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Skriven 2006-07-28 21:34:38 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
     Kommentar till en text av Glen Jamieson
Ärende: HOME AGAINI 60727
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Hi Glen,

 -=> Quoting Carol Shenkenberger to Glen Jamieson <=-

 CS> youngers 'long-ways we go to the market.  (Sorry, Charlotte's talkin'
 CS> southr'n and it be affecting me speakings an with phonetics it be
 CS> creapin' out on ya'all).

 GJ> Now, how does a nice girl, brought up in Japan, get to talk southr'n?

 CS> Smile, yes, give me a few beers or more, an' I talk like that.  I dont
 CS> do it sober unless with others from my area (roundabouts 4hunerd miles)
 CS> and even dont always notice it when with a few (6 pack) but I'm a'told
 CS> I can be havin' ta slow down and be speakin' straight with them dang
 CS> nurtherners.  Ok, I'll stop now <g>.

 GJ> And would that be how Charlotte picked it up?!


After being out of North Carolina for 23 years, my accent still lingers.
I lived there for not quite 8 years--just long enough to pick it up and
have it hang around.


 GJ> I can remember when I first heard that talk, in Houston, when out
 GJ> shopping with my niece.  At that time she had lived there for 6 years,
 GJ> so she could translate for me.  I was fascinated to find out that
 GJ> there were real people, outside of the old cowboy movies, who spoke
 GJ> like that all the time, and for whom it was not an affectation.  At
 GJ> that time Nora was quite amused at my amazement; now, after 14 years
 GJ> in Texas, she has developed an accent like that, so we laugh at her!

Ya'll ought to hear west Texas--that's a hoot!  Read an interview in the
San Angelo paper of a local doctor given a camera and being recorded
while taking pictures at a rodeo.  He said he didn't realise how much of
an accent he had until he saw the finishd commercial. I saw the
commercial shortly after, and yes, he had a definate accent. Laura Bush
still has a recognisable one too.

 CS> ladies are a wee bit smaller so dont start as early.  Affects the kids
 CS> here so they arent into 'mommie get me one now' at 5th grade like most,

 GJ> There is a good TV commercial here at present, showing this girlish
 GJ> interest in breasts and their development, from nothing onwards,
 GJ> finishing in an admonishment to self-examine, and have regular
 GJ> mammograms.  Very tastefully done.

Getting the subtle push to stay aware of their health at an early age.
Probably wouldn't pass the American convoluted views of what is allowed
on regular shows but not allowed in advertising, more's the shame.


 GJ>       1    Mutton flap
 GJ>       1 pt Milk
 GJ>       3    Onions, sliced
 GJ>            Flour
 GJ>            Parsley


What is a mutton flap?  Never heard of that cut before but it does have
an intriguing name. (G)


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