Archive through August 26, 2002
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Amy too country for Memphis?:
Archive through August 26, 2002
Hillbilly | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 09:58 pm     wow...i really thot it was larger that median income is REALLY sad! |
Oregonfire | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 10:02 pm     Amy's dad must seem like a millionaire in comparison to the other folks around town. Then again, what are the property values? |
Hillbilly | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 10:05 pm     i really don't know oregon...wow learned somethin about my own state. btw...i was wrong when i said it had an airport hub...that's in Memphis. sorry bout that...dagnabit, i knowed i shouldn't a dismantled ma still... |
Oregonfire | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 10:17 pm     That's okay, Hillbilly. I assume that you only come down out of the hills to stock up on buck shot. <umm...I'm trying! I don't know much about hillbilly culture. My kin's from upstate New York...> |
Bohawkins | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 10:28 pm     Hillbilly, I am another who finds your attempts at dialect to be annoying. I grew up in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas, and have never heard any accent which approaches what you write, which is a really a poor mixture of black ebonics, and old movie western slang. I would appreciate it if you would not write that way. It has long lost any entertainment value, and is a detriment to the board. I now simply pass over your posts, and I really would love to read them and respond. It takes real talent to get into the voice of a particular dialect and the skills of a disciplined writer. When someone does it poorly, it is simply boring. I am sure you would find it unpleasant to read if other posters made stabs at pig latin, or ebonics or irish brogue. |
Jmm | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 10:32 pm     Hillbilly - I for one enjoy your country dialect. I grew up in Kentucky and you speak very much like my family in the hills of eastern Kentucky. Reading your posts tend to make my day and sometimes make me very homesick. |
Hillbilly | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 10:34 pm     ...well's...mr. bohawkins...i's shor wouldn't want to rile yourn feathers now...yu's have a good un... and ifn i's start ta talk this away again ...why yu's jest skip on over them thar annoyin messages...and i's be sure to skip overn yourn ifn i's find them annoyin.... |
Hillbilly | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 10:37 pm     thankee jmm...i's think i's gonna talks the way i's wants when's i wants myself...long's i ain't name callin er bashin folks...i's don't see no harm...it don't hurt ma feelins atall if folks don't care ta read my posts...its their pleasure.. |
Cyn | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 10:39 pm     Hillbilly, i think your dialect coming through your posts is darling. |
Bob2112 | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 10:41 pm     illbillyHay, I inkthay ostmay of ouryay ostspay are eryvay unnyfay. eepkay up the oodgay orkway! |
Hillbilly | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 10:43 pm     thankee cyn...i's appreciates it... |
Hillbilly | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 10:44 pm     thankee bob...i's understood yu's perfectly... |
Oregonfire | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 10:50 pm     I think you're great, Hillbilly! |
Hillbilly | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 10:53 pm     thankee oregon...i think yur great too! |
Hotty_Toddy | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 10:57 pm     What Hillbilly was saying is exactly right. There are different dialects for different areas. I live in Memphis and went to Ole Miss, and evertime I go down to Oxford 1 1/2 hours south, I can hear the difference in accents. In a larger city like Memphis, the accent gets diluted, with many non-Souhterners living there. The minute I heard Amy I guessed she was from Arkansas, because no offence to Arkansans, but that accent is the worst in the South, and Ames is a particularly strong example. The dialects become more melodic as you go east, and those gentle Carolina lilts are quite enviable. Yes, West Memphis is just across the river, but think about it...people are always saying that something is the biggest whatever east of the Mississippi or what have you. It's a substantial barrier. P.S. I love that it is not enough to simply ignore someone's posts on this huge board, but you have to TELL them you are ignoring them, too. We'll see if we can get Roddy as a poster once he's out of the house so he can tell us all how much he would like to love and acknowledge us too, if only we could meet his standards. |
Hillbilly | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 11:08 pm     thanks hotty-toddy...no offense taken...we is what we is here in Arkansas.. i's jest lets stuff like Mr. bohawkins rolls offn ma back...lifes too short and ya ain't never gonna make everyone happy...i's do find it hilarious that Mr. bohawkins visits a thread called Amy too Country when's he clearly don't like country talk....hehehehe...what's up with that?....eheheehehe |
