Topic: women and woman
nu2topcat's photo
Mon 08/06/07 04:33 PM
ifin you are from up north its dem, ifin you from da south its them thar

damnitscloudy's photo
Mon 08/06/07 04:35 PM
I'm from the middle (kentucky) so its a lil of both lol

Silkbutterfli's photo
Mon 08/06/07 04:37 PM
I agree, ain't is in the dictionary and I say ya'll all the time. I have been told since I moved, I sound like a citified hick. Is that a compliment?

lulu24's photo
Mon 08/06/07 04:45 PM
aaaaa...yeah, but it's non-standard and to be avoided.

heh, i told the kids i would wash their mouths out if i ever heard them using "ain't". i might have even meant it.

i was asked today where i am from. when i responded that i have lived almost my entire life HERE...the response was, "no way, you don't have an accent!"

made my whole day.

ILikeFlipFlops's photo
Mon 08/06/07 04:45 PM
Hello and welcome.

I hope you won't hold this against me, but I am still figuring out the difference between adverbs and adjectives.

I know many adverbs end in the suffix "ly", but that is not always a reliable indicator.

no photo
Mon 08/06/07 04:46 PM
U mean i hav 2 do this ****t right, or it will mes with ya?lol

Women,,,or Woman,,,,,??? I THINK most women would just say

WO-----MAN and WO-------MEN, at least that is what I have had alot of them tell me THEY say ALOT!!!!! lol,lolbigsmile

damnitscloudy's photo
Mon 08/06/07 04:46 PM
When I talk to Alex over Skype I always say the same thing "your from the nether lands...and have no accent!?"

Silkbutterfli's photo
Mon 08/06/07 04:47 PM
I used to be the same way lulu, but since I moved out here, it is like everyone uses it, including the teachers, so my youngest picked it up and no amount of telling her no has worked, now she has me saying it, lol

no photo
Mon 08/06/07 04:47 PM
oh but you people judge me on my grammar but you picking on this guy for talking about it? can you say twofaced?

Silkbutterfli's photo
Mon 08/06/07 04:51 PM
have you realized that there is a lot of humor going on here? And grammar wasn't exactly the problem with your posts, lulu was the only one that could figure out most of it

creationsfire's photo
Mon 08/06/07 04:51 PM
laugh laugh laugh laugh Can you say, "Went right over your head?"laugh laugh laugh

lulu24's photo
Mon 08/06/07 04:51 PM
actually, this has gone rather well. he might have been picked to pieces...

i think she believed me when i threatened the soap. at eleven, she speaks proper english...with no accent.

now what to do about my four-year-old...SHE has picked up a HORRIBLE accent from school. somehow, she manages to add an extra syllable to each word...i make her say them over and over...telling her i can't understand unless she enunciates correctly, lol.

damnitscloudy's photo
Mon 08/06/07 04:53 PM
Lulu, I'm going to leave you stranded in Kentucky for a week...you would freak out laugh

Silkbutterfli's photo
Mon 08/06/07 04:53 PM
Just keep working with her. Ain't is about the only thing I can't convince my 6yr old on. She speaks well, always has. I refused to let anyone talk baby talk around her (her sisters are 18 and 12 years older than her).

lulu24's photo
Mon 08/06/07 04:55 PM
allen...i live in freaking ARKANSAS! i mean, really...have you heard us? seriously...arkansans have SERIOUS accent issues.

damnitscloudy's photo
Mon 08/06/07 04:56 PM
But kentucky has 3 diffy languages, theres twangy english, spanglish, and dip in mouth english laugh

Silkbutterfli's photo
Mon 08/06/07 04:57 PM
My oldest was born and raised on the west coast, she now lives in Oklahoma, she has such an accent. She says it a riot to listen to my granddaughter too. My granddaughter is half Chinese and looks it. Picture a little china baby speaking with a southern accent.

lulu24's photo
Mon 08/06/07 04:59 PM
awww!!! i bet she's a cutie!

the raaain in spaaain stays maaainly on the plaaain...

damnitscloudy's photo
Mon 08/06/07 05:01 PM
Sounthern is better than the norther ones IMO, esp the New England accent. *cringes*

Silkbutterfli's photo
Mon 08/06/07 05:02 PM
She is a doll. She scared me the last time they were here. She came up, climbed up into my lap and said "I don't want to call you Grandma anymore". It about broke my heart. She told me, "I have too many Grandma's." I asked her what she wanted to call me, she said without batting an eye "Grangran". She had it all figured out, lol.
Talking to her on the phone, that little accent comes out real strong.