| Author | Message | ||
| tncaveman
Advanced Member Username: tncaveman Post Number: 205 Registered: 2-2011 |
I was cruising the local Craigslist ads and thought of you guys (y'all in southern speak for Joey). I feel left out for considering myself a bass player over guitarist. http://nashville.craigslist.org/muc/4183411376.html LOL. Stephen | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 2074 Registered: 9-2002 |
Well, there's no shortage of guitar players here in Nashville, and I'm sure this guy will find one . . . . Of course, this is one more reason NOT to double on guitar. J o e y | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 2075 Registered: 9-2002 |
Actually, I'm thinking of losing ' y'all ' and going to 'you guys', or channeling my Midwest leanings and saying 'you'n's' when I'm going out for a made-right and a bottle of pop. And they think WE talk funny . . . . J o e y | ||
| growlypants
Member Username: growlypants Post Number: 67 Registered: 3-2011 |
Actually, J o e y... I think it's "you's guys"!!! | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5593 Registered: 7-2004 |
"youse gize" New York. | ||
| 5a_quilt_top
Intermediate Member Username: 5a_quilt_top Post Number: 199 Registered: 6-2012 |
Only if yer from "Lawn Guyland"... | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3092 Registered: 5-2009 |
Who ? o__ Yu Guise ? | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 5595 Registered: 7-2004 |
That's "Lawn Guylin" Grammar Rules of New Yorkese: 1. If the word ends in a consonant, drop it. Examples: Long Island become Lawn Guylin water becomes wauta 2. If it ends in a vowel, add an "r" if you can Example, idea becomes idear 3. "o" and "a" often become "au" Example: see "water", above coffee becomes cauffee Bill, tgo | ||
| benson_murrensun
Senior Member Username: benson_murrensun Post Number: 640 Registered: 5-2007 |
And if there's a r already in it , make it sound like a w. Like in New Yawk. | ||
| dadabass2001
Senior Member Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 1779 Registered: 6-2002 |
Hey Joey, In Dubuque, IA the sandwich (and the diner it came from) was the "maid-rite" - juicy loose ground beef on a bun, wrapped in wax paper. Mmmm The Maid Rite had a juke box where I first heard "We Can Work It Out" back in the 60's. Mike | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1618 Registered: 10-2006 |
And if you head East from Dubuque 10 miles, you get Galena, IL, a wonderful little town and the only place I ever heard "yas'all". Peter | ||
| pauldo
Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1077 Registered: 6-2006 |
Milwaukee has a bubbler that you can get a drink from if you don't have a soda. | ||
| flpete1uw
Advanced Member Username: flpete1uw Post Number: 205 Registered: 11-2011 |
Wow! I grew up on Long Island, didn’t realize we had so many linguistic rules. When working in “The City” I was able to differentiate accents from any of the 5 Boroughs, Connecticut, “Upstate” and of course Joysee. (Message edited by flpete1uw on November 11, 2013) | ||
| bigredbass
Senior Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 2076 Registered: 9-2002 |
This is all good stuff, I love accents, and often try and guess where people are from just by the way they sound. A parallel pursuit to this is I'm trying to wrap my head around British-isms: Of course, they speak English and we speak American. I'm always fascinated by the English section in the supermarket, they do have some interesting names for things ! I guess I'm watching too much Dr. Who and Top Gear on BBC America. J o e y | ||
| flpete1uw
Advanced Member Username: flpete1uw Post Number: 206 Registered: 11-2011 |
Not only do accents vary within short demographic areas but also on how they are perceived in different locations around the country. Since moving to the South I have been asked several times if I was from Australia.;-) Even got into a mild argument with a nice lady until I relented and said “Shrimp on the Barbie” and told her I was from New Zealand, close. I used to enjoy walking around Manhattan listening to languages change as the street numbers changed. | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 1619 Registered: 10-2006 |
