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Post by caro on May 6, 2016 21:36:19 GMT
I try hard to speak correctly and not my Southern phrases that are incorrect. It can be difficult......
Today I told my Northern co-teacher, "I used ta could do that." She died laughing at me saying my southern was showing. It really was funny and I laughed as well.
What do you say that is incorrect?
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Post by stumpedagainof3 on May 6, 2016 21:38:22 GMT
Sounds right to me.  |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on May 6, 2016 21:38:44 GMT
I used to say "anyways" and still do sometimes, even though it's not a real word...
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Post by refugeepea on May 6, 2016 21:38:58 GMT
If I don't watch myself I don't pronounce my n's or nt's very well.
Mou'n - Mountain
Lay'n - Layton
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Post by Zee on May 6, 2016 21:56:22 GMT
I "drug" it out back (instead of dragged)
Various other Midwest things like that occasionally pop out of my mouth, not often but just once in a while.
Some of those past tense verbs get mangled, not when I'm writing or in everyday speech but if I'm around my cousins or something I catch myself slipping between "rang/rung", etc
Brang/brought isn't a mistake I'd normally make, and it sounds uneducated to see it typed out, but I swear I was talking to my cousin and we were fondly remembering the time Uncle Soandso brang a bottle of something to church for someone's funeral to have a nip or two (lol!)
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Post by oldcrow on May 6, 2016 22:04:40 GMT
I pronounce the second o in chocolate. And often but not always say ent at the end contractions such as couldn't.
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Post by ModChick on May 6, 2016 22:06:44 GMT
I say eh more than I should.  |
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Post by Merge on May 6, 2016 22:22:34 GMT
"fixin' to"
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Post by anonrefugee on May 6, 2016 22:46:07 GMT
Goin'
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2016 22:56:41 GMT
I put R's in words where they don't belong:
Warsh
Warshington.
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Post by peabay on May 6, 2016 22:59:36 GMT
I always say "oh, my Long Island just came out." Give me a glass of wine and this CT prep sounds like Rosie O'Donnell. |
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Post by cadoodlebug on May 6, 2016 23:24:28 GMT
After being in NOLA and Baton Rouge for 8 days last month, DH said I sounded just like my friends in Louisiana for a while. One thing he always laughs about that I say: When he asks me if I want to do such and such, I answer *I don't believe*. I also say *fixing to do something.*
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Post by scrapsotime on May 6, 2016 23:28:22 GMT
My maternal grandmother comes out of me occasionally and I say crick instead of creek.
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Post by KikiPea on May 6, 2016 23:29:23 GMT
 Mine mine most frequently used phrase is "I'm fixin' to..." I also use ain't sometimes, but not TOO often. |
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Post by dewryce on May 6, 2016 23:30:21 GMT
I also say *fixing to do something.*  Also a lot of y'all, darlin', honey, and sweetie. The last 3 especially in sympathy or when talking to close family and friends. My SIL called my nephew "darlin'" one and he informed her that only Aunt Carie called him that. I was amused. |
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Post by meridon on May 6, 2016 23:31:37 GMT
I "might could" have my Southern show every now and then...and I "used ta" all the time as well! Only in casual speech though; I'd never write it in a paper or something.
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Post by refugeepea on May 6, 2016 23:34:15 GMT
I used to get teased about the way I said Utah. Apparently natives have a tendency to draw out the "ah" part. Hey, it's only 2 syllables!
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Post by kate on May 6, 2016 23:36:21 GMT
I'm Midwestern, not southern, but I'm not from the northern Midwest. LOL
I recently muttered, "God willin' and the creek don't rise," at school, and my (very elegant) Virginia-born colleague stopped in her tracks and said she hadn't heard that since her grandmother was alive. LOL
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Post by AussieMeg on May 6, 2016 23:48:11 GMT
I was actually going to start a similar thread yesterday. Someone asked me what I was doing on the weekend and I said "I'm gahn the footy" (Translation: I'm going to the football). It wasn't so much the word footy - everyone calls it that - it was more the gahn for going to - lazy Aussie accent there.
Also football related: People here say "Carn the Hawks" which means "Come on the Hawks" which is spurring your team on to win.
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Post by refugeepea on May 6, 2016 23:52:37 GMT
The more, I read this thread, the more I realize I have speech issues! I can say goin' instead of going when using lazy speech. |
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Post by cadoodlebug on May 7, 2016 0:17:17 GMT
Haha, thought of another one. I always say *bless your heart* when sympathizing with something someone is telling.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2016 0:25:41 GMT
Fixin too
Right now, in a minute
Good Lord willin n the creeks don't rise
Apple didn't fall far from that tree
My, how nice
Well, bless your heart
Shit fire and save matches (no idea where mom got that one!)
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Post by caro on May 7, 2016 0:29:14 GMT
Haha, thought of another one. I always say *bless your heart* when sympathizing with something someone is telling. It's "well, bless your heart." I say this a lot but mostly when I'm joking with someone. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on May 7, 2016 0:33:36 GMT
I try not to sound like a character from the movie Fargo, although most people in the city don't typically talk that way. The one thing I can think of that I do say at times is "I'm thinking about going to ______, do you wanna come with?" We also call various casseroles "hotdish" but it's never anything I would make. I cringe every time I hear DH say, "You bet!"  |
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2016 0:41:35 GMT
I used to say "anyways" and still do sometimes, even though it's not a real word... I didn't know that was southern. I've been wondering for 30 years why so many people say that. |
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Post by Delta Dawn on May 7, 2016 0:51:01 GMT
I used to say "anyways" and still do sometimes, even though it's not a real word... It kills me to say this but I have read in *2* dictionaries that "anyways" is a word. I hate the S on the end of it. I was always told it was WRONG. But I looked it up and it's there in black and white. I, though, will not be using that word as my best classroom teacher in life told us that it was not an acceptable way to say the word. |
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Post by anxiousmom on May 7, 2016 0:52:44 GMT
I have a few 'southernisms' that pop out from time to time.
One of the one's that seems to always come out when fussing at the boys is to tell them to 'quit being ugly.' Oh and 'give me some sugar' (give me a kiss) when saying good bye to little kids.
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Post by cadoodlebug on May 7, 2016 0:54:20 GMT
Haha, thought of another one. I always say *bless your heart* when sympathizing with something someone is telling. It's "well, bless your heart." I say this a lot but mostly when I'm joking with someone. I don't say the *well* part and I never say it in jest. It is always heartfelt.  |
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Post by scrapqueen01 on May 7, 2016 1:07:11 GMT
Sometimes when joking around with dd I will say nekkid instead of naked. If dd is being particularly difficult I will ask her if she has lost her ever loving mind.
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Post by Blind Squirrel on May 7, 2016 1:32:50 GMT
My "teacher" comes out when I see misbehaving children.
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