How Do You Say The Word, Our

[Tala]

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I recently asked my boss's boss where he was from - because he talks different. He still has a southern accent for the most part, although he annunciates a bit more, but what stands out to me is that he puts words in a different order or uses them slightly differently. He said that not many people pick up on it, because he moved here when he was 13. He sounds pretty southern.
I know I talk like a redneck

For example:
I said: "Are you at work?"
He said: "Are you working?"
It stands out more and more the more you hear him talk - not wrong, just different than I usually hear. I have learned that most people don't *really* listen, so that's proably why they don't notice the differences.

 

[English Chick]

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To me out of pocket means not close by or far from home not busy so its not any harder to say.

"Out of pocket" over here means you have lost money......

 

[English Chick]

Robin'sBrood :

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What? You mean that's wrong??

how else would you say it?

I pronounce it coop... the only way I've ever heard it pronounced. According to Wikipedia...

Pronunciation

In Europe (including the United Kingdom), the original French spelling, coupé, and a modified French pronunciation (/kuːˈpeɪ/ koo-pay), are used. The stress may be on either the first or second syllable; stressing the first syllable is the more Anglicized variant. Most, but not all speakers of North American English, at this time, pronounce coupé as "coop" (/kuːp/) and spell it without the acute accent (coupe). This was a gradual change from the original French pronunciation occurring prior to World War II.[1] A very North American example of usage is the hot-rodders' term Deuce Coupe ("doose coop") used to refer to a 1932 Ford.

we're saying it correctly.

I pronounce it - Coo-pay - with the accent over the "e" .....

Loving this thread!​

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

a mess of - unit of mass

dern near - almost

plumb - totally

goshdawg - exclamation

dawggonnit - exclamation of frustration

high tail it - go at a rapid speed

hit the road - leave

hollard - yelled

didjya ever - have you ever

I’ll jerk a knot in your tail.

I’ll snatch you bald headed.

I’ll knock you into next week.

I'll whup ya like a rented mule.

That dawg don't hunt.

Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit.

 

[gritsar]

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To me out of pocket means not close by or far from home not busy so its not any harder to say.

"Out of pocket" over here means you have lost money......

And see how far we've taken it from the Queens English

 

[English Chick]

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.. adore the last line! I am so going to use that phrase!

 

[Terri]

a hollar, aint that a path thru a mountain? I know my mawmaw lived in one. I didn't drive my civic in there, but my CRV did quite well.

 

[Robin'sBrood]

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Wouldn't you be calling yourself a buttered cookie?

 

[English Chick]

Our & Are pronouced the same..... over here....

Bath ..... barth

Water .... warter...

Glass ... glarss

Grass ... grarss



Go on stop laughing .....

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

I like....
Almost as good as biscuits an gravy.

An

Handy as the handle on the ""out"" house door