonder, yall, and ain't . . . |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:26 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Why say you all when all you have to say is y'all?? |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:05 PM Response to Reply #50 |
62. I really didn't post this to argue whether or not southeners |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:47 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. I guess we southerners get a bit defensive since we get |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
59. They speak rockets too, we maintain a couple IC agreements in Alabama... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
64. Cracker patois |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #64 |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
73. I just don't get why they care |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
76. Personally I would rather make sure the drivers really know the rules rather than |
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RT Atlanta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
77. Roll tide roll... |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
80. Perhaps they need to go over to Lousiiana and |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 08:00 PM Response to Reply #80 |
86. A teacher of mine in high school had the thickest cajun accent. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
83. Thanks, Timmy boy. |
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keroro gunsou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
89. if you can call it that |
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