No, Joey, you cannot watch too much Dr. Who!!!! And be sure to catch Torchwood; if you have ComCast, every episode is now available on On Demand. My fascination with Brit-isms began with the owner's manual for my Triumph Spitfire, which told me things like how long the running-in period was, how raise & lower the hood and the bonnet, and that the spare tyre was in the boot. (Translated into Yank: breaking-in period, put the roof up & down, open & close the hood, tire in the trunk) I have done advanced studies with the Dr., Captain Jack, Peter | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3095 Registered: 5-2009 |
Wire that ground wire POSITIVE ! | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3455 Registered: 10-2002 |
Wolf. In standard household appliances* we have 3 wires over here. Blue (negative), Brown (positive) and yellow/green (earth - or ground in your language). Under no circumstances should you wire earth to positive unless you want to go out in a blaze of glory ;-) Graeme * before terry chips in.... in addition to this 'standard' we have other standards involving red and black. | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3711 Registered: 6-2002 |
We also say Mirror and not Meeeeeeeerrrrrrr. Jazzyvee | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3456 Registered: 10-2002 |
and we welcome tourists with open arms :-) graeme | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3712 Registered: 6-2002 |
Some Americanisms make me smile/cringe too. We refer to the item for looking at yourself in the bathroom as a Mirror (Mir-ror)and not "Meeeeeeeerrrrrrr". Joining two metal items together using a flowing filler metal is to "Sol-der" not "Sodder". Why on earth would you call a toilet a rest room? :-) Good job we say Alembic the same...or is that Olympic :-) Jazzyvee | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3097 Registered: 5-2009 |
Graeme , (jacko) Yes of course not for house hold AC . With Positive ground I was joking regarding the DC positive ground in some older British cars . | ||
| tbrannon
Senior Member Username: tbrannon Post Number: 1591 Registered: 11-2004 |
Peter, As an American who spent several years living in New Zealand (around the Waikato), I can tell you that there is nothing funnier than listening to a kiwi try to imitate an American accent. I had no idea we sounded so much like John Wayne. ;) | ||
| keith_h
Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 1924 Registered: 2-2005 |
Yep my old Austin America was a positive ground. Easiest standard ignition car I've ever owned as far as timing went. Pulled out the plug covering the timing gear, set 1 degree off TDC and lined up the distributor. Done. On our separation by a common language. Before I retired and would have dealings with my coworkers at the Hursley Lab I always got a kick out of our use of Z, Zee and their use of Z, Zed. Of course I understand it is we who changed it but none the less I could just imagine someone not familiar with the difference listening in and wondering what was going on. Keith (Message edited by keith_h on November 13, 2013) | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 3098 Registered: 5-2009 |
Keith, I like that kind of simplicity in older vehicles ! Wolf | ||
| jacko
Senior Member Username: jacko Post Number: 3457 Registered: 10-2002 |
keith. Was that IBM Hursley just outside Winchester? I had to go down there a couple of times for Red-book presentations (implementing VTAM/SNA/IP in a parallel sysplex environment) a good few years ago. Nice area. Winchester itself is a beautiful town. It's fun chatting to IBMers in raleigh who always refer to ZEE.O.S when they really mean ZED.O.S (IBM operating system in case y'all were wondering). Graeme. p.s. we called the Austin America the 1100 (or 1300 if you could afford the bigger engine) | ||
| keith_h
Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 1926 Registered: 2-2005 |
Graeme, That would be the lab. I was in CICS L2 support for a short while. Worked on CPSM while there. Most of my time was spent doing architecture and development in various Zee/OS and DF/SMS for Zee/OS functions and middleware. Spent about 5 years in the TCP/IP product suite. Being a dotty old fart I still call it MVS and DFP (occasionally DFDS). The car was the 1100. Actually a pretty good car to give a teenager. It got good gas mileage and definitely wasn't fast. I much preferred driving my parents Oldsmobile 442 but talking about that would add another hijack to the thread. Keith |
