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I'm definitely not Southern/Country/Whatever it is

May 27th, 2008 at 08:55 pm

This isn't finance related... just had to post about this

So yesterday we saw the ad in the paper for the golden retriever puppies & I had DH call the guy.

DH gets the info and then gets off the phone. Tells me the guy is a "good ole country guy from North Cackalacky" as he says in his... whatever country accent it is.

On the 1 1/2 hour drive there, he's making fun of me and talking to me in his country accent. Which I have no clue what he's saying so I would ask him to repeat himself... and finally just said "You better stop unless you want me to keep asking you what you are saying... or if I don't care what you said I won't even bother asking."

So DH stops and eventually we get to the guys' house in North Carolina and he's using a tractor to do something to his garden.

The guy comes out and says "So iz dis yer firs pit?" (we're looking at goldens)

I look at him confused, hoping he'll say something else so I'll understand what he's saying.

He repeats what he said... and just by default... I say no cause I have no clue what he's saying but don't want to be rude and say I can't understand him through his accent.

Then he says "So this'll be y'alls firs puppy"

Ohhhh THATS what he was saying.

Five minutes later or so, the kids are talking about our other dog and the puppy & I wonder if the guy thought "Did this lady just lie to me?"

Anyhow, so as we get ready to go... the guy starts talking about his golden retrievers and he'd throw a ball off the pee.

Again I look very confused but just keep listening, hoping he'll say something else so I can figure out what he's saying.

Turns out he was talking about taking his dogs fishing with him and throwing a ball off the pier and they'd go get it for him.

We leave and I just look to DH and say "I had a hard time understanding what he said."

DH just looks at me and says "Yeah, I could tell you were having problems."

8 Responses to “I'm definitely not Southern/Country/Whatever it is”

  1. Ima saver Says:
    1211919218

    That is the way they talk around here!!

  2. AmbitiousSaver Says:
    1211919361

    LOL Yeah, I just asked DH what the guy probably meant by "pit" and DH said "He was asking if this was your first PET!!!" Needless to say I felt pretty lost.

  3. sillyoleme Says:
    1211920244

    Haha, that is probably the way people think I talk! People at work are constantly asking about my accent and telling me "it's cute, don't lose it up here". Smile

  4. monkeymama Says:
    1211924845

    My sister moved to middle o' nowhere NC, from California.

    It was funny hearing her adventures - might as well moved to another country. A completely different dialect, that is for sure. Big Grin I think one of the funniest stories I remember was when someone asked her for a buggy (she worked at a store). I think she had trouble enough understanding without the different lingo. Buggy? Shopping cart! LOL.

  5. PauletteGoddard Says:
    1211931979

    On my first trip to Missouri one of the locals watched my mouth move because she couldn't believe the sounds I was making. I've also been "the local who talked funny or way too fast" for people from out of town (usually they were out-of-continent).

  6. baselle Says:
    1211949606

    I took this test a couple of weeks ago and got quite a chuckle:

    Text is http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/yankeetest.html and Link is
    http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/yankeetest.html

  7. snoopycool Says:
    1212005368

    Ahhhh, how I miss my ol' Kentucky home.

  8. scrimpandsave Says:
    1213917588

    Please don't get a dog from a backyard breeder...please go to the shelter and see the babies that need homes so badly!

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