My rebuttal to Tam, Mandy AND Noreaster
I just couldn’t keep my mouth shut (which shouldn’t surprise any of you who actually know me). I know that InWorship wanted people actually attempting to speak Texan… but see… that would have just been wrong. So I must explain to these people the errors of their ways.
Here is where you can find these videos.
Mandy… explaining how to properly speak “Southern” and Tam (not quite sure on what she was explaining) on “InWorship”.
And here is Noreaster’s rebuttal to them, on his blog…
And my response to all of them.
Mine was stupider! Mine was stupider! Mine was stupider!
Yes, you are the King of Stupider! I concede that!!!
[Takes bow]
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you very much!
Actually… I didn’t have the great commercial breaks, or the hand puppets, or any of that great stuff!!! (I’m such a loser…
)
Told you…Mine WAS stupider!!!
OH MY GOODNESS!!!
I have a thought on you, Mandy and NE but I just might have to save it for my own rebuttal of some kind…Dude!
Uh oh….
Don’t make me call you “squirrel bait!!”
Or you could just save it for MTTV, Tam! That would be fun. And Mandy would have a chance to respond.
If I had capabilities, i would so jump on this wagon! LOL but also in a different part of PA most of my life…I am a little bit of all of it! I think I am a mutt/ heinz 57…we do however say squirrel bait, but we also say Dude…and as we are a bunch of ghettofied suburbians it would not be beyond me to call on my homegirls, and say somethinglike..we out…and be just me…oh my…
Darla! PA!
I was also thinking that here in PA, when we invite someone along we say “wanna go with?” or to invite ourselves, “can I go with?” That is the complete sentence. 
oh yeah! I wanna go with!
Yes, but do youse guys have summaz?
We don’t here, dude.
Holy Crap! This is like an English teachers worst nightmare!
I was a special ed. teacher, so I can overlook it.
Well, since I too was born and raised in the heart of Alabama Pennsylvania, I can not agree with anyone outside of the Keystone state for as you all know we here “cling to our nouns and our prepositions with antipathy toward anyone who is not like us”. I would however like to thank TheNorEaster for clearing up one thing. We do also have a phrase in the midst of a hot sticky summa down by the crick drinkin’ our pop (not soda-pop, just pop) It goes something like “Hey squirrel bait, how hot you think it is?” “Well I don’t know, but it feels like south of hell in August”. Thank you for pinpointing the geographic center of this mythical region in Georgia.
There is one thing I can agree with however, all yall aint right. And that is a good thing! Thanks for making me laugh. I needed it today!
I think I’ll go have some dippy eggs. MMMMMMMMMMM
That (Steve) is my husband. But I have to clarify… he grew up 2 hours SOUTH of me in PA. He leans towards saying “yinz.” I’m just saying.
This isn’t going to end anytime soon is it
Hahahaha!!!!
okay, I’m with ya on “hey, you guys! Dude!” Yup, that’s Michigan. And we have pop, not soda’s, and not a Coke unless it’s REALLY a Coke.
But, we don’t have “cricks” we have creeks. Squirrel bait? Nope, haven’t heard that either. Hmmm. I don’t even know what we do call people?? I guess I don’t call enough names. I’ll have to wait till morning and ask some other people in this house! oh wait! Here’s some I’ve heard…”you’re a butt, monkey breath, Dork”
And “Yo dawg! What up?!” pretty common amongst the coolest.
I’ve also noticed since moving to Northern Michigan that I’ve lost my “g’s” in any word that has “ing” on the end. I’m writin, we’re goin, I’m singin, I’m talkin. Not sure where it went, but nobody else up here seems to have any “g’s” on the end of their “ing” words either
Anyone else missin their g’s???
Brent ~ As long as it’s fun…I hope not!
Steve ~ Happy to clear things up. Funny thing about my state, though…”Summa” is a VERB!!! “People summa he’e for three months out of the year.”
And I hate it. I do. I hate it. I love summa weather, but not those that summa he’e. In fact, two years ago, someone actually hired a plane after Labor Day. It flied a banner that read, “It’s Over. Go Home!”
Yep. Lotsa people summa he’e. And the people who stay for the other three seasons absolutely hate it. It’s one of our traditions.
Kelly… I don’t ever remember having g’s. And yes! Coke is coke.
Brent… are we in huge trouble with your wife?
NorEaster… I wouldn’t like tourists. We get a few for outdoor activities in the summer, but nothing too extreme.
Steve… just so you know… the actual way to say it is “pig in the middle!” NOT monkey. Just so you know. I’m sorry also I turned over to the dark side while we lived in NC, learning to say ’soda’ instead of ‘pop.’ I know it was evil and wrong, and I’ll try harder to change back! (since around here nobody knows what I’m talking about if I order a soda)
Oh… just so you know. Steve’s family says people are Neked (short e rather than naked with a long a)…they get red-up (get ready). He is actually the first person I ever heard say squirrel bait too.
We really like Jeff Foxsworthy around here cuz he talks about people we know!
Oh we have the tourists here! Except here they are called “lakeys” because they come for Lake Michigan. We go from a population of 1500 throughout the year, to 15,000 as soon as Memorial Day hits, and they don’t go home until Labor Day. On which day we stand in the streets and wave goodbye and throw parties! LOL! I like both seasons though (yes, seasons we call them. WE have bumper stickers that say “Tourist season begins June 1st” with a picture of a hunter!) but it’s nice to feel like I’m not really in the sticks for a few months out of the year. Just north of here, the tourists are called “fudgies” because they come for the Traverse City/Mackinac Island fudge.
Ok, in the spirit of this thread keeping everyone informed of the proper use of our local phrases, red-up is fine and proper English where I come from, however, it means to clean up or straighten up a room for example. You wouldn’t red-up yourself, but you would red-up your living room when you’ve got company coming over.
As Heidi points out I am from a couple of hours south of where she grew up, and the only tourists we got carried guns. They came in droves during deer season, and you could tell them from the license plates on their trucks. Most were from Ohio who we refered to as Ohesians.
woo HOO!!!!!!!!!!!
ok. you’re in SO much trouble.
but this SO totally made my day!!! HA HA HA HA HA!!!!
Heidi, tam and Mandy don’t take anything personally, but they don’t let anyone live it down either
Well said, InWorship, well said….
I see…. is it too late to recant?
No fair. I don’t have a mac, or any of that cool editing stuff. I tried to get my husband on board for mother’s day, but he just laughed at me.
no recanting. no!
hahahahaha HW, this was great! I am really enjoying all the videos and the accent stuff.
Inworship, I have definitely lost my ‘g’ at the end of words! And what up and yall and yo dawg is pretty common in my corner of the State too. In fact, we take it a step further and say ‘watchyall doin’ or ‘howyall doin.’ There is no separation of words. None.