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ShesSoCold · June 2014

My FI will regular say "I haven't ate yet". So I tell him that he hasn't eaten yet. And he says that he hasn't ate either. GAH.

climbingsingle · June 2014

My mom says warsh! I have no idea where she got it from. She's born and raised in NY and not one of our other family members says it.

She also says fah-leece instead of fleece.

CMGragain · June 2014

Years ago, I took my very young children up to meet my grandmother, who was on a bus tour with her senior citizen group. She was delighted to see her great-grandchildren, and introduced us to her friends.
"Where do you live?" they asked.
"Washington."
They looked perplexed. Then Grandma corrected me. "Warshington, DC."
"Ohhhh! Warshington!" They all understood.
They were from Iowa.

bmydesigner · June 2014

Marzipan13 said:

bmydesigner said:

ohannabelle said:

The next door neighbor lady says warsh, for wash. Aaaaaagh! I see no reason for it, because she was born here in Warshington. Makes me frikking crazy.

My ex used to say, "can't phantom it," instead of fathom. Annoying as hell. Dumbass.

"Anyways" sets my teeth on edge. I know everyone in the universe says it, but it's wrong. Anyway. No damned s.

Haha agree with PP, is she from Pittsburgh? That's where I'm from and I know a TON of people that say it like that. We're also famous for yinz, d'antan, n'at, and so on...lol.

Yinzers UNITE

YES!

ohannabelle · June 2014

Nope, she's definitely born here in WA., and lived here all her life, excepting a few years in San Diego. If it was an accent, different thing. But she was born and raised here. We have some weird annoying speech patterns- like, we tend to drop down pretty sharply at the end of sentences- but she has no East Coast history at all. She says liberry, as well, instead of library. I have no idea why.

What is yinz?

FiancB · June 2014

^my bff is from OR but her dad is from NJ and she picked up a few weird things from him. Like oinj instead of orange. I kinda thought west coast was close to accent-less, but FI makes fun of me for saying myun instead of moon, riyu instead of roo, etc. Now I notice other people doing it when I go home to visit.

ohannabelle · June 2014

Yes, my mother says I say "quarter" incorrectly. I can't hear it. She insists I'm not hitting the "wuh," hard enough, and it sounds more like "corder." Still can't hear it.

Cookie Pusher · June 2014

FiancB said:

^my bff is from OR but her dad is from NJ and she picked up a few weird things from him. Like oinj instead of orange. I kinda thought west coast was close to accent-less, but FI makes fun of me for saying myun instead of moon, riyu instead of roo, etc. Now I notice other people doing it when I go home to visit.

I've lived in NJ for the vast majority of my life and orange has always had an "r" in it. Always.

thisismynickname2 · June 2014

Anyone else reading these posts out loud? Clearly my mouth is incapable of handling any kind of East Coast accent or Warshington accent.

ashley8918 · June 2014

thisismynickname said:

Anyone else reading these posts out loud? Clearly my mouth is incapable of handling any kind of East Coast accent or Warshington accent.

Hahaha, yes! I can't do it either.

JCbride2015 · June 2014

Cookie Pusher said:

FiancB said:

^my bff is from OR but her dad is from NJ and she picked up a few weird things from him. Like oinj instead of orange.

I kinda thought west coast was close to accent-less, but FI makes fun of me for saying myun instead of moon, riyu instead of roo, etc. Now I notice other people doing it when I go home to visit.

I've lived in NJ for the vast majority of my life and orange has always had an "r" in it. Always.

Yep, not a Jersey thing. Just weird.

ohannabelle · June 2014

I tried, and nope, can't do it.

(And in Washington State, we really don't say Warsh. I swear. Except my neighbor, which is why it makes me crazy.)

My ex was born in Derry (Northern Ireland) and spent his teen years in the North of England. His th's were all F's. Fanks instead of thanks. Free, instead of three. And this super annoying thing where he'd go Eeeeeeeee when he was thinking. Like this..... "Eeeeeeee...dunno, me. Meeby at free firty? I fink so. Yeh. Free firty."

