11-07-2009, 10:07 PM
Location: Dripping Springs , TX
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In a lot of the U.S. it's "you guys". It doesn't matter if women are there or not it's still "you guys".
That's up north and in Canada. I get all sorts of looks down here when I use "you guys". I would start saying y'all, but I am afraid that Texans would think I am just trying to make fun of them by mimicking their accent.
11-07-2009, 11:14 PM
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Interesting Map!
This was posted on another thread. One of the most detailed -- if not THE most -- I have ever seen!
Check it out, y'all...
American English Dialects
*curious* How "good" are the rest of y'all in pegging where someone comes from by their speech? Natives, I mean?
I can almost
always tell a fellow Texan/Southerner immediately. If not by accent/dialect, then by their/our slang/idiom (y'all, over yonder, coke, fixin' to, etc).
Hell -- in fact, i just got to thinking -- the use of "tell" to mean "can identify" is a tip-off! LOL
Those from the upper Midwest (Minnesota, Michigan, etc) are usually fairly easy...as are those from the mid-Atlantic northeast. Midwesterners in general (with the "bland" accent) is usually not hard, either.
The "West" is the worst to try and peg. As they seem to be a mix-mash of linguistic influences. My g/f is a native of Colorado, and I can't tell (THAT one again! LOL)
her accent from someome from Idaho or Arizona...
11-08-2009, 01:50 AM
Location: At the center of the universe!
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iceshots
That's up north and in Canada. I get all sorts of looks down here when I use "you guys". I would start saying y'all, but I am afraid that Texans would think I am just trying to make fun of them by mimicking their accent.
Well how about you say y'all and then just practice your Texas accent. Maybe put on a pair of boots.
11-08-2009, 07:29 AM
Location: Dripping Springs , TX
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Frodo2008
Well how about you say y'all and then just practice your Texas accent. Maybe put on a pair of boots.
I've been negligent in going out and getting boots. My wife and I keep saying we have to go boot shopping but something else always comes up. I do have a cowboy hat from when we were in Calgary, but you don't see them much around here.
My daughter has got right into it. She recently went out with her new "Texas born and bred" boyfriend and got herself a pair of boots. Now they are worn about 90% of the time.
She is also starting to pick up some of the Texas speech patterns without even realizing she is doing it. But I haven't heard y'all yet.
11-08-2009, 08:07 AM
Location: from houstoner to bostoner to new yorker to new jerseyite ;)
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I was raised in rural Northeast and Southeast Texas, spent many years in Houston, and I don't seem to have a discernible accent here in Boston that anyone's commented on, except when I say "y'all." It's a dead giveaway, but I can't seem to control it. LOL
11-08-2009, 08:11 AM
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Starting at an early age, we have to carry two marbles in our mouth until we get the mumble right.
11-08-2009, 08:15 AM
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I was raised in rural Northeast and Southeast Texas, spent many years in Houston, and I don't seem to have a discernible accent here in Boston that anyone's commented on, except when I say "y'all." It's a dead giveaway, but I can't seem to control it. LOLOn a related note, one of my biggest pet peeves is when people spell "y'all" like "ya'll." I don't get that! It's a contraction for "you all" so the apostrophe should be after the "y"!!
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Interesting Map!
