Southern Women Speak

Say what? No references to the Gamecocks?

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Note: For all y'all fur'ners out there, the University of South Carolina Gamecocks are generally referred to as The Cocks. Imagine the possibilities...

 

"Bet I can funnel a beer faster than you."

Funny video, Jeff.

 

Those ladies are sweet! I'll give 'em "sugar" whenever they want. Great accents with many European influences. I noticed they pronounce the word "sh.t" like the French "chiote" which means toilets in old slang for instance

 

Whut accents????

 

Oh, I forgot, it's the rest of the world that has an accent

 

Y'all dang yankees are all alike.

That dialect is also heard in eastern and northern Louisiana where the rednecks are at. Down in southern Louisiana they say pretty much the same thangs but with a Cajun accent. Sometimes you can understand what they are saying too. Especially the "gimme me some sugar" part!

 

I heard that yankee dime from my grandmaw too. Never quite figured out why it was called that either. She had lots of terms that I never heard of, most of which are not PC these days, but common speak back in the 60s and before. I had to ask my daddy what she was saying on the way home lots of times.

 

You southeners should all stick together in this thread and make a small Southern slang conversation guide in this thread. This way it would help to preserve the expression you learned from your ancestors and contribute in preserving you heritage, though on a modest but funny scale. Btw, When I was a student I once wrote a book about the Huguenot immigration influence in South Carolina and other southern states.

 

This is greatly emphasisized hen one of the ladies is having an almost British accent when saying "sweetheart" The image of the Southern belle is quite legendary and the Gone with wind image is not entirely cliché.

 

A Southern dialect story for Skipper . In 1940 I was born in Selma , Alabama , on the Northern (!) verge of what we call the "Black Belt", a belt of calcareous soil enriched by weathering limestone from the Cretaceous period. All this is to say for about a century it produced tons of cotton and much riches for less than the 1%. Like Low country Carolina and the Mississippi Delta, it is the heart of the South. I speak with a slow Southern drawl and really enjoyed that video.

Some years ago my family and I were driving from Venice to Amsterdam and waited a bit late to look for a B&B, or in French, une chambre. We found a Romanesque chateau in the Waloon village of Tavigny, a bit the worst for wear but had rooms . The door was answered by a rather striking looking women , "Oui ?" "Avez-vous deux chambres pour la nuit?" said I. "Excusez-moi ?" said she. After multiple repetitions of variations of this exchange she finally said in pure Oxford English ? Yes I do and we would be delighted to have you as guest ! " I said why did you torture me and laughed. She said I have heard terrible French from all over the world but never with an American Southern accent !! And she laughed.

Later than evening we were feasting on salmon in her small restaurant and she stopped by and gave us a truly fine bottle of wine and said she wanted to make up for being naughty so we ask her to join us in sharing the bottle. Language is truly wonderful.

I love regional accents and rue their gradual disappearance. Our daughter in Seattle could be from Ohio. My exasperated college speech teacher referred me for speech therapy !!!!. My grandfather signed letters, I am and remain your obedient servant, William Dunham Blackwell.

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I cannot begin to explain those boxes!!!!!

 

I'll give you a hint : "Mon Dieu" is what the ladies scream when they are with Gaines, "épouvantable" is what they say with all the others

 

Quand j'étais plus jeune!! Je vous remercie pour le salut trop ...

 

I just love these Southern girls. They talk soooo slow.... In the time it takes them to say "how dare you", I've already done it!

(Old Bob Hope joke)

 

That's because you thought they said "I dare you"