SC slang (Piedmont, Hollywood, Mayo: elementary school, fence, office)

[guestposter24]

Originally Posted by fnord

Are these slang terms across the board, as far as "black vs white"? Are there differences between black slang and white slang, and accents? Just curious.

I was asking about things like South Kahlina because it seems only Lowcountry/Charleston/Geechie/certain words in some older white folks, etc. would not pronounce the "r". Aside from these groups, the only other people who wouldn't that i can think of are black people.

[Geechie North]

Originally Posted by guestposter24

Geechie North, just curious but what dialect are some of your slang terms from?

Is it Charleston or Geechie or black folks that aren't Geechie?

I live in the Upstate and don't really hear some the words you have pronounced by white Southerners here. Ex: South Kuhlina, etc.

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The "slang" (actually a patois- language combo of African and peasant English tongues) I am using here is actually based on Gullah, the language of the Rice Culture.
The Upcountry (e.g. Upstate), and for that matter what they now call the "Midlands", were never part of this area for climate and geographical reasons, and therefore are not areas where you'd hear these terms.

FYI, Gullah is the derivation for what some call "Ebonics", and Geechies can be either black, white, or a mixture.

[elvislives]

Originally Posted by Geechie
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The "slang" (actually a patois- language combo of African and peasant English tongues) I am using here is actually based on Gullah, the language of the Rice Culture.
The Upcountry (e.g. Upstate), and for that matter what they now call the "Midlands", were never part of this area for climate and geographical reasons, and therefore are not areas where you'd hear these terms.

FYI, Gullah is the derivation for what some call "Ebonics", and Geechies can be either black, white, or a mixture.

She Or He could not reproduce geechie or gullah dialog here because it is spoken FAST ... you gotta know it to ...KNOW it

[Geechie North]

Y'eddy bou gullah?
Bin speekem all time, fo' tru.

[southernnaturelover]

Originally Posted by Woodlands

Ever heard of Mosquito Beach? Where is it? Went to College with some guys from Chucktown and they used to say that you should never go to Mosquito Beach or and area on the Pennisula called "Back The Green"? If you let me know I will give you a "case quotah"

"Case quotah" is mostly used by older black folks here in Alabama. My first job was working in a convenience store, and a black lady came in and handed me a dollar and asked for a "case quotah". I said "you want a case of what?".

[livebyoptimism]

So I want to know more about the geechie & gullah. When I moved down here in August, I guess I was expecting everyone to have some form of a country accent. Well, when I went to school (I'm a teacher) my first day, I thought that many of the people had these weird accents... almost Jamacian or from some islands somewhere. I had never really heard anything like it. & it was pretty hard for me to catch on to what they were talking about. They all talk really fast all the time. So is what I'm hearing geechie or gullah? When I talk to people from Ohio (where I'm from) they always ask about the counrty accent... and I just don't know how to explain to them that is def not what I'm hearing. And info would be appreciated! Oh, I'm living in the little town of Lane... It's near Kingstree.

[Geechie North]

Gullah is a patois of the coast; pure gullah is spoken by only a few older people. For a while it looked like it would become extinct but there has been a revival of sorts as people try to keep something of their traditional culture. Far more common (and what I believe you are hearing) are Gullah-influenced speakers.

Geechee is a term for people, not a language.

The mass media (e.g. Hollywood) is the reason for many misconceptions about many subjects- including the south. Until the 80's, the dominant view of southern culture in the mainstream oscillated between the "Plantation, Moonlight and Magnolias" hype, and the "Tobacco Road Redneck" view; whichever view was en vogue depended largely on whether black people were seen in a positive or negative light.
But in 1979 a show- based on the stereotypes of a guy named Morrie,who'd never been east of Nevada- changed the region's PR forever:
The Dukes of Hazzard.
The Dukes, set in Georgia, and very based on Piedmont southern culture, popularized a view of the region that was as authentic as William Shatner's toupee.
But it's the expectations that most outsiders now have for the entire southern US.

[guestposter24]

Originally Posted by Geechie North

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The "slang" (actually a patois- language combo of African and peasant English tongues) I am using here is actually based on Gullah, the language of the Rice Culture.
The Upcountry (e.g. Upstate), and for that matter what they now call the "Midlands", were never part of this area for climate and geographical reasons, and therefore are not areas where you'd hear these terms.

FYI, Gullah is the derivation for what some call "Ebonics", and Geechies can be either black, white, or a mixture.

Oh okay thanks or clarifying.

[guestposter24]

Originally Posted by Geechie North

But in 1979 a show- based on the stereotypes of a guy named Morrie,who'd never been east of Nevada- changed the region's PR forever:
The Dukes of Hazzard.
The Dukes, set in Georgia, and very based on Piedmont southern culture, popularized a view of the region that was as authentic as William Shatner's toupee.
But it's the expectations that most outsiders now have for the entire southern US.

Too young to have seen the Dukes of Hazzard. Could you please explain?

[Geechie North]

Rednecks. Car chases. Country Music. California Hill Country passing for the South. Moonshine. Upcountry twang. Confederate Flags. Girls in cutoff jeans.

That's about it.