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[cricket]

Now you're funny too!

[Morning Glory]

Michelle,

Today is the perfect day for hot chocolate!! It was only in the low 50's when I got up this morning.

Of course, as much as I like chocolate, any day is a good day for it......as a drink or to eat!!

[Morning Glory]

I grew up in Wisconsin, and when I went to SMC (back in the old days....) everyone thought that I talked funny!! Of course I didn't get it until I went home for Christmas. The announcers on TV really struck me with their nasal "accent". Guess you haven't been in that part of the country. But, I suppose that folks from Michigan and Minnesota might sound similar. No, Minn does sound different.

[LynnDel]

Oh yes, I forgot to mention Wisconsin. I've never gotten used to the way they pronounce "horrible".

We didn't even get into Canadian pronunciations. I like hanging around the vegetable bins in Canadian grocery stores and hearing the locals talk about the produce. So funny (to me)!

LD

[Gail]

I am resisting all temptations to be on topic...

[Paul Beach]

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Stay on topic!

[Clio]

Dialects...

There is the New England dialect, succinctly different from the Maine dialect, and in Delaware and Rhode Island water is pronounced more as "wudder" and sorry as "soory". <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Texas has South Texan, West Texan, and Texas drawls/twangs which only the very discerning ear can hear... but my MIL, who would have known, insists that the difference is pronounced. <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina all sound similar, with Georgia and South Carolina having the most "syrupy" to my California ear southern sound. <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and North Carolina all seem to have a very Appalachian Hills dialect with a hill billy sound... Please don't be upset... I'm from the land of fruits and nuts and my ear reflects that. <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

New York pronouced Noo Yawk with a nasal effect and said as fast as possible will give an approximation of that region's sound. <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Boston only a few hundred miles nawrth but pronounced Bahhhstin has it's own distinct lilt. Totally different than the rest of New England and Maine which has it's own sound see above.... <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Dis, Dem, Dose, Dey - This Them Those They, many black people enunciate the "th" dipthong as "d". <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Clio <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/coolhello.gif" alt="" />

[Morning Glory]

Chrys SAID that we could be on or off topic, whatever we wanted. So stay off, off topic, Gail!!

And, Mrs Gray, is that your beloved???? That is DEFINITELY off topic!! Way to go!!

[cricket]

Yes, I am finally glad to see Mr. Mrs. Gray! 'Tis unbelievable!

[Gail]

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Yes, I am finally glad to see Mr. Mrs. Gray! 'Tis unbelievable!

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Such a handsome devil, too

OOOO!!! Smack me on the face- I'm ON TOPIC!

[Gail]

Who all has a space between their front teeth?

[Paul Beach]

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon? Or asked the grinning bob cat why he grinned? Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain ?

Can you paint with all the colors of the wind ?

Mrs. Gray can honestly say she hasn't or can't do any of these, well, maybe she can paint with the colors of the wind since the wind is clear.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Gray

[aldona]

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Michelle said:

One of my favorite names is from Wallace and Gromit, A Close Shave. The sheep goes through the machine that automatically sheers it and as he's standing there shivering, Wallace says, We'll name him Shawn. I roar every time I see that, because as an American, there is no rhyme, but in his lovely British accent, Shawn sounds much like shorn. Makes me laugh every time!

M

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That's a common joke in Australia.

Q. What do you call a guy who has been shaved from head to foot?

A. Shawn.

Now you've got me started...

Q. What do you call a guy who is dressed in nothing but aluminum foil?

A. Russell.

Q. What do you call a guy with no arms or legs, floating in the sea?

A. Bob.

Q. What do you call a guy sitting at the bottom of a hole with a spade?

A. Doug.

Q. What do you call a guy who has been dead for 500 years?

A. Pete.

OK, that's bad enough...time to go now.

(but yes, I'm a Wallace & Gromit fan too... <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif" alt="" />)

aldona

[Michelle]

What do you call a man with no arms and legs hanging on the wall?

Art

What do you call a man with no arms and legs lying in front of the door?

Matt

Aldona--good to meet someone else with taste in movies!

