Yankee Girl Survives First Year at Southern University

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by angels&angles

Midwesterners swear we're Southern, Southerners swear we're the Midwest. Geography books say we're Southwestern which is the most patently false of them all, and they won't take us either.

Oklahoma: America's red-headed step-child.

(I identify as Midwestern but other Okies disagree. With a deep-Southern father, and a northeastern mother, growing up in OK, I was always going to be a muddle.)

Oklahoma seems pretty southern, but honestly, Southerners are notorious for thinking that no other state is Southern but theirs (even if they are farther north than several others.) Growing up in Louisiana, we always thought that Louisiana was the epitome of Southerness...it's not. It's a special brand of Southern as are every Southern state. OK is just a really western "Southern" state.

[Smile_Awhile]

Originally Posted by angels&angles

Midwesterners swear we're Southern, Southerners swear we're the Midwest. Geography books say we're Southwestern which is the most patently false of them all, and they won't take us either.

Oklahoma: America's red-headed step-child.

(I identify as Midwestern but other Okies disagree. With a deep-Southern father, and a northeastern mother, growing up in OK, I was always going to be a muddle.)

Truth. On all counts.

[xibair]

ASTalumna06,

You cracked me up with the slippahs. Growing up my mom would yell at me to put on my slippahs. My parents are originally from Massachusetts outside of Boston. Oh I can go on.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by xibair

ASTalumna06,

You cracked me up with the slippahs. Growing up my mom would yell at me to put on my slippahs. My parents are originally from Massachusetts outside of Boston. Oh I can go on.

Do they also drive tha cah and bang a u-ey - most likely to avoid a gahkablahka and the troopahs - to hit up the packie, then head ova ta Stah Mahket to grab some Hoodsies and tonic? That's wicked pissah.



ETA: This pretty much sums it up.

http://m.youtube.com/index?&desktop_uri=%2F

Btw, 'Sweet Caroline' is the only song I'm willing to sing at karaoke

[clemsongirl]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Do they also drive tha cah and bang a u-ey - most likely to avoid a gahkablahka and the troopahs - to hit up the packie, then head ova ta Stah Mahket to grab some Hoodsies and tonic? That's wicked pissah.



ETA: This pretty much sums it up.

http://m.youtube.com/index?&desktop_uri=%2F

Btw, 'Sweet Caroline' is the only song I'm willing to sing at karaoke

I won't lie, you have me stumped on "gahkablahka" and I speak fluent New England. I don't think that's ever happened before! I'm a little disappointed in myself, actually Something blocker?

Okay, now I can't stop myself from reading everything I type in a thick Boston accent (think Jerry Remy because I was just watching the Sawx).

SWEEEET CAROLIIIINE...BUH BUH BUUHHHH

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

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Also, I find it interesting that many people don't consider Oklahoma to be "southern." From my upper midwestern perspective, every Oklahoman I've met has been a lot closer to southern than they are to midwestern, at least in terms of speech patterns and dialect. I saw a tornado survivor being interviewed on the Today Show this morning, and he said, "fixin' to."

Agree on all counts.

[HQWest]

Originally Posted by clemsongirl

I won't lie, you have me stumped on "gahkablahka" and I speak fluent New England. I don't think that's ever happened before! I'm a little disappointed in myself, actually Something blocker?

Okay, now I can't stop myself from reading everything I type in a thick Boston accent (think Jerry Remy because I was just watching the Sawx).

This reminds me of the "Mark Wahlberg talks to Animals" sketch from SNL.
"Say hi to your mother for me!"

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by HQWest

This reminds me of the "Mark Wahlberg talks to Animals" sketch from SNL.
"Say hi to your mother for me!"

For the Win.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by clemsongirl

I won't lie, you have me stumped on "gahkablahka" and I speak fluent New England. I don't think that's ever happened before! I'm a little disappointed in myself, actually Something blocker?

Okay, now I can't stop myself from reading everything I type in a thick Boston accent (think Jerry Remy because I was just watching the Sawx).

SWEEEET CAROLIIIINE...BUH BUH BUUHHHH

The Rem Dawg!!!

And "gahkablahka" is a lot of traffic caused by people rubbernecking because of a car accident. Basically a "gawker-blocker"

Funny thing - the first time I said this at school in PA while driving with my friends, they thought I was calling someone a c*ck blocker ..

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by clemsongirl

I won't lie, you have me stumped on "gahkablahka" and I speak fluent New England. I don't think that's ever happened before! I'm a little disappointed in myself, actually Something blocker?

Okay, now I can't stop myself from reading everything I type in a thick Boston accent (think Jerry Remy because I was just watching the Sawx).

SWEEEET CAROLIIIINE...BUH BUH BUUHHHH

LOL...when you can google New Englandeze and get an answer, you know you can truly find anything on the Internet.

http://www.universalhub.com/glossary/gahkablahka.html

[amIblue?]

Cart sometimes. Buggy usually.

[AnchorAlum]

I've lived in several Southern states from Kentucky to north Florida (newsflash: south Florida ain't the South) and if you have a practiced ear, you can tell which Southern state someone is from by their accent.
I also lived in Texas for almost twenty years and can tell someone from east Texas versus west Texas.

[clemsongirl]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlum

I've lived in several Southern states from Kentucky to north Florida (newsflash: south Florida ain't the South) and if you have a practiced ear, you can tell which Southern state someone is from by their accent.
I also lived in Texas for almost twenty years and can tell someone from east Texas versus west Texas.

It's definitely possible to tell them apart. My boyfriend's suitemate from Tennessee sounded completely different from all the South Carolinians, North Carolinians, and Georgians floating around on campus. For a while I only knew him as the nice boy with the funny accent because it just stood out so much to my ears.

When I was at freshman orientation last year I used the word "wicked" in a conversation and the guy I was talking with stopped and said, "Wait, do people from New England really say that? I though that was just something Jimmy Fallon did in SNL skits!" I could not stop cracking up about it! I was the first real-life New Englander he had met, apparently.

[ZTA72]

Originally Posted by clemsongirl

It's definitely possible to tell them apart. My boyfriend's suitemate from Tennessee sounded completely different from all the South Carolinians, North Carolinians, and Georgians floating around on campus. For a while I only knew him as the nice boy with the funny accent because it just stood out so much to my ears.

When I was at freshman orientation last year I used the word "wicked" in a conversation and the guy I was talking with stopped and said, "Wait, do people from New England really say that? I though that was just something Jimmy Fallon did in SNL skits!" I could not stop cracking up about it! I was the first real-life New Englander he had met, apparently.

YES! We lived in Texas for quite a while and the regional accents are very distinct. As well as the Middle, East and West Tennessee accents. You are right, sometimes we do stand out!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlum

. . . and if you have a practiced ear, you can tell which Southern state someone is from by their accent.

And if you have a really practiced ear, you can pin down the part of the state. I knew someone once who could peg where in North Carolina someone was from to within about 30 miles. Even today, with more mobility and the neutralizing effects of television, a western NC accent sounds nothing like an eastern NC one.