Eeeeeeeee. It weren't me. It were some uvver guy.

Eeeeeee.

jennyleigh16 · June 2014

Marzipan13 said: I gotta say, the one that really kills me (other than egregious grammatical syntax errors)... is adding apostrophes where they don't fucking belong.
For example, I saw this post on Facebook on Monday: "Loved seeing the tributes to Dad's yesterday. Thank you all Dad's for all you do for us!" KILL ME NOW.

I swear people (who don't know any better) just sling them around to make their typed / written English look intelligent. YES! The apostrophes drive me crazy! It's possessive! Not plural!!!! I agree, it seems as though people through them in to seem more intelligent.

The same goes for quotation marks. FREE catches your eye. "FREE" is sketchy.

ETA: where did the quote box go?

Marzipan13 · June 2014

ohannabelle said:
What is yinz?

"Yinz" is the Pittsburgh version of "you all", "yous", "y'all", etc. Hence, we call die-hard Pittsburghers "Yinzers".

buttercup1958 · June 2014

I have a speech impediment so I try really hard to make sure people can understand me. I've always been asked where I'm from. Most of the time people are surprise I'm from America ha. I notice I say some words like my mom. She's originally from South Dakota. So we both say South Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakotaaa and Minnesootaa. Its hard to explain over the internet ha but I'm sure you guys have an idea on what I'm talking about.

Fran1985 · June 2014

jenbaer16 said:

Marzipan13 said:

I gotta say, the one that really kills me (other than egregious grammatical syntax errors)... is adding apostrophes where they don't fucking belong.
For example, I saw this post on Facebook on Monday: "Loved seeing the tributes to Dad's yesterday. Thank you all Dad's for all you do for us!" KILL ME NOW.

I swear people (who don't know any better) just sling them around to make their typed / written English look intelligent.

YES! The apostrophes drive me crazy! It's possessive! Not plural!!!! I agree, it seems as though people through them in to seem more intelligent.

The same goes for quotation marks. FREE catches your eye. "FREE" is sketchy.

ETA: where did the quote box go?

http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/

Marzipan13 · June 2014

Fran1985 said:

jenbaer16 said:

Marzipan13 said:

I gotta say, the one that really kills me (other than egregious grammatical syntax errors)... is adding apostrophes where they don't fucking belong.
For example, I saw this post on Facebook on Monday: "Loved seeing the tributes to Dad's yesterday. Thank you all Dad's for all you do for us!" KILL ME NOW.

I swear people (who don't know any better) just sling them around to make their typed / written English look intelligent.

YES! The apostrophes drive me crazy! It's possessive! Not plural!!!! I agree, it seems as though people through them in to seem more intelligent.
The same goes for quotation marks. FREE catches your eye. "FREE" is sketchy.

ETA: where did the quote box go?

http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/

THIS IS HILARIOUS AND FRUSTRATING, I AM SO CONFLICTED

ohannabelle · June 2014

Marzipan13 said:

Fran1985 said:

jenbaer16 said:

Marzipan13 said:

I gotta say, the one that really kills me (other than egregious grammatical syntax errors)... is adding apostrophes where they don't fucking belong.
For example, I saw this post on Facebook on Monday: "Loved seeing the tributes to Dad's yesterday. Thank you all Dad's for all you do for us!" KILL ME NOW.

I swear people (who don't know any better) just sling them around to make their typed / written English look intelligent.

YES! The apostrophes drive me crazy! It's possessive! Not plural!!!! I agree, it seems as though people through them in to seem more intelligent.
The same goes for quotation marks. FREE catches your eye. "FREE" is sketchy.

ETA: where did the quote box go?

http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/

THIS IS HILARIOUS AND FRUSTRATING, I AM SO CONFLICTED (sib)

I hate those damned Facebook pictures dispensing wisdom, misspelled and badly punctuated. Look, I just don't accept deep and meaningful advice from people who can't spell or punctuate. A friend posted one soulful philosophy the other day that ended with this:

"Choose your word's wisely."

