Eastern Tennessee Thread

[Heathero617]

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Usually, the words cart and buggy are interchangeable. A buggy is pulled by a horse, but you also hear "don't put your cart before your horse". The actual definition for cart is a "wheeled vehicle." The definition for buggy is "a light carriage". The definition for carriage is "conveyance, the manner of carrying ones self, or a wheeled vehicle." So actually, all three words could possibly be interchangeable but you never hear anyone saying "shopping carriage."

I just like to take up for people and no reason to try to make someone feel like an idiot and "tick them off or look at them like they are an alien" just because they do not speak the same as you or use what you consider the correct terminology. Like my daughter says, "being mean is mean."

What I don't think u realize is that people do not speak using regular English here. @ least not in a way that I can easily understand. Its not about being mean, its about trying to decipher what is being said. This scenario has happened to me 100 times since I've been here. Someone can speak. directly to me, and I don't have a clue as to what they have just said. I'm sure I have a puzzeled. . look bc I'm trying to figure it out. I have to ask and ask to have them repeat it. Not only do they end up getting angry, but many times I never "get" what they r trying to say no matter how much I try. You guys can speak to each other just fine, but you don't undersatand that an outsider is going to have some trouble. I was just waiting for someone to make a negative comment about what Bairo said bc i think southerns r just sensitive about it.I totally related to what he said.

I have to ask quite frequently!!! The only thing I believe has helped me, is where I lived in Southern Maryland, they have sort of thick southern drawls. But i Do ask and i'll say something like "i'm sorry, this yankee doesnt speak southern" and I normally get a giggle or laugh and reassured that I will eventually! But then again, I have worked retail here for a while..sooooooo I had to learn to listen closely.

 

[Heathero617]

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Usually, the words cart and buggy are interchangeable. A buggy is pulled by a horse, but you also hear "don't put your cart before your horse". The actual definition for cart is a "wheeled vehicle." The definition for buggy is "a light carriage". The definition for carriage is "conveyance, the manner of carrying ones self, or a wheeled vehicle." So actually, all three words could possibly be interchangeable but you never hear anyone saying "shopping carriage."

I just like to take up for people and no reason to try to make someone feel like an idiot and "tick them off or look at them like they are an alien" just because they do not speak the same as you or use what you consider the correct terminology. Like my daughter says, "being mean is mean."

I agree with you 100%, it is hurtful when someone looks at you like your dumb and starts laughing because you say something others aren't used to hearing. I was laughed at by my BIL & his wife (my DH's brother and wife from PA) because instead of saying "scratch" I said "itch"

I didn't enjoy being their entertainment, but I seem to be laughed at by everyone.... so what's new

I say buggy, coke (for all soda related products), itch, ain't, down yownder, blinker, youins, and any other country saying

& I will not change who I am to please someone else! I also had a speech impediment and went to speech therapy in intermediate school, I had trouble with "r" so maybe it's harder for me to say shopping cart, so there

What I find more than hysterical is that we Yankees from Pa also say "youns" or "yins" instead of "y'all" that I lived with in Maryland. It's not about pleasing others, it's about possibly avoiding a serious miscommunication in a bad situation...at least that's how I look at it. If I have to repeat myself 30 times, i will to be sure everything is completely understood.

 

[SandraD]

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What I don't think u realize is that people do not speak using regular English here. @ least not in a way that I can easily understand. Its not about being mean, its about trying to decipher what is being said. This scenario has happened to me 100 times since I've been here. Someone can speak. . directly to me, and I don't have a clue as to what they have just said. I'm sure I have a puzzeled. . look bc I'm trying to figure it out. I have to ask and ask to have them repeat it. Not only do they end up getting angry, but many times I never "get" what they r trying to say no matter how much I try. You guys can speak to each other just fine, but you don't undersatand that an outsider is going to have some trouble. I was just waiting for someone to make a negative comment about what Bairo .said bc i think southerns r just sensitive about it.I totally related to what he said.

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I have to ask quite frequently!!! The only thing I believe has helped me, is where I lived in Southern . Maryland, they have sort of thick southern drawls. But i Do ask and i'll say something like "i'm sorry, this yankee doesnt speak southern" and I normally get a giggle or laugh and reassured that I will eventually! But then again, I have worked retail here for a while..sooooooo I had to learn to listen closely.

Cute way to handle it

 

[Heathero617]

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I just really related to ur story. I knew exactly what u meant about looking like an alien bc I've been there many times and have embarrassed myself so many times. Southerns r VERY sensitive about it. Amazing how everytime they think u r being mean, when it was exactly the opposite. I don't know how it is where u live, but I have run into some people who just DO NOT like northerners and r not shy about letting u know it.(I am happy about 911, bc those darn yankees finally got theirs...yep really). Personally I think its ignorant to dislike someone bc of the geographic area u were born in, but that's just me. I think its bc there is not a great variety of people. Its rather homogenous. In MI, this neighbor was German, this one was Italian, this on French Canadian, etc. Everyone ate differently, and worshipped @ different churches, so we were raised with a lot of diversity. Its not like that here, so when someone comes in from a different area, there can b occasion problems bc it can b very clanish.

