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Neoma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 01:00 AM
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Small realization:
I say the word 'eh' more than the stereotypical Canadian.
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 01:02 AM
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1. I talk with a slight southern accent even though I'm from Ohio
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Neoma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 01:06 AM
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2. Known anyone southern?
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 01:10 AM
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3. Yeah, my grandparents on my dad's side were from Tennessee
Edited on Mon Jun-04-07 01:10 AM by Droopy
And I spent a lot of time with them when I was young. I also live in a small town that has lot of people who migrated up from the south.
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 01:12 AM
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4. Does Ohio even have an accent?
hehe, maybe thats why you kept the Tennessee?

:shrug:
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 01:15 AM
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5. Most people here have what I think is referred to
as a Midwest accent. I don't know how to describe it, but you would know it if you heard it.
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 01:18 AM
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7. I lived in Lima as a wee one
I remember my family joking that everyone in Ohio speaks like they are from Michigan.

Guess thats the "midwest"

:)
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 01:24 AM
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9. In theory...
Never been there long enough to notice, but according to Wikipedia there is one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English_regional_differences#The_Midland
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 02:59 AM
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12. That was some cool reading
thanks! I see it now that I think about it.

:hi:
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 01:16 AM
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6. You're also 5 away from 5000 posts
Make it something good... I hear Anna Nicole is still dead and Ted Haggert is still 100% hetero...
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Neoma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 01:36 AM
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10. Eh, not much of a big deal.
*Goes off to alert newyawker99*
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 01:18 AM
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8. I say dude!
and never lived in California :)

:hi:
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 01:58 AM
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11. ...eh...?
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Guava Jelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 03:20 AM
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13. I use "I" a lot in writing pm's and posting
I this,I that ,I was,I did,I heard,I had,I think
It is annoying for me to read it
I should do better :mad: :rofl:
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 03:30 AM
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14. The eyes have it!
:rofl:
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