Southern vs. Northern Speak

[hennypenny9]

Soda. BUT when I was young we called it Pop. I think it started in California and spread. Oh, if you live in Washington, you blame everything on Cali. You know, Valley Girl talk. Like and omg, and whatever. Or whatev.

Cart! Canadians call them buggies.

Skipping.

There is no "r" in Washington! It isn't "Warshington" but even people from eastern Washington will say that sometimes. Eastern Washington is practically a different state. And it's Oregon, not Or-a-gon, like you hear on TV sometimes. And I'm the only person I know that loves Sweet Tea.

My dad says crick, not creek, even though he's never been south of Oregon.

I notice that southern people have a tendency to call me sweetie or hon or darlin. Up here if someone (not from the south) does that, it's probably condescending. I listened to a conversation between some southern people about how "up here they say high school wrong!" We say high school. They say hiiiiiiiigh school. Almost haaa school.

I love this thread. All I get up here is a lot of "eh" and "queue" and meters, not yards. No I don't live in Canada, but give me 45 minutes and I can be in Vancouver BC.

 

[jlmann]

I notice that southern people have a tendency to call me sweetie or hon or darlin.

We get A LOT of that here in Virginia. Drives me crazy especially if it is a waitress or convenience store clerk that is younger than me. I'm always thinking " Look kid I'm old enough to be your daddy don't 'darlin' me"​

 

[Stumpy]

Lovin' this thread.
We say coke for every soft drink. A common phrase here is “I'm fixin' to” meaning “I am about to.” We pronounce roof to rhyme with booth, tooth, loose, etc.

I've lived all of my life in Alabama and Florida. There are huge differences even with a state or region. For instance, in my area, we don't say “warsh the winder.” We say “wash the window.” Now, a county or two north, they say “winder” for “window.” We say creek, not crick.

A county or two south, they say “watuh” for “water.” I call this old south, and it's dying out.

I hate to hear, “Yous guys.” !!!!!

One of my biggest pet peeves are fake southern accents, like done by all of the actors on “In The Heat of the Night.”

Vfem, I'd love to hear you tawk, girl!

“It was all over but the cryin.'” Is that a southern thing?

Duncan, I can relate. When I was 23 I had to spend the weekend in Chicago area for software training. I walked into a store and the cashier shouted towards the back in a very yankee accent, “Eh, Joe, come listen to this “gul” talk.”

I love that line in Rooster Cogburn where John Wayne says to Katharine Hepburn something to the effect of “What's this Aye-uh Aye-uh?”

And hey, my iron collection is part of my inheritance. I had a (100-pound sliders) drawer made special for it.

 

[HarlansHollowFarms]

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We get A LOT of that here in Virginia. Drives me crazy especially if it is a waitress or convenience store clerk that is younger than me. I'm always thinking " Look kid I'm old enough to be your daddy don't 'darlin' me"

In some places calling someone sweetie, hun or darlin' is considered sexual harassment!

 

[sparkles2307]

I live in MN but hail from all over. I call it SODA... and try not to correct my kids when they call it POP. Everyone up here end all their sentences with "ya know?" and say MOWNTANE instead of Mountain. They also say OreGONE instead of Oregon... oh well lol I have a freind who grea up in KY and he said that they had cousins from TN who said "yunses" instead of "y'all" or "you"

 

[HarlansHollowFarms]

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I lived in WA. for 25 years and now reside in MT, and I still blame everything on CA. !

 

[hennypenny9]

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I watched Fargo the other day. "ooooh, ya?"

I also heard on Grey's Anatomy they said "ferry boat". You'd get made fun of if you said that in Seattle. It's a ferry. The fact that it's a boat is a given, you don't need to say it.

How many people say "pa-sta" with a long a? Canadians do, and I thought some people from the east coast? We say "paw-sta"

And, what would you consider a "yankee" accent? I know that there are lots of different accents from the NE, just ask one to say "quarter." Quata!

 

[Blue Skys]

I've gotten heck about saying fixin to.

They asked, what if you are preparing to repair something.

I'm fixin to fix it.

I say yonder and feller (that feller over there is my uncle)

I probably have a worse accent than I think but other than that, Coke goes in the cart and if I don't need a lot of groceries I get a basket to carry around in the store. And I never skipped school, ever.

 

[Bluemoon420]

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I watched Fargo the other day. "ooooh, ya?"

I also heard on Grey's Anatomy they said "ferry boat". You'd get made fun of if you said that in Seattle. It's a ferry. The fact that it's a boat is a given, you don't need to say it.

How many people say "pa-sta" with a long a? Canadians do, and I thought some people from the east coast? We say "paw-sta"

And, what would you consider a "yankee" accent? I know that there are lots of different accents from the NE, just ask one to say "quarter." Quata!

New Englanders don't pronounce R's. Depending on where your from in New England is how pronounced it is. I can tell the difference between someone from Boston, Vermont, Maine, Connecticut, and even New York. To everyone else we kind of all sound the same

 

[DarkWolf]

Is it a hoagie, or a sub?
Do you sit in the floor, or on it?
Is it "Louie's Vill" or "Lou-a-vull"

Got to say, it's been fun adjusting from being a Yankee from PA to being a darn Yankee.. I'm not leaving KY any time soon.

Oh.. and it's still yuns and not y'all.