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06-28-2006, 03:24 PM | #1 |
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Things you hate that you say
I've noticed that ever since I moved to Ohio, I end half my sentences in prepositions when speaking.. and it bugs the crap out of me.
of course I guess that's better than my previous Tennessee lingo.. "You done yur homework yet?" "Fixin to!" What parts of your regional dialect do you despise?
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06-28-2006, 03:27 PM | #2 |
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split infinitives.
"to boldly go where no man has gone before" all that.
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06-28-2006, 03:29 PM | #3 |
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Dialect
It's a love/hate thing for me. Regionalisms are cool in a purely anthropological way, but Southern talk has always irked me. Waiting "on" somebody rather than "for" them. One "mashes" an elevator button here. Then they torture place names: Albany is pronounced All-binny, etc.
But what I hate most is when people tell me to "Have a blessed day."
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06-28-2006, 03:35 PM | #4 |
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You could just respond with, "Yeah, I hope you get some nookie, too." How much more blessed can you be in one day?
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06-28-2006, 03:46 PM | #5 |
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God I miss nookie. Onanism is just not the same.
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06-28-2006, 03:47 PM | #6 |
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I'm from Pittsburgh, enough said.
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06-28-2006, 03:58 PM | #8 |
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The 80's in me still makes me sometimes say "totally." I totally hate when I do that.
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06-28-2006, 04:20 PM | #9 |
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Apparently, I acquire a strong Indian accent when I speak with my grandmother.
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06-28-2006, 04:35 PM | #10 |
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I probably have bad grammer too, but what I really hate is all the swear words that I say. I just can't seem to clean up my potty mouth. Luckily, my daughter hasn't picked up too much, and has only said a few, but it's still a bad habit.
heh, the other day we were playing outside and she said "it's frickin' hot out here!" At least it wasn't the real F word...I have no one to blame but myself.
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I didn't say it a lot, but hated it and became very aware of it when my training started... so when I did say it, it was glaring for me. Quote:
Something I don't do but a lot of people from this area do that I cannot STAND is pluralize everything, Wal-Mart is Wal-Marts or Wals-Mart, you go to K-Marts or the Olive Gardens... It really drives me nuts and I can't figure out why, nothing else about southern colloquialisms do, but that one really does. Last edited by rkzenrage; 06-28-2006 at 04:45 PM. |
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06-28-2006, 04:50 PM | #12 |
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I reckon...
I figger.... I aim to... I'm studying on.. and in this area we don't say We're fixin' to. We say we're fittin' to. Chrise.
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06-28-2006, 04:55 PM | #13 |
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Fittin' ta' put on yer' britches?
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06-28-2006, 05:15 PM | #14 |
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I grew up in the Smoky Mountains of GA, lived and worked overseas with the British and am currently inhabiting FL. I have studied several foreign languages as well. As such, I have a mish mash of dialects and slang. When I am conversing with someone, I tend to take on their speaking habits and accent. The worst, however, is when I am talking to someone with a rural southern accent. My hillbilly roots just reach up and grab my voicebox, I swear. Ya'll, You'uns, git outa heah, ain't, and all my words seem to grow by 1 or 2 syllables, kin yew b'leve it?
My kids think I say milk funny. Me-yilk is how they say it sounds. Pffftt... I also play an online MMORPG, Everquest. The phrases used in the game have occasionally spilled over into real life which always gives us pause (are we overdoing the gaming thing!?). Camp: To sit your character down and type /camp which will log you out of the game after 20 seconds. I've actually told my partner I was camping for the night as I was heading to bed. Aggro: A creature sees you and attacks. My partner and I have used this phrase to describe getting upset with each other. Stormie
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06-28-2006, 05:34 PM | #15 |
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I hate to hear myself change the -ng sound at the end of a word to just an -n, like "we're goin' runnin'"
I hate to hear others say "try and". You "try to", not "and". I also pronounce water like "wooder" - it's a Philadelphia thing. Some people even say "wooda".
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