OT: Expressions people botch

[sbb122]

"What he do for a livin'?"

 

[beardown07]

I know this has been mentioned, but "all of a sudden" bugs the shit out of me...it sounds like a 7 year old telling a story.

How bout just "suddenly"? Shave a couple of seconds from an otherwise retarded conversation?

 

[Eddie_Shack]

With me it's not so much expressions, because I sometimes mix up what I'm saying like I'm having a stroke... it's more speech patterns. I hate redneck talk.

"Grab them thar bolts". It's not "them thar", it's "THOSE BOLTS OVER THERE".

It's not "Tuesdee", or "Saturdee", it's "TuesDAY" or "SaturDAY".

It's not "Up'air", it's "Up there".

Of course, I speak with a disgusting Michigan accent, or so I've been told. I can't hear it, but anyone south of the Mason-Dixon line can peg me for a Michigander 9 times out of 10, so I probably talk like an inbred Chicago-Minneapolis-Dutch immigrant or something.

 

[SLY]

Apparently I say weird stuff... Never thought I had an accent or certain slang, but we all are comfortable in our respective places. When I met up with Vee she clearly pointed out my differences from those Cali folk.

 

[beantownmaniac]

With me it's not so much expressions, because I sometimes mix up what I'm saying like I'm having a stroke... it's more speech patterns. I hate redneck talk.

"Grab them thar bolts". It's not "them thar", it's "THOSE BOLTS OVER THERE".

It's not "Tuesdee", or "Saturdee", it's "TuesDAY" or "SaturDAY".

It's not "Up'air", it's "Up there".

Of course, I speak with a disgusting Michigan accent, or so I've been told. I can't hear it, but anyone south of the Mason-Dixon line can peg me for a Michigander 9 times out of 10, so I probably talk like an inbred Chicago-Minneapolis-Dutch immigrant or something.

You're alright with paak the caa, right?

 

[Eddie_Shack]

You're alright with paak the caa, right?

Let's see....

"Paak the caa".

[ ] Redneck
[X] Not redneck

Yup, you're good!

 

[Bizzle McDizzle]

Let's see....

"Paak the caa".

[ ] Redneck
[X] Not redneck

Yup, you're good!

I've lived in the north
I've lived in the south

You all have accents (sorry.. y'all have accents), whether you choose to believe it or not. Saying things ins a stupid way is not the sole domain of folks south of the Mason-Dixon.
When I moved to Virginia from Connecticut years ago, if you had asked me at the time I would have said I had no accent at all.
I was pretty wrong, as the Virginia folks kindly pointed out my sometimes Brooklyn-esque inflections.

What I've learned over the years is that Redneck and stupidity is nationwide, the only difference is the nature of the accent. I knew a shitload of "rednecks" in Connecticut. They liked the same trucks, cigs, beer, trailers, NASCAR and farmin' as their southern counterparts... just spoke differently
Geography is just an excuse.


90% of my sales territory is in Massachusetts.
If my counterpart up there calls our boss "Melisser" instead of "Melissa" one more frikkin' time I'm coming though the phone and sewing his lips shut.

 

[Bizzle McDizzle]

that said

"I'm fixin' ta" as a way of saying "I'm about to" do something drives me nuts.

not a botched expression of course, more of just a stupid expression, so maybe doesn't fit in this thread, but still gets under my skin.

 

[Eddie_Shack]

I've lived in the north
I've lived in the south

You all have accents (sorry.. y'all have accents), whether you choose to believe it or not. Saying things ins a stupid way is not the sole domain of folks south of the Mason-Dixon.
When I moved to Virginia from Connecticut years ago, if you had asked me at the time I would have said I had no accent at all.
I was pretty wrong, as the Virginia folks kindly pointed out my sometimes Brooklyn-esque inflections.

What I've learned over the years is that Redneck and stupidity is nationwide, the only difference is the nature of the accent. I knew a shitload of "rednecks" in Connecticut. They liked the same trucks, cigs, beer, trailers, NASCAR and farmin' as their southern counterparts... just spoke differently
Geography is just an excuse.


90% of my sales territory is in Massachusetts.
If my counterpart up there calls our boss "Melisser" instead of "Melissa" one more frikkin' time I'm coming though the phone and sewing his lips shut.

I never said anything about rednecks being a southern thing. There are ridiculous rednecks all over Michigan who talk like they are on the cattle trail.

 

[Bizzle McDizzle]

I never said anything about rednecks being a southern thing. There are ridiculous rednecks all over Michigan who talk like they are on the cattle trail.

sorry
didn't mean that to sound so rant-y towards you, was more of a general rant. Maybe I shouldn't have quoted you.

I know you love us inbred hillbillies.

 

[Eddie_Shack]

sorry
didn't mean that to sound so rant-y towards you, was more of a general rant. Maybe I shouldn't have quoted you.

I know you love us inbred hillbillies.

Hey, it's cool. You guys keep sending us tobacco and moonshine, and we'll keep being homeless.

 

[elocomotive]

I never said anything about rednecks being a southern thing. There are ridiculous rednecks all over Michigan who talk like they are on the cattle trail.

We have plenty of rednecks in Maryland, too. And we don't think of ourselves as Southern.

Oh, and the linguistic center of the county (least accent) is Ohio.

 

[Eddie_Shack]

We have plenty of rednecks in Maryland, too. And we don't think of ourselves as Southern.

Oh, and the linguistic center of the county (least accent) is Ohio.

Depends on what part of Ohio. You get near the border with Kentucky and it sounds like you are on the Dukes of Hazzard.

I'm actually kind of fascinated by the whole accent/regional dialect thing. Especially my weird Michigan accent. I'm pretty sure I speak perfect, evening news style English.

 

[KillerVee]

I don't have an accent. Sometimes people ask if I'm from the South though.

 

[dash]

When I lived in Atlanta for a year and a half, people thought I was from North Dakota. After watching Fargo, I was insulted

 

[Darkstone42]

I don't have an accent.

Except when I'm drunk. Then I sound like I'm from Minnesota.

 

[Bizzle McDizzle]

Hey, it's cool. You guys keep sending us tobacco and moonshine, and we'll keep being homeless.

deal
In fact, I just took some of my shinin' cash (yes, the ENTIRE 6 dollars forty cent) i was SUPPOSED to spend at WalMart on a wedding ring for my sister/cousin, and instead am fixin' to buy me a city block in downtown Dee-troit.
You can stay or free. I likes you.

 

[Bizzle McDizzle]

that said..

drives me nuts when people say "that I was suppose to".


see.. see how I brought that full circle and back on topic?

 

[BOSSMANPC]

Youse guys is taking this grammer and spelling stuff way two seriously. Its knot like it will have a affect on message bored conversations or something.

Y'all gotta liten up somewhat and stop disrespectin them people that sometimes will try there best too have conversations harder then most people sometimes even think. Its not whom says what it's at times what they said that is the fact that they said it without being redundant again.

All people have an message its just that some commute it in better weights the others sometimes due.

 

[dash]

Hey Boss, just one question - What's a ute?