I was told to go back home a few times!!! Not quite the "southern hospitality" you are led to expect when you come here! How many times have you had this told to you? "If you come here to visit, you're a Yankee...if you come here and stay, you're a DAM*ED Yankee!"

 

[Heathero617]

You guys oughtta try being a "DAM*ED YANKEE" along with NOT being Christian OR a Nascar fan!!!!!!!!!! I AM the antichrist in these parts!!!!!!!!

 

[poultrylady]

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Sorry hen, we got a bit distracted. I have never had eggs delivered, but am sure plenty on here have. Can someone help this nice person with an actual chicken question please?

I have ordered quite a few eggs through the mail and really have had great results most of the time. Did you let the eggs "set" for 24 hrs. before you put them in the incubator? It really does make a differance. I ordered 1200 bobwhite eggs about 6 weeks ago, I let them set 24 hours and then incubated, I had over 1000 babies hatch, which is excellent for shipped eggs. When I order eggs I try to only order from someone who is in a state not to far away. I would never order eggs from California or any other far western state, I believe that is just to far to mail eggs, but that is just my opinion. I have also ordered chicken eggs from neighboring states and had excellent results, but it seems a mite hot to order eggs right now, I would wait till it cools off a little or ask them to put a cool pack in with the eggs.

 

[SandraD]

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I just really related to ur story. I knew exactly what u meant about looking like an alien bc I've been there many times and have embarrassed myself so many times. Southerns r VERY sensitive about it. Amazing how everytime they think u r being mean, when it was exactly the opposite. I don't know how it is where u live, but I have run into some people who just DO NOT like northerners and r not shy about letting u know it.(I am happy about 911, bc those darn yankees finally got theirs...yep really). Personally I think its ignorant to dislike someone bc of the geographic area u were born in, but that's just me. I think its bc there is not a great variety of people. Its rather homogenous. In MI, this neighbor was German, this one was Italian, this on French Canadian, etc. Everyone ate differently, and worshipped @ different churches, so we were raised with a lot of diversity. Its not like that here, so when someone comes in from a different area, there can b occasion problems bc it can b very clanish.

I was told to go back home a few times!!! Not quite the "southern hospitality" you are led to expect . when you come here! How many times have you had this told to you? "If you come here to visit, you're a Yankee...if you come here and stay, you're a DAM*ED Yankee!"

Meee too, a few times,that's just ignorant. Southern hospitality sometimes can b a fallicy. Every area has nice people, and jerky people.

 

[Heathero617]

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I was told to go back home a few times!!! Not quite the "southern hospitality" you are led to expect . when you come here! How many times have you had this told to you? "If you come here to visit, you're a Yankee...if you come here and stay, you're a DAM*ED Yankee!"

Meee too, a few times,that's just ignorant. Southern hospitality sometimes can b a fallicy. Every area has nice people, and jerky people.

This is why i too refuse to alter my personality just to please others! Just like someone else said, although, being a "foreigner" >been called that a ton of times< you are expected more times than not to comform to their ways. Like I wont just leave a dog or cat beside a road, nor will I shoot them just because I no longer want them. That is the mind set of very many "country folk" in this area. I have been here a little over a year and have literally taken in 17 stray dogs, they have all found homes except 2 who have stayed here, but when people hear me talk about rescuing an animal, i get a snicker and a "they'll either find food or die" comment.
But I will speak clearly and try to come down to the speed of the local dialect in order to have meaningful and understandable communications with the people here.

 

[SandraD]

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Meee too, a few times,that's just ignorant. Southern hospitality sometimes can b a fallicy. Every area has nice people, and jerky people.

This is why i too refuse to alter my personality just to please others! Just like someone else said, although, being a "foreigner" >been called that a ton of times< you are expected more times than not to comform to their ways. Like I wont just leave a dog or cat beside a road, nor will I shoot . them just because I no longer want them. That is the mind set of very many "country folk" in this area. I have been here a little over a year and have literally taken in 17 stray dogs, they have all . found homes except 2 who have stayed here, but when people hear me talk about rescuing an animal, i get a snicker and a "they'll either find food or die" comment. .
But I will speak clearly and try to come down to the speed of the local dialect in order to have meaningful and understandable communications with the people here.

Well one most certainly has to make "adjustments" when moving down here, its very, very different. Took me a very long time, and am still adjusting. Like other any place, somethings I like better, and some things not near as much. But I stay very true to myself as well, and if you don't like me bc I'm from MI, then I could really care less. I use different criteria for determining if I like u or not, like what kind of a person u r. I try to think of that old song, "Different strokes for different folks", ha

 

[feliciamckee]

Wow.