Is anyone here a fan of Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side, and/or Bloom County? My three all-time faves!

M

[Michelle]

LynnDel--EFL means English as a Foreign Language, as opposed to ESL which means English as a Second Language. I'm learning the difference! ESL is for someone who moves to an English-speaking country and needs English to function. EFL is for someone who learns English in his/her own non-English-Speaking country.

M

[LynnDel]

Thanks Michelle. I was leaning towards English as a Functional Language, but the actual phrase makes more sense!

Far Side - yes I like it, though now everything has to be recycled, doesn't it? That wacky humor is so perfect. Didn't he retire?

LD

[Paul Beach]

Bob is hanging around with his buddy and he's bragging about how he knows EVERYONE in the world and his buddy says "You can't know everyone- I bet you don't know the governor"...so Bob takes him by the governor's mansion and they are led right into the inner office where they hang out with the governor for a while.

So Bob's buddy says, "Okay, but I bet you don't know the President" and Bob says, "What, good 'ole dub-ya? He and I go WAY back..." so they head to the White House and sure enough, they are led right into the Oval Office where they talk for a while with the Prez and the Cabinet.

So Bob's buddy is pretty amazed and says, "Well, I bet you don't know the Pope" and so off they go to Vatican City. When they get there, Bob says, "He's a little wierd about strangers, so I should do this one myself. But I'll wave to you from the balcony when His Holiness does his daily address". His friend assumes this is Bob's way out so he just nods and smiles.

Later on, Bob is standing on the balcony waving to the crowd with the Pope when he sees his friend faint dead to the ground. So he tells the Pope he's got to run and see what happened. He gets out there and his friend wakes up and Bob asks him what happened.

"Well, I was standing there in the crowd, and I saw you come out, and I heard the guy next to me say, "Hey, who's that guy with Bob?""

[Paul Beach]

How do you keep an idiot in suspense?

[Michelle]

LynnDel--Far Side, Bloom County, and Calvin and Hobbes are all "finished." All three cartoonists retired.

About the abbreviations (ESL, EFL, etc) my favorite so far is ESP--English for Special Purposes (tourism, business, etc). "Yes, I'm studying ESP."

M

[Michelle]

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I grew up in Wisconsin, and when I went to SMC (back in the old days....) everyone thought that I talked funny!! Of course I didn't get it until I went home for Christmas. The announcers on TV really struck me with their nasal "accent". Guess you haven't been in that part of the country. But, I suppose that folks from Michigan and Minnesota might sound similar. No, Minn does sound different.

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Morning Glory--When I went to AU, I was startled at how "strange" the midwestern accent was, and Wisconsin is very noticeable. My MIL is from WI (though has lived most of her life in MI)--her brother is funny to listen to. Though I don't dare laugh, as he wouldn't understand. I still laugh at some pronunciations.

I have to ask if anyone has ever heard "onions" pronounced as "ong-ions"? My DH did until I laughed at him too many times--his sister, mom, brother, grandma (before she died) all say it this way. Now, I just figured it was because of the WI influence. (and they don't hear it when I point it out to them)

However, my six year old, who had never heard any of them say it this way, has started saying "ong-ion." I can't figure out if this is genetic or what--my DH doesn't say it anymore. Very strange. Any other "ong-ion" speakers out there?

M

[Nan]

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Margaret Gray said:

How do you keep an idiot in suspense?

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I think I will tell you the answer in a minute <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

[aldona]

We (that's our clinic) were supposed to hold our monthly doctors' meeting at my place tonight. So I stayed up until midnight last night cooking my very best gourmet vegan showpieces.

Then the meeting was cancelled because too many of us were away sick, on leave or out doing house calls.

So here I am eating potage aux lentilles du Puy and saffron-braised baby potatoes with paprika for my late-night supper after coming home late once again. <img src="/ubbtreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif" alt="" />

aldona

[Gail]

Hey, what's that in my bed?

[cricket]

Is a lie baldfaced, or boldfaced?

[Michelle]

Boldfaced would be interesting--makes logical sense--but not the right idiom.

M