I'm working.
Regular pay is coming in.
I'm having company in about 11 days.
My house is clean.
I'm actually smiling. Often, actually.
It was a long drab summer. At least the closer I get to fall, things are starting to level off.
And that's a good thing.
He seems to actually be interested in me.
The feeling is mutual.
Just taking things one step at a time.
ONE step at a time.
- envelope: I say ON-vuh-lope, not IN-veh-lope.
- advertisement: I say ad-VER-tiz-mint, instead of ad-ver-TIZE-ment.
- about: I say a-BOUGH-t, instead of a-BOAT.
- police: I say p'LEESE, instead of po-LEESE.
- Louisville: Seeing as how I'm from the state in which this city is based it's correctly pronounced lou-ah-vul, NOT loo-ee-ville. She just needs to be smacked for that.
This is a sampling of words, now here is a list of phrases that apparently make me "sound like a stupid hick".
- Fixing to: this means to get ready to do something. "I'm fixing to take a shower." It is not said "fixin' to". That means something else.
- All over hell, and half of Georgia: means that I've looked everywhere for something.
- Hotter than blue blazes: This phrase is self explanatory. The hottest part of a flame is the blue part. Basic chemistry. Makes perfect sense to me.
- chemist: This is a phrase that is used in my part of the country to describe a pharmacist. It's very common use in French, somehow it stuck around here. It's not as common anymore, but I still use it.
- full: Usually used to describe someone that has eaten too much. It's used that way here too, but more often it's used to describe someone that's drunk. Very drunk.
There are more, but right now they are escaping me. My point is simple: This "friend" isn't from the south. So to her, we're all (in her words) "backwards and need to learn to speak like the rest of the country." I find that a bit offensive. A language defines a group of people. It's part of their culture.
Why is it that the French, Germans, Japanese, Yoruba, etc., etc., can be proud of the way they speak, but Southerners have to be ashamed? I personally find the New York accent, and the Bostonian accent to be offensive, but you know what? It defines those people to their area.
I love different accents, languages, and dialects. I think they should be left alone. I'm going to continue to use my dialect and accent. It's part of who I am; and I'm not about to change that for anyone.
She'll just have to get used to it if she's going to be talking to me.
The One Where I'm COMPLETELY Confused
5 Comments Published by Jason on Friday, August 3, 2007 at 11:00.
