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jo-jo-7 Just Starting Joined: 16 Mar 2010 Posts: 6	Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 3:53 pm    Post subject: yorbcbud wrote: jo jo 7 wrote: Every state or every country has their own version of slang, us southerners say "y'all", (meaning---"everybody"), reckon, (meaning---" alright or I guess"). Everyone has their own version of bad language, (meaning----"slang").... So, who cares...nobody's perfect!!!!!! It's fine to speak it in the south, but as an international version of English, it just wouldn't pass. No place except America, will you hear those words. It's just not proper english. That's all I was trying to say. I actually enjoy listening to a southern girl talk. Bud.....I have caught myself saying "ya'll" sometimes, but when I lived in New York the New Yorkers loved my accent....this guy said for me to never lose it because it was refreshing to hear a southerner in New York.... So....HAH to Spicey! New Yorkers love southerners.....
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surfguy Lounge Wizard Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 6979	Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:39 pm    Post subject: ...just the good ole boys...never meaning no harm...been in trouble with the law since the day they was born!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRX4mlFi06A
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krasatulya VIP Joined: 29 May 2005 Posts: 590	Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:34 pm    Post subject: The only word I really can't stand is "ain't". I cringe when I hear people use it. Speaking of regional words, does any other state use the word "wicked" to mean very, like it was wicked good? I hear people in Boston use that all the time, but never anywhere else in the U.S. It's also pretty annoying...come to think of it
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surfguy Lounge Wizard Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 6979	Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:41 pm    Post subject: krasatulya wrote: The only word I really can't stand is "ain't". I cringe when I hear people use it. Speaking of regional words, does any other state use the word "wicked" to mean very, like it was wicked good? I hear people in Boston use that all the time, but never anywhere else in the U.S. It's also pretty annoying...come to think of it Yes of course wicked is widely used...in fact there is a good beer called Pete's Wicked Ale In Northern California...a peculiar expression is to say hell of or helluv to describe something in greatness etc...like that girl is helluv fine! Or oh helluv. So it's easy to point out Norcal people
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5_Zvehzda Just Starting Joined: 30 Mar 2010 Posts: 1	Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:45 pm    Post subject: krasatulya wrote: The only word I really can't stand is "ain't". I cringe when I hear people use it. Speaking of regional words, does any other state use the word "wicked" to mean very, like it was wicked good? I hear people in Boston use that all the time, but never anywhere else in the U.S. It's also pretty annoying...come to think of it Not entirely sure about how frequently that one is used in other states. It can be heard in some parts of the UK, though.
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Crabman WayToRussified Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 401 Location: Middlesex	Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 12:17 am    Post subject: jo jo 7 wrote: ...I have caught myself saying "ya'll" sometimes, but when I lived in New York the New Yorkers loved my accent....this guy said for me to never lose it because it was refreshing to hear a southerner in New York.... So....HAH to Spicey! New Yorkers love southerners..... I rather like a Southern American accent. It is slow and easily understood by someone not used to American accents. I think "y'all" is actually a useful expression (it cures the English deficiency of not distinguishing a singular "you" from a plural "you"). I much prefer it to that awful American expression, "you guys" (or worse, "youse guys") Ugh... Only in America can gals be addressed as "guys".
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yorbcbud Lounge Wizard Joined: 17 Feb 2006 Posts: 4903 Location: Сорренто, Британская Колумбия, Канада	Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 5:42 am    Post subject: jo jo 7 wrote: Bud.....I have caught myself saying "ya'll" sometimes, but when I lived in New York the New Yorkers loved my accent....this guy said for me to never lose it because it was refreshing to hear a southerner in New York.... So....HAH to Spicey! New Yorkers love southerners..... Yeah, like I said, I like the accent too. It's charming. Spicey's just trying to stir the pot. He must be bored. The rats and roaches won't play with him any more.
