Tree House Angel
Posts: 2387
(8/27/02 5:44 am)
I was only in Tennessee for a few days but I could easily get hooked on that southern drawl
In between going to Friday night's and Saturday night's races, we spent time with DH's brother and family...eight little grandchildren each with an accent thicker than fog
The races were wonderful...I could easily become a *race-car groopie* (if I had the time and $$$)...
I missed so much while I was gone...Jayjay's doc, A.J.'s modeling, Kimmie's anniversary, Punkinhead's ???...and all the other goings-on...
Anyway, I'm glad to be back in the Tree House, but now with school starting, I won't be able to check in 'til afternoon
PunkinheadDottie-Do-Right
Posts: 1131
(8/27/02 6:20 am)
Glad you had a nice trip and surprised you could understand a word they said. They also are big on boat racing down there..except in Kentucky where they sit on rats and race them. When we were at Kim's house we had to hire a translator because none of us could understand them.
Georgia girl
Posts: 2244
(8/27/02 8:01 am)
I thought about you and what an exciting race you were getting to see. We are Bill Elliott fans, but I like Jeff Gordon too. DH doesn't. As for the soooouuuthern drawl, I don't have one. Ask Dottie or Donna. LOL!!!
PunkinheadDottie-Do-Right
Posts: 1134
(8/27/02 8:38 am)
Marty and Donna are both competing for the part of Miss Scarlet in the remake of Gone With The Wind. Marty keeps calling me up and saying, "Ah sweah ah shall nivver bay pooh agin!!" Donna is going to have to work hard to get the part now.
the spunkiest
Posts: 7079
(8/27/02 10:19 am)
Sure sounds like you had fun.
I've always had a soft spot in my heart for a southern accent.
Mac's Granny!
Posts: 6115
(8/27/02 10:41 am)
I don't have much time here, I just got on to check and see whats happening. Got a cake in the oven and in the middle of washing bed sheets and blankets. But I just want to say, that PH forgot to tell me that there was a contest going on!!!
So here is my entry!!Miss Spunky, bless yore little pea pickin heart!! That was such a kind thing for you to say! And in the imortal words of Blanche, in the play, "A Streetcar Named Desire", I always depended on the kindness of strangers!!!!!! And I have nevah, and i do mean nevah (Thats the way these Memphis and Mississippi folks say never
) been disapointed!
Treehouse Nut
Posts: 49
(8/27/02 11:26 am)
OH man, I am soooooo green, You got to see my fav driver win his first of the year!!!! Congrats bet you had a blast!!!
Tree House Angel
Posts: 2392
(8/27/02 12:39 pm)
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Ohhh, I can just hear the southern belles with their best southern drawls
Now Punkinhead, it's up to you to choose Miss Scarlet
There are so many "anti-Jeff Gordon" peeps, and since I usually go for the underdog, I have to say I wasn't disappointed that he won Saturday's race...(whispering this because some of my friends are anti Jeff
)
Georgia girl
Posts: 2253
(8/27/02 1:40 pm)
I understand the whispering. But if you want to hear southern: I do declare, it's might near going on 4:00 and I reckon I want do no talking now Honey. I am fixing to go to town. And my rose bush is fixing to bloom. Need I say more?
Mac's Granny!
Posts: 6118
(8/27/02 2:05 pm)
Well, slap the dog and spit n the far! I got to get my self moving here and go fix supper! And I have had such a day today! its one of those days that makes ya wanna slap yore pappy!!!
Tree House Angel
Posts: 2393
(8/27/02 2:22 pm)
@ our southern belles...But I have a question...how can the word "Daddy" have five syllables
DH's nieces can make at least five or six syllabels out of that one word
Bill's Better Half
Posts: 2909
(8/27/02 2:42 pm)
Welcome home honey chile
I'm so glad you had such a wonderful trip and
what a lovely family you have and now your
back remember.....
"Tomorrow is another day"
Mac's Granny!
Posts: 6119
(8/27/02 5:18 pm)
Cheryl, the same way the word dog has three!
Suzy Q
Posts: 2985
(8/27/02 7:52 pm)
LOL@Nola from southern Australia!
Welcome home Cheryl.
earth angel
Posts: 1199
(8/27/02 8:01 pm)
My DSis has the Virginia area southern drawl~aigs (preborn chickens); Aw-bennie (Albany, NY), etc. LOLOL..I never get tired of listening to her talk.
