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Aurora
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11-24-2006

Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 5:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aurora a private message Print Post    
The language quirks are regional and cultural. We're a nation of regions and cultures. Wouldn't it be boring if we all sounded like the talking heads on TV? Dontcha know? Ya sure, you betcha!

Auntiemike
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09-17-2001

Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 6:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Auntiemike a private message Print Post    
Nothing FAKE about the cowboys. They are some of the most genuine people on this show. They have so many fine qualities I'm surprised we can't get past the language and cultural differences. Wow, this is American, isn't it?

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 8:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
That's your opinion. That's not necessarily the truth. I see fake in the aw shucks act, and I don't see real genuineness in them either. That is MY opinion and I'm entitled to it. I'm not saying it's the truth, I'm saying it IS MY OPINION.

And Tx pretty much put the nail on the head... "I can turn it off...". Yup. My point exactly.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 9:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
How is that your point? Tx basically said that she thinks they are behaving the way they naturally behave. In other words, they are not being fake.

Karuuna
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08-30-2000

Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 9:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Turning it off would be fake, right?

Personally I just enjoy their sportsmanship, their lack of yelling at each other, and just staying calm and doing the task at hand. Living in Colorado, I see many like that, it's just the culture.

I know there have been some off-program comments that they've made that have made me cringe, but I do like the way they are running the race.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 9:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Actually I am the same way as Tx...if I have to I can speak a lot less "Texan" - but it doesn't come naturally. The Texas accent and idioisms (is that the correct usage of that word?) are my natural way of speaking, and are especially prevelant when I'm tired or upset. I have trained myself to speak in a more neutral tone of voice but again, it isn't natural. If you haven't ever had to "turn it off" then you wouldn't have learned it...and why should they have to speak in a manner that isn't comfortable? Would you tell a person from Wisconsin or New Yawk that their accents and idioisms aren't genuine?

I have noticed that my parents (especially my Dad), who have moved back to the rural area of Texas where they were born and raised, now speak in much more pronounced East Texas accents (which are different from West Texas accents by the way) than they did when they were living in the Dallas area and teaching school. Oil is not a multi-syllable word for him...LOL!

Brenda1966
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07-02-2002

Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 9:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Brenda1966 a private message Print Post    
The cowboys were cast because of the "oh my gravy" and the hats and because they are _real_ cowboys, so I would not expect them to play it down. Also, I just see genuine cowboys there. I don't get the sense they are acting like hicks, but this is really who they are. IT seems we usually see the real sides of people under the stresses of the race, so I don't see any false playing up of being a cowboy, I just see natural, regional behavior and speech. I just try to find the charm in it. And with all of the reality TV casting out of Californa bars of actor wannabes, I find it refreshing!

Moderator
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06-29-2002

Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 10:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Moderator a private message Print Post    
Some posts have been removed for discussing the behavior of *each other* and not the behavior of the TAR contestants. Let's get back to discussing the show please! :-)

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 10:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Yes ma'am.

Txhazeleyes
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02-12-2008

Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 10:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Txhazeleyes a private message Print Post    
Although I find Boston, New York, New Jersey, Minnesota, Canadian, amongst other regional accents annoying (some even painful), I certainly don't see them as fake. Even Paula Deen has gotten progressively worse with the "y'all" business. It grates on my last nerve but saying that, it is something very commonly said here.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 11:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
It reminds me when of one of my friends (a New Jersey native) talking about her native-Texan born daughter "fixin' to do something." My friend said she had never "fixen' to do something" in her life...LOL! I told her that she was blessed that her children were Texan-born and could learn to speak properly. My friend's "you guys" used to crack me up when I first met her.

Texannie
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07-15-2001

Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 12:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Cowboys are from Oklahoma, but they can still have good old Texas manners! LOL
I am with Kar, I like their sportsmanship, how they interact as a team and with the others.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 12:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Paula Deen amazes me. Constantly. I mean, really, how can her accent get any thicker than it is? All those fake "y'all's" seem to have propagated all by themselves and now come out every other word. I understand how y'all is a common phrase -- heck, I even say it -- but honestly, every other word is not y'all and not draaaaaaaaaaaaawn out in that fake drawl she has. Sometimes I wonder if her wig is too tight! :-)

Aurora
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11-24-2006

Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 12:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aurora a private message Print Post    
I'm Minnesotan, born and bred. More than once while visiting a different state I've been asked if I'm from Minnesota. My ears don't hear an accent, but apparently other ears do. Do I mind? Not a bit.

