Saturday, November 11, 2006

100 Facts about elle in 100ish Days However Long It Takes (15)

Fact #15
Well, my city-slicker friends just call me "country"...

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The South

That's a Southern accent you've got there. You may love it, you may hate it, you may swear you don't have it, but whatever the case, we can hear it.

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Philadelphia
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2 comments:

Zan said...

Nothing wrong with a good southern accent. My favorite southernism: beinghave instead of behaving. Why the hell do we say that??

elle said...

zan, i used to be so ashamed during my undergrad years, but i learned to love it.

i've ushed southern parlayance for so long, i really don't know alternatives. Like, if you don't say "y'all" what do you say that doesn't sound forced and fake--"you all" sounds horrible to me. and what does "fixin' to" translate as? and why can't i say the "ee" sound at the end of words that end in y or i or double e? it comes out as "eh" or a "short e" sound.

Revelations and ruminations from one southern sistorian...