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surfguy Lounge Wizard Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 6979	Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:49 am    Post subject: Crabman wrote: jo jo 7 wrote: ...I have caught myself saying "ya'll" sometimes, but when I lived in New York the New Yorkers loved my accent....this guy said for me to never lose it because it was refreshing to hear a southerner in New York.... So....HAH to Spicey! New Yorkers love southerners..... I rather like a Southern American accent. It is slow and easily understood by someone not used to American accents. I think "y'all" is actually a useful expression (it cures the English deficiency of not distinguishing a singular "you" from a plural "you"). I much prefer it to that awful American expression, "you guys" (or worse, "youse guys") Ugh... Only in America can gals be addressed as "guys". Good point
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StephenB. VIP Joined: 18 Aug 2007 Posts: 807	Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:20 am    Post subject: surfguy wrote: Crabman wrote: jo jo 7 wrote: ...I have caught myself saying "ya'll" sometimes, but when I lived in New York the New Yorkers loved my accent....this guy said for me to never lose it because it was refreshing to hear a southerner in New York.... So....HAH to Spicey! New Yorkers love southerners..... I rather like a Southern American accent. It is slow and easily understood by someone not used to American accents. I think "y'all" is actually a useful expression (it cures the English deficiency of not distinguishing a singular "you" from a plural "you"). I much prefer it to that awful American expression, "you guys" (or worse, "youse guys") Ugh... Only in America can gals be addressed as "guys". Good point I like to listen to a Charleston accent..it's very soft and not too twangy which I find annoying. Then again my accent is annoying..lol
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jo-jo-7 Just Starting Joined: 16 Mar 2010 Posts: 6	Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:31 am    Post subject: Crabman wrote: jo jo 7 wrote: ...I have caught myself saying "ya'll" sometimes, but when I lived in New York the New Yorkers loved my accent....this guy said for me to never lose it because it was refreshing to hear a southerner in New York.... So....HAH to Spicey! New Yorkers love southerners..... I rather like a Southern American accent. It is slow and easily understood by someone not used to American accents. I think "y'all" is actually a useful expression (it cures the English deficiency of not distinguishing a singular "you" from a plural "you"). I much prefer it to that awful American expression, "you guys" (or worse, "youse guys") Ugh... Only in America can gals be addressed as "guys". The worse is when New Yorkers say, "YOOTS" instead of the word (you). Example: Yoots going to the ball game? Yoots call me later?....I have heard this quite often. Too each their own...
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StephenB. VIP Joined: 18 Aug 2007 Posts: 807	Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:34 am    Post subject: jo jo 7 wrote: Crabman wrote: jo jo 7 wrote: ...I have caught myself saying "ya'll" sometimes, but when I lived in New York the New Yorkers loved my accent....this guy said for me to never lose it because it was refreshing to hear a southerner in New York.... So....HAH to Spicey! New Yorkers love southerners..... I rather like a Southern American accent. It is slow and easily understood by someone not used to American accents. I think "y'all" is actually a useful expression (it cures the English deficiency of not distinguishing a singular "you" from a plural "you"). I much prefer it to that awful American expression, "you guys" (or worse, "youse guys") Ugh... Only in America can gals be addressed as "guys". The worse is when New Yorkers say, "YOOTS" instead of the word (you). Example: Yoots going to the ball game? Yoots call me later?....I have heard this quite often. Too each their own... I've never heard that word, "Yoots" and I'm a native speaker. Remember, that Hollywood exggerates..That's from the movie, "My Cousin Vinny"...
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jo-jo-7 Just Starting Joined: 16 Mar 2010 Posts: 6	Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:36 am    Post subject: krasatulya wrote: The only word I really can't stand is "ain't". I cringe when I hear people use it. Speaking of regional words, does any other state use the word "wicked" to mean very, like it was wicked good? I hear people in Boston use that all the time, but never anywhere else in the U.S. It's also pretty annoying...come to think of it KY uses the word "wicked" as well. I here this all the time, " Dude that was tooooo wicked", or "Thats wicked dog". Here is one I hear alot, "That was "KILLER" man". "KILLER DUDE". Crazy!....
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StephenB. VIP Joined: 18 Aug 2007 Posts: 807	Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:36 am    Post subject: read this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York-New_Jersey_English
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jo-jo-7 Just Starting Joined: 16 Mar 2010 Posts: 6	Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:43 am    Post subject: StephenB. wrote: jo jo 7 wrote: Crabman wrote: jo jo 7 wrote: ...I have caught myself saying "ya'll" sometimes, but when I lived in New York the New Yorkers loved my accent....this guy said for me to never lose it because it was refreshing to hear a southerner in New York.... So....HAH to Spicey! New Yorkers love southerners..... I rather like a Southern American accent. It is slow and easily understood by someone not used to American accents. I think "y'all" is actually a useful expression (it cures the English deficiency of not distinguishing a singular "you" from a plural "you"). I much prefer it to that awful American expression, "you guys" (or worse, "youse guys") Ugh... Only in America can gals be addressed as "guys". The worse is when New Yorkers say, "YOOTS" instead of the word (you). Example: Yoots going to the ball game? Yoots call me later?....I have heard this quite often. Too each their own... I've never heard that word, "Yoots" and I'm a native speaker. Remember, that Hollywood exggerates..That's from the movie, "My Cousin Vinny"... My ex-husband was a New Yorker and he would say YOOTS aaaaaand he would say, "YOUZ"....I forgot about that one.
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StephenB. VIP Joined: 18 Aug 2007 Posts: 807	Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:44 am    Post subject: whadda ya torking abouut? Weee dunt tork funny, ya know. Some of us may have a Lawn Guyland accent and some talk really different like the accent of da Bronx or Noo York Mannhattin.
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