Off2cthwizrd | Sunday, August 25, 2002 - 11:28 pm     I lived in Arkansas as a child, then moved to Oklahoma for college. I spent a few years working in North and South Carolina, then spent almost ten years in Texas. Now I live in Maryland. My accent is now so messed up, that everytime I open my mouth now, people's eyes get big and they say "What kind of an accent is THAT??!!!" LOL (It also tends to get worse depending on who I am talking to...) (Hillbilly, I just want you to know that I love your posts and enjoy reading them! Thanks for making me smile!) |
Wcv63 | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 02:16 am     Hillbilly's post saying that the South is not a melting pot with generic southern accent is correct. New Orleans has sorta a Boston or New York accent that sneaks in every once in a while. While just under an hour away in either direction the accent becomes more country and has more of a pronounced drawl. I'm assuming that Amy's hometown is similar. The big city takes on a more cosmopolitan language but as you get further away small town speech is the norm. I happen to like Amy's accent. I think it's charming. |
Corriecat | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 04:20 am     Hi Hillbilly I like the way you write. My mom is from Paragould. Dad was from Forest City. Grandparents were from Paragould but moved to Brookland just before I was born. My folks had moved to AZ before I was born but we went back to Arkansas every summer. One set of Aunts and Uncles are in Wynne and the other were in Harrison (before they got money and moved to the snobby part of Little Rock) so we used to stop at Mountain Home for lunch on the way to visit them. |
Hillbilly | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 04:26 am     ...lol...corriecat...yu's a well-traveled gal. I's got folks in Batesville and Magnolia. thanks Off2 and Corriecat... |
Twiggyish | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 05:49 am     Hillbilly, you're fine in my book, too. In southern Florida, many of us have long lost our accents. We sound like everyone else now. (boring) |
Bigsister | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 07:11 am     Once more I find the conversation long after it is over. :::sigh::: Just want tosay, I have lived in Arkansas most all my life. As a child I lived in the big city of Dennard, attended school at Clinton (before Bill was even born), lived at Paragould for two years, have lived in Little Rock (not the snobby part) for 40 years. I loved the conversation about accents. Arkansas has several geographic areas which have remained separate and fairly distinct - the Delta, along the Mississippi River. Northwest Arkansas is a thriving area at this time, home of Wal Mart, Tyson Foods, and other large corporations, and the University of Arkansas. There is the larger area of North Arkansas, which is the "Hillbilly" area, the southern piney woods, etc. I think Amy's accent is right on the money for an Arkansas Delta girl. The delta is a very depressed area right now, with average incomes some of the lowest in the nation, so the income mentioned for West Memphis is no surprise. Hillbilly's postings take me back to my youth in the hills. It is authentic, if extreme. I enjoy it but I can see why it would be hard to follow for someone unfamiliar with it. There, by now, I'm sure you know more than you ever wanted to know about Arkansas. |
Wyndie | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 11:23 am     I grew up in Chattanooga and even went to UTC as well - can't recall who said it but, yes, Chattanooga IS breathtaking! I have lived elsewhere - I am back home now and could not imagine moving away from here again. Hillbilly, I think the posts are hysterical because the way you are posting is exactly how ppl EXPECT us to speak! No, there isn't one Southern accent and I am very proud of mine. |
Reader234 | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 11:54 am     Me too!! LOL Thought I should add the Texan twang!! One of the reason I love country music, it lets me hear some southern accents, and I think of home!! Reba McIntyre gave a whole lot of money to help build a rehab and nursing center in my hometown (north of Dallas, called Denison, not Denton TX!!) she did this after that horrible plane crash!! I love listening to the Judds (they claim KY as home) And I have relatives in the huge town of Ashflat Arkansas (AK is Alaska right?) I never liked my dad's dad, so anything close to that accent grates on my nerves. The thing I love about my Texas relatives is their way of life is so much slower!! Here in the suburbs of Chicago, its dog eat dog, run when you can, road rage in traffic is more a norm than not!! But sitting and doing nothing is treasured in my great uncles home!! Its hard to slow down, but his speech and everything is just slower!! I have to laugh when I go to restarants to, waitresses move a little slower at the places we've been too!! (and hillbilly do you use the translation website? hmmm curious minds!!! *eg)
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Puck1021 | Monday, August 26, 2002 - 12:18 pm     If you all want to hear more southern dialects, of all types, then watch a NASCAR race. Those old boys got more accents then Carter has Pills. Heck half are not even from the South, Gordon-Calif, Wallace Brothers - St.Louis, but they have all been with the circuit so long they all have southern speak. |
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