kelel01 1 #26 August 7, 2006 You mean like those weirdos from down under? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #27 August 7, 2006 Since when are regional accents automatically wrong? I may be reading waaaaay too much into your husband's actions, but it sounds like he feels your way of speaking is somehow something that needs to be corrected. To me, regional accents are one of the things that makes this country and our language (and the variations of it) interesting. I'm (obviously) known on here as a member of the "grammar police" and I believe that, at least with the written word, right and wrong are much more easy to delineate. But with regional accents and dialects it's more of a gray area. I guess I don't think of them as something to "overcome" (although for certain professions a neutral accent is almost a requirement) but as something that gives people character. But then again, I am the child of two parents who both lost their strong regional accents when they moved away from home. How much was deliberate and how much just happened because they were away from their normal influences, I'm not sure. I have what I like to call the "mid-Atlantic non-accent" ... rarely can people pinpoint anything about where I grew up based on how I speak."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #28 August 7, 2006 QuoteWell? I think I'd want you to drop hints, but I REALLY don't want to continue to sound like a moron. Just like a woman....don't tell me, just drop hints. If I don't get it, it's because you gave lousy hints...go sleep on the couch. Sheesh. My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #29 August 7, 2006 Quoteit depends on whether I am just saying it different to you (or them) or actually saying it 'wrong". Correct me if I'm saying it wrong, but not if I pronouce it different to you"Aluminum" for example... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #30 August 7, 2006 QuoteYeah sure you are going to take a bath.... it didnt happen unless you post pics/video!!!!!! Sorry, none of the bezillion cameras we have in the house seemed to be working while I was in the bath. But oddly, they're all fine now. And Kelly: I know better than to do a lot of things, but that rarely keeps me from doing them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #31 August 7, 2006 QuoteYou mean like those weirdos from down under? Yeah the ones that speak "the Queens" english, not to be confused with those other colonials, who live below CanadaYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #32 August 7, 2006 QuoteQuoteit depends on whether I am just saying it different to you (or them) or actually saying it 'wrong". Correct me if I'm saying it wrong, but not if I pronouce it different to you"Aluminum" for example... Bad example, we even spell it differently to you illiterate lotYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #33 August 7, 2006 I voted Yes,but it would be easier if everyone who knew I pronouced something incorrectly would just shoot themselves on the face. that way I can resume telling everyone that I am always right.My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpjunkie2004 0 #34 August 7, 2006 QuoteSince when are regional accents automatically wrong? I may be reading waaaaay too much into your husband's actions, but it sounds like he feels your way of speaking is somehow something that needs to be corrected. To me, regional accents are one of the things that makes this country and our language (and the variations of it) interesting. Thanks for sticking up for me : ) You've actually hit the nail on the head : (Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #35 August 7, 2006 No offence or offense but,in that instance, your husbands sounds like a douche bag.(I would imagine hes not like that with everything,though.) if you used the word scrabble dabble in place of measure and I knew that you did thateverytime I would propbably act like I didnt know what you were tlaking about but just because you PRONOUNCE Measure differently the he, doesnt mean its wrong.My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydemon2 0 #36 August 7, 2006 yeah yeah likely story, by the way you said bezillion wrong Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone! I like to start my day off with a little Ray of Soulshine™!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpjunkie2004 0 #37 August 7, 2006 Things are not great in my life. This is just one of the smallest things that isn't right : (Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydemon2 0 #38 August 7, 2006 Then how do you say pleasure? Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone! I like to start my day off with a little Ray of Soulshine™!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpjunkie2004 0 #39 August 7, 2006 QuoteThen how do you say pleasure? : ) Thanks for making me smile : )Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #40 August 7, 2006 The great thing about Georgia girls is that "no" is a 3-syllable word. By the time they get it out, it's too late. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydemon2 0 #41 August 7, 2006 Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone! I like to start my day off with a little Ray of Soulshine™!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #42 August 8, 2006 I agree regional accents are perfectly acceptable... I'm actually suprised that the US doesn't have more regional dialects... Japan has several and its a very small island... Actually the english language is generally very flexible when it comes to pronuciation of words. Often even if someone pronounces a word differently it can still be understood. I know the same can't always be said in (for example) Japanese...Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpjunkie2004 0 #43 August 8, 2006 Some people think that region accents and dialects are endearing. My husband is not one of those people. When I am with my family, it is very obvious that I've been trained to speak properly. I don't sound much like my siblings. It wasn't all my husband. I spent a summer with my grandmother when I was just a little girl and I came home with a funky intense southern accent. When I entered grade school, my teachers couldn't understand some things that I was saying. Eventually, they fixed me...Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #44 August 8, 2006 Quote Eventually, they fixed me... You were not brokeYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #45 August 8, 2006 QuoteQuote Eventually, they fixed me... You were not brokeI'll second that... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