Yes, choose my word is wisely. Oh, irony.

AuroraRose41 · June 2014

I see Facebook posts like this on a daily basis, and I want to shake the person and tell them to go back to grade school:
"The spurs is kickin fuckin ass.!!!".
"They have grew up so fast and its very shockin how time is goin."
"Who trying to co-sign for this car for me. I need to build my credit."

And I can't find any recent examples, but I have seen many people use "tho" at the end of a sentence, and not in the correct context of "though". Such as "This shit be crazy tho." or "Who goin to the mall tho." It is completely unnecessary every time I see a post with it, and I don't understand.

ETF: TK likes to eat my paragraphs when I post from my work computer.

CMGragain · June 2014

I have an odd accent. I moved 17 times before my 16th birthday, and I lived in Iowa (north and south - there is a difference!), Tennessee, Oklahoma, New Jersey, Maryland, and now Colorado. Certain words have stuck in my vocabulary. "Coffee" and "dog" are from NJ. "Oil" is from TN. My "ah" and "oh" sounds are from the east coast. My "I" sound is from Iowa. I also tend to unconsciously lapse into dialect when I am speaking to someone with a familiar accent. I know. Weird.

"Y'all come up for a cup of coffee sometime, hear? I'll put on a pot, yah, you bet'cha."

ohannabelle · June 2014

I love bears! I'd love to be The Bear of Bad News. I think the next time I have to choose a screen name, I'll be TheBearofBadNews. Yep. Something to look forward to, in the event that I'm banned from a group for swearing, or something.

thisismynickname2 · June 2014

Hah! Remember the HIMYM last few episodes? "Ring bear." -- "Ring bearER". "Ring bear." "You don't really mean a bear carrying a ring, right? We're just having a ring bearER."

alpacalunch · June 2014

Bare v Bear.

Their v There v Their

Lose v Loose

Your v You're

And I do a pretty solid Boston accent. Go pahk the cah in the cah pahk. That's all I've got.

But I came for the DD!!!!!

glitter2015 · June 2014

AuroraRose41 said:

I see Facebook posts like this on a daily basis, and I want to shake the person and tell them to go back to grade school:
"The spurs is kickin fuckin ass.!!!".
"They have grew up so fast and its very shockin how time is goin."
"Who trying to co-sign for this car for me. I need to build my credit."

And I can't find any recent examples, but I have seen many people use "tho" at the end of a sentence, and not in the correct context of "though". Such as "This shit be crazy tho." or "Who goin to the mall tho." It is completely unnecessary every time I see a post with it, and I don't understand.

ETF: TK likes to eat my paragraphs when I post from my work computer.

Sorry, nothing to really add here but I had to let @AuroraRose41 know that I cannot stop looking at your signature Gif! Love it!

FiancB · June 2014

Hmm, weird! I assumed the oinj was an east coast thing. Apparently it's just a saying-things-weird thing!

I used to be a big judgey grammar nazi but I've reined it back because I realized that if there were a similar way to judge my simple math skills on a daily basis, people would think I'm really stupid. But it still does drive me crazy in secret.

emmaaa · June 2014

I have a southern accent. I don't feel like I have a thick accent but everyone who isn't from around here that I meet think I have a deep accent. I can't really think of anything I say that has a weird pronunciation. I say y'all a lot and words often are drawn out a bit more. My long "i"s sound more like "ah".

Orange = arnge

oil = ole

I rarely pronounce the "g" in a word ending with "ing". So it is "huntin'" not "hunting."

I think some of the phrases and sayings are what differentiates my way of talking. For example, "cut out the lights," a shopping cart is called a "buggy," and BBQ is a food not a verb or an event, that is called a "cook out."

beethery · June 2014

emmaaa said:

I have a southern accent. I don't feel like I have a thick accent but everyone who isn't from around here that I meet think I have a deep accent. I can't really think of anything I say that has a weird pronunciation. I say y'all a lot and words often are drawn out a bit more. My long "i"s sound more like "ah".

