Accent Meme!

[sockmonkeyhere]

Oh, lord. I sound like Minnie Pearl on crack cocaine. XD

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[petzipellepingo]

Y'all sound not at all like Minnie Pearl but rather Charlene of Designing Women to these Yankee ears.

[sockmonkeyhere]

Aww, Charlene! Damn, I miss Designing Women. Hee, did you catch how I dragged out "buuuuuug" for about four city blocks? XD

[fenderlove]

Welcome to the "route" not "root" club since that seems to be the major difference between the audio samples I've heard today. ^_~ I also enjoy that you too know the horror of having to say "Coke" "What kind?" "Dr. Pepper." Although here in Tennessee, we have to deal with Pepsi becoming more prevalent in some areas so that if you ask for Coke, they'll just unquestioningly give you Pepsi without telling you that there is no Coke because, to them, Coke = Pepsi. No! XD

[sockmonkeyhere]

Damn straight! And where the hell did all the Royal Crown Colas go? NOBODY OFFERS US AN RC ANYMORE! NOBODY! XD

*wanders off sucking on a NuGrape*

[fenderlove]

We still have RC Cola machines around here, but I don't think any of the restaurants have it. Only the Wendy's has Mr. Pibb, which is my favourite, and it drives my mom crazy that I order it. Oh! On one of the oldest buildings in town, right at what used to be the main road into town, has a large "Welcome" mural that was painted back in the 1930s. It's got a guy driving an original Model T type of car with all the major landmarks in town written around it. I think some stuff was added as the years went on, and there's one that says "Visit Rexall's Drugs and enjoy their soda fountain! New! NuGrape!" It's a wonderful piece of art in our town, but a few years ago, someone bought the building with the wall that the mural is on, and they tore a big hole in it to add a drive-through window for their business and then spray-painted over some of the lettering to draw a big wobbly arrow to the drive-thru window. They apparently didn't realize that the mural had any historical significance and that they were supposed to get permission from the

[sockmonkeyhere]

That's horrible! Dumb-ass new owner. I hope the historical society can force him to restore it.

[mad_brilliant_]

Aw shoot, I thought you'd say PEE-can like I do, since my folks are from the south (NC), and I learned that from them. But y'all are all "pe-CAHN" or some such. And how interesting that we call those long legged bugs Daddy Long Legs (I'm in California). Anyway, that was fun. Love your accent.

[sockmonkeyhere]

Hee, thank you! Kinda sounds like a cat in heat, doesn't it? I long ago stopped trying to fight the nasal twang and drawn-out vowels; I just let them have their way with me. XD

It's weird about the pecan thing: throughout Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana, I've never heard it pronounced any way but "puh-KAHN." The first time I heard "PEE-can" was when Gordon said it that way on Sesame Street -- and I was like "WTF, Gordon? Who told you to say it like that?" (I was about twelve at the time and decided that they obviously didn't have pecan trees up north and didn't know they were saying it wrong.) ;D Maybe it becomes "PEE-can" further east of here, in the southeastern U.S., and up the eastern seaboard.

[sueworld2003]

Aww Socky you have a great voice.accent. Just how I imagined you'd be. :D

[sockmonkeyhere]

*g* Yours was just exactly how I imagined it would be, too! This meme is so much fun. I'm ready to do another one. :D

[unfilthy]

I love you.

Your pecan sound all wrong for your accent, though ;)

[sockmonkeyhere]

I love you, too! Hey, when are we gonna hear YOUR voice? :D

The pecan thing is so odd: puh-KAHN is the only way I've ever heard it pronounced here in my part of the state! But several people on my flist have told me that they were surprised at my pronunciation of it. Maybe it's the southeastern "South" that says "PEE-can" (Tennessee, Kentucky, the Carolinas, etc.), while the mid-south "South" (Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas) says "puh-KHAN."

*scratches ass* It's ah mys'try.