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‘Pusher’ Ross : An’ you haven’t even seen a subway?
Alvin : I ain’t never even heerd o’ one.
‘Pusher’ Ross : ‘Heerd’? ‘heerd’ What kind o’ talk is that? Do they all talk that kind of English where you come from?
Alvin : Well there ain’t any English people down our way – just Americans.
Sergeant York (1941). Screenplay
It is a matter of considerable regret that more people do not speak English as God intended: Midwestern!
Compare and Contrast:
I stopped following “It’s a Southern Thing” last summer when they officially came out in support of the “Black Lives Matter” movement/organization.
That is unfortunate JFK and completely beside the point of this post.
My point is they speak one way and act differently. Their words now are quite alien to the American mind of the 20th Century who fought two world wars against similar ideologies. People should know that before they support them by watching their videos.
To clarify, WWI was not against “similar ideologies”. WWII, Korean and Vietnam all were against them (more or less).
I see your point JFK, but I routinely make use of sources that I would have little agreement with, if I can make a point by doing so, or find something said amusing. In the fullness of time it is also interesting how frequently adversaries and allies can switch. If someone had told me back in 2004 that there would come a day when I would have little but scorn for then President Bush or that I would then also be frequently quoting approvingly Leftist gadfly Glen Greenwald I would have thought they were mental.
Love the Boomhauer calls 911.
Calls to mind the best joke ever, when Boomhauer recounted his version of what happened in the firehouse.
(KotH is sometimes underrated)
Don, in general, I also source information from a variety of sources, up to a point, but I never financially support (endure commercials, ads or go through a paywalls) of those who diametrically oppose my morals.
BTW, welcome to the anti Bush bandwagon. He rarely surprised me (pleasantly) in many of his decisions. I used to complain that if there was a “D” after his name, the Democrats would have loved nearly all of his positions, but because it was an “R” he was portrayed as Satan himself. It was ALWAYS about the acquiring Power. Any accomplishment was / is incidental to the acquisition of Power and a single Party servers that purpose best. He wasn’t of the right Party.
In the North, “Put that there” is a complete sentence.
Fun- in your examples I heard southern and what I would cal Minnesotan or Michigan or Wisconsin.
I remember a newsman named Harry Reasoner telling about his “accent” as the ideal for speaking in national broadcast
He was from the Fort Dodge Iowa area
We need to invent some kind of gameshow… like a guess the word thing where the Yankees are paired up with southerners and Midwesterners for some accent on accent competition.
Little Rhode Island has at least three accents: northern Foster/Gloucester sound like they’re from Vermont ah-yup, Providence sounds like Brooklyn and South County has a drawl y’all.
It’s really strange for such a small state. I think it’s because no one ever leaves the state.
I especially liked the Alexa bit and the little sign that said “don’t pitch a hissyfit.” I asked my Polish wife if she knew its meaning. She didn’t. And she has been in the US for 30 years or more. Southern is definitely as second language. Trust me. I am a former teacher of English to speakers of other languages.