Moonshine Mama
Posts: 3422
(8/28/02 1:24 am)
Wheel shut mah mouth! Now ah've heerd it all! A 'forin-ner' decidin who should play Miz Scarlett! Lawd hep us all! (& WHAT RAT RACES Ms. Punkinhaaiidd?? We don't race no rats! That'd run all the fat off'n 'em!
) BTW: Shore do wish ah'd have knowed you was a comin down Saouth Miz
Cheryl~you was just a stones throw away from me!
kbb
gardening angel
Posts: 7150
(8/28/02 4:28 am)
Ya'll nawtheners better be careful messin with our southin accents.I married a yankee who now sounds like he was dipped in lasses at birth.
PunkinheadDottie-Do-Right
Posts: 1137
(8/28/02 5:57 am)
Will, slaaaap mah ahs n call meh Buuuhty!! Hit peers KBB his the winnuh of the Miz Scahlet contist. Whin ya wanna staht shootin swithot?
earth angel
Posts: 1213
(8/28/02 7:16 am)
..well, I never knew there was such a thing as bald shrimp & moon pahs until I went south of the Ohio River! Strange food down there, lol..and did you know I am an aint????
PunkinheadDottie-Do-Right
Posts: 1143
(8/28/02 8:33 am)
And my teacher told me there was no such word as "aint"!! I remember when my mil moved up from Alabama and wanted a stewer and I thought she wanted a female chicken to boil. It turned out to be a pot.
gardening angel
Posts: 7158
(8/28/02 9:38 am)
LM,down here we are all aints 'n oncles.
@ PH. When I first went shoping up north the cashier asked me if I wanted
a tote.I asked her what she wanted me to tote.BTW,it took me two weeks to
learn how to order a cuppa coffee in Ma.
the spunkiest
Posts: 7093
(8/28/02 11:20 am)
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you guys are too much!Well fiddle-dee-dee, I do declare!
Moonshine Mama
Posts: 3424
(8/28/02 6:06 pm)
I know some of ya'll have probably heerd this afore, but when DH & I were a 'courtin' he once said "I didn't 'tip' ya!" & looked at him might squirrly, cuz I knew I was still standin upright & hadn't been tipped over!
(he meant he hadn't touched me~in Northern speak) Course 'touched' can
have a whole new meaning down here too!
Then there was the time someone came to the station & asked for a
'poke'! I was 'bout ready to give them a 'hurts donut' when I finally
figured out what they meant. You also put 'tags' on your vehicles down
south instead of license plates, & you go to the bathroom on a
'commode' instead of a toilet!
& Lest anyone think I'm making fun of Southerners & thier
language~nothing could be further from the truth! I luvs the Southern
speak & think it is one of the things that makes this place so
'unique'. & Miz Punkinhaid, I beleeves ah'll start shootin that thar
movie after I lose a few pounds!
(AKA: the 5th day of never!)
kbb
earth angel
Posts: 1217
(8/28/02 6:41 pm)
..I could listen forever to southerners talking. I like listening to New Englanders too.
gardening angel
Posts: 7164
(8/29/02 3:45 am)
One of the hardest things for Doc to understand was getting directions.It's not that complicated really.When folks tell you to go UP the road they mean north,when they say go DOWN the road,they mean south. Now when you are told," go over yonder,turn ta the left and it's up the road a fer piece" it means you might want to pack a lunch.
PunkinheadDottie-Do-Right
Posts: 1144
(8/29/02 10:57 am)
The area where KBB, Liz-GA and I come from, Up the Road is North, Down the Road is South and CattyCornered is the corner you can't get to without passing another corner unless you jaywalk. Used to be you could do that but now you have to take the long way around. And 5 miles "as a crow flies" can be 40 miles driving on the roads. We didn't call a paper sack a poke though. We sort of have some southern ways and some northern ways about us. Probably because most of the people moved up from southern Indiana and Kentucky. I don't have a problem understanding what they're saying. It's understanding what they mean by what they say. Montgomery Wards was always Monkey Wards. I don't think they're even in business anymore.
PurpleHaze66Treehouse Nut
Posts: 115
(8/29/02 5:13 pm)
How did I miss the southern belle contest? My mother once told me I could put more syllables in the word "cat" than anybody.