Orange = arnge
oil = ole

I rarely pronounce the "g" in a word ending with "ing". So it is "huntin'" not "hunting."

I think some of the phrases and sayings are what differentiates my way of talking. For example, "cut out the lights," a shopping cart is called a "buggy," and BBQ is a food not a verb or an event, that is called a "cook out."

YES. MA'AM. I live in NH and I'm from GA, so I sound like the hee-hawin'-est motherfucker most people have ever heard in their lives. My dad is from Jersey, so I say some more northern-sounding things, but with the accent. I also leave off g's when I speak.

I remember shortly after I moved up here, I had to do a research paper on an author, and I chose Laura Ingalls Wilder. My teacher thought I was making her up at first, because I pronounced Wilder as 'Walder'. Whoops.

I can put on my accent VERY heavily when I feel like it, and I can also put it away almost completely if I need to assimilate and not sound like... myself. I don't like doing that though. I am a country-ass bitch and if you can't handle it, then we don't need to speak anyway.

emmaaa · June 2014

beethery said:

emmaaa said:

I have a southern accent. I don't feel like I have a thick accent but everyone who isn't from around here that I meet think I have a deep accent. I can't really think of anything I say that has a weird pronunciation. I say y'all a lot and words often are drawn out a bit more. My long "i"s sound more like "ah".

Orange = arnge
oil = ole

I rarely pronounce the "g" in a word ending with "ing". So it is "huntin'" not "hunting."

I think some of the phrases and sayings are what differentiates my way of talking. For example, "cut out the lights," a shopping cart is called a "buggy," and BBQ is a food not a verb or an event, that is called a "cook out."

YES. MA'AM. I live in NH and I'm from GA, so I sound like the hee-hawin'-est motherfucker most people have ever heard in their lives. My dad is from Jersey, so I say some more northern-sounding things, but with the accent. I also leave off g's when I speak.

I remember shortly after I moved up here, I had to do a research paper on an author, and I chose Laura Ingalls Wilder. My teacher thought I was making her up at first, because I pronounced Wilder as 'Walder'. Whoops.

I can put on my accent VERY heavily when I feel like it, and I can also put it away almost completely if I need to assimilate and not sound like... myself. I don't like doing that though. I am a country-ass bitch and if you can't handle it, then we don't need to speak anyway.

YES! I used to work for a sports company in the call center and answered phones placing orders and such. I always had to ask the expiration date for their credit card. Try saying "expire" with our accent to a very northern person or someone who speaks a different language.

My SIL is from GA and has an accent like mine but her dad is from Minnesota and she spent her summers up there. Imagine a sweet GA accent with some words thrown in there with a heavy Minnesota accent, so funny.

climbingsingle · June 2014

glitter2015 said:

AuroraRose41 said:

I see Facebook posts like this on a daily basis, and I want to shake the person and tell them to go back to grade school:
"The spurs is kickin fuckin ass.!!!".
"They have grew up so fast and its very shockin how time is goin."
"Who trying to co-sign for this car for me. I need to build my credit."

And I can't find any recent examples, but I have seen many people use "tho" at the end of a sentence, and not in the correct context of "though". Such as "This shit be crazy tho." or "Who goin to the mall tho." It is completely unnecessary every time I see a post with it, and I don't understand.

ETF: TK likes to eat my paragraphs when I post from my work computer.

Sorry, nothing to really add here but I had to let @AuroraRose41 know that I cannot stop looking at your signature Gif! Love it!

And I'm loving your signature Gif. I needed some Brenda and Dylan today.

Also, my co-worker just said, "he's going to blow a casket"

thisismynickname2 · June 2014

ohannabelle said:

"Anyways" sets my teeth on edge. I know everyone in the universe says it, but it's wrong. Anyway. No damned s.

I am STUCK IN BOX
Just came back to say I passed a restaurant in the 'burbs today called.... wait for it.... "Anyway's."

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