While the Minnesota accent originated with the northern Europe immigrants, it's a learned inflection in these parts. Just as it's learned in some other areas of the nation for the same reason. Other speech patterns come from a cultural influence, not regional, which is where The Cowboys come in.

At least we all speak the same language, unlike Europe that has many. It's a great thing!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 3:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Aurora, I bet it's your Min-es-SOOOW-tah!! <wink>

There are a lot of areas where there are accents. The only ones that bother me are those that are extreme. Or fake.

I'd disagree with all speak the same language, though! :-)

Texannie
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07-15-2001

Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 4:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
My mother had the most extreme dripping magnolia blossoms and honey southern accent that was absolutely real and got even thicker when she was angry!

Pippin04
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10-26-2007

Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 4:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pippin04 a private message Print Post    
My daughter goes to school and works in Ireland. She finds it funny because she is the one with the accent and it attracts lots of attention.

Txhazeleyes
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02-12-2008

Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 6:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Txhazeleyes a private message Print Post    
Having heard Paula from when her show first begun up through now, I can say without question that she is putting on. Since I've not heard the Cowboys speak prior to being on TAR, I can't say one way or the other. They sound just like everybody I know.

Konamouse
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07-15-2001

Friday, April 15, 2011 - 2:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
My SIL grew up in Tennessee. She's in her 40s. So you know the accent. She moved to Scotland for 3 years and came back with a Scottish brogue. 3 years later she FINALLY started back to normal American twange (when she is relaxed) but as soon as she "thinks" about it, out comes the Scottish (like she thinks it makes her sound smarter or exotic, or who knows what).


Reader234
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08-13-2000

Friday, April 15, 2011 - 7:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
I can understand that Kona!
When Bonnie Hunt was on TV, if I watched her too much, I sounded like her - often my DD will ask me wth?? I hang with someone with an accent, I speak accent, and not on purpose. We all know people from Chicago have an accent - just ask my relatives in Texas!! LOL and yes - my brother and sil moved from Indiana, they dont speak with a Texas accent, but sure as heck dont have the Hoosier accent either!!

The first morning I heard Paula Deen (dh turned tv on...) I sat up and wanted to know if my Aunt was on the phone - but I can understand why people think her accent may have gotten thicker - to me she personifies my aunt (from Texas even tho she is not from Texas, but she made my aunts recipes!)

Mimi
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04-30-2009

Friday, April 15, 2011 - 7:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mimi a private message Print Post    
Reader I've had that problem especially when I was young and travelled for extended periods. I ended up speaking with some kind of slight accent. Not on purpose. It just happened.

Konamouse
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07-15-2001

Friday, April 15, 2011 - 8:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
Oh, I pick up on accents very easily. But as soon as I get home I will go back to normal. Maintaining one for longer than a few days/weeks after returning to your roots - justs seem so pretentious to me.


Landileigh
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07-28-2002

Friday, April 15, 2011 - 10:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
when I was 14 we went to live with my Aunt and Uncle in Hawaii. When I was 15 we moved back to California and with it I had a very soft Virginian accent. Sounded just like my aunt! She was from Norfolk. Everytime I've been back in the DC or Virginia area I get it back as if it was second nature within a day.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Friday, April 15, 2011 - 11:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Worst accent pickup ever ... Madonna after she lived in London for several years...New Yawk British accent...Jeri Hall (who I went to high school in Mesquite, TX...LOL) was the same way...Texas/British...it sounded so fake to me.

Texannie
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07-15-2001

Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 6:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
When I went to London, I was paying for something and talking to the sales clerk. She definitely had an english accent but something was just sort of 'off'. i kept talking to her and finally realized and i said 'you are originally from Brooklyn!' and she laughed and said yes.

let's not forget Louisianan/Cajun accents...those are thicker than anything. i can always tell when someone is from there.

I went to college in Dallas. my mother 'accused' me of having a Dallas accent when I came home from my first semester of college. LOL according to her it was harsher, not soft and pretty like a Houstonian accent!