'cause I'm a pothole

Cloud · 12-06-2009, 12:09 AM

I love/hate this commercial. Is that a real regional accent?

(advertisement for some cellular company, if you haven't seen it)

zippyt · 12-06-2009, 12:14 AM

yes some folks sound like that

Radar · 12-06-2009, 08:06 AM

It's an ad for tires, not cell phones and yes, there are people who really sound like that.

Pie · 12-06-2009, 09:14 AM

link?

SamIam · 12-06-2009, 09:25 AM

Its an ad for Geico.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjMUfIKktWU

classicman · 12-06-2009, 09:40 AM

It's a land shark!

Griff · 12-06-2009, 09:52 AM

It is funny about regional accents, after the listening to Hope Boy and the Connecticut Yankee's Southern accents for 16 years, I have to be very careful not to automatically attribute deception to that regions various accents. On the upside, it has been very helpful in dealing with all the Texans involved in the gas rush. Conversely, my sister, who attributes holiness to all the Bush administrations actions, is an easy mark for any Southern accent wielded by preachers, politicians, or potholes.

Cloud · 12-06-2009, 10:32 AM

haha, Geico! I guess that means it's a failed ad, if you can't even remember the advertised product.

and, so . . . what region? Not like any Southern accent I've heard.

wolf · 12-06-2009, 10:37 AM

I like pipe, "strong like bull."

zippyt · 12-06-2009, 10:50 AM

Cloud its WAY Southern , think Alabama or there a bouts

footfootfoot · 12-06-2009, 11:45 AM

Regional accents:
I was listening on the radio to a woman who had several advanced degrees in nuclear physics and such, going on and on about black holes and particle acceleration and what not, but due to her intensely thick Long Island nasal whine I could let go of the idea that she was a complete airhead.

Just as some faces were meant for radio, some voices were meant for books.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-06-2009, 12:46 PM

Is that why they ignored Wavy Gravy's pleas, to get off the sound towers during a thunderstorm?

Cloud · 12-06-2009, 01:18 PM

ha! his voice is better than his mug

Clodfobble · 12-06-2009, 02:53 PM

There's a lot of that accent in East Texas too. Lubbock, and thereabouts.

Trilby · 12-06-2009, 06:20 PM

I thought it sounded South Carolinian!

12-06-2009, 12:09 AM	#1
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	'cause I'm a pothole I love/hate this commercial. Is that a real regional accent? (advertisement for some cellular company, if you haven't seen it) __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

12-06-2009, 12:14 AM	#2
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	yes some folks sound like that __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

12-06-2009, 08:06 AM	#3
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	It's an ad for tires, not cell phones and yes, there are people who really sound like that. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

12-06-2009, 09:14 AM	#4
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	link? __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

12-06-2009, 09:40 AM	#6
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	It's a land shark! __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

12-06-2009, 09:25 AM	#5
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	Its an ad for Geico. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjMUfIKktWU

12-06-2009, 09:52 AM	#7
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	It is funny about regional accents, after the listening to Hope Boy and the Connecticut Yankee's Southern accents for 16 years, I have to be very careful not to automatically attribute deception to that regions various accents. On the upside, it has been very helpful in dealing with all the Texans involved in the gas rush. Conversely, my sister, who attributes holiness to all the Bush administrations actions, is an easy mark for any Southern accent wielded by preachers, politicians, or potholes. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-06-2009, 10:32 AM	#8
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	haha, Geico! I guess that means it's a failed ad, if you can't even remember the advertised product. and, so . . . what region? Not like any Southern accent I've heard. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

12-06-2009, 10:37 AM	#9
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12-06-2009, 10:50 AM	#10
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Cloud its WAY Southern , think Alabama or there a bouts __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

12-06-2009, 11:45 AM	#11
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Regional accents: I was listening on the radio to a woman who had several advanced degrees in nuclear physics and such, going on and on about black holes and particle acceleration and what not, but due to her intensely thick Long Island nasal whine I could let go of the idea that she was a complete airhead. Just as some faces were meant for radio, some voices were meant for books. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-06-2009, 12:46 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Is that why they ignored Wavy Gravy's pleas, to get off the sound towers during a thunderstorm? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-06-2009, 01:18 PM	#13
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	ha! his voice is better than his mug __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

12-06-2009, 02:53 PM	#14
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12-06-2009, 06:20 PM	#15
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I thought it sounded South Carolinian! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

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