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serious crayons:
Another one: I love using spellings that have evolved on this board that differ from how I would spell the words otherwise.
For example, in every other context I would spell it, "Huh?" but here I like throwing in that N! (Which actually seems like a more accurate spelling of the way Ennis pronounces it.)
twistedude:
Not sure if writing is real life or not--but it isn't fanfiction. I stole "let be," "Sure enough" and "I did my best by" (slight cfhnage of person and number). I find myself saying "for what it's worth" all the time.
I try to avoid Brokieisms in my tiours, because I lose my train of thought when I do.
I spent 5-6 hiours with another brokie last night, and even though we spent at least 3 hours compring DVDs, we used surprisingly few brokieisms with eachother. We tended to talk ABOUT the movie and the shiort stiory in very precise English...y'know, scholarly shit.
dly64:
--- Quote from: Lynne on June 25, 2006, 12:52:44 am ---Another thing is that I was once given grief about how I drop the 'g' from words endin' in '-ing', which I always attributed to the southern accent. I'm not lettin' that one bother me anymore.
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I have a very strong northern Indiana accent. Over the years I have diligently worked on speaking properly. Now, all of a sudden, I am hearing myself with a slight twang. I am saying stuff like "friggin'" and "nothin'". I also have to really watch that I don't swear at work because I work for a Christian organization. Let's just say I can't yell to someone,"Hey! Jane f--kin' Doe". I think they would trip over their jaws from falling on the floor. And for a person who generally hates to swear, I have gotten really loose with my tongue! I need to "tape my mouth shut"! :-X
nakymaton:
Just got back from my first night in a tent since BBM came out. *Coulda had the entire conversation in BBM-speak:
"Beans is 'bout all we got left."
"No more beans."
"You got whiskey or sumthin?"
"Freeze your ass off when the fire dies down. Better off sleepin in the tent."
"You're commutin four hours a day? Sheeeeit. That's hard."
And in response to the thousand-dollar water filter that wouldn't pump any water:
"This is a goddamn bitch of an unsatisfactory situation."
But I am shy, so "no more beans" was as close as I got. Woulda been fun to riff a bit, though.
* I still use the improper spellings that I've always used. It's interesting, because now that I've read the way Annie writes out the accent, I've realized that, yes, people in the mountain west really do separate the "a" (for "to") from the preceding word. So I used to say "gonna," and that's still what I write, but I find that I'm lengthening the sounds to something like "goin a" when I speak. Still looks weird to write it, though, so I don't.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: nakymaton on June 26, 2006, 12:02:00 am --- So I used to say "gonna," and that's still what I write, but I find that I'm lengthening the sounds to something like "goin a" when I speak. Still looks weird to write it, though, so I don't.
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Interesting! I'd always thought Annie's spelling looks/sounds a bit odd, but maybe because I'm not used to that particular accent. Makes sense.
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