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[matttheboy]

Only if you promise me she'll never come back...although you have to admit- that's some pretty pi ss poor poetry...worse than PT's...hehe

[Perpetual Traveller]

[Guy Courchesne]

[lozwich]

[grahamb]

PT, I do indeed carry Her Satannic Majesty's passport, albeit under protest and in the absence of a Scottish one. Scotland will remain a part of the Evil Empire until my compatriots wake up and kick John Bull where it hurts.
There are several Scottish accents. How do you know if my one's gorgeous?
Scots is not slang. It shares the same linguistic root as English, but developed along a different path. We have an extensive vocabulary containing many words of foreign origin.
I used "Have a nice day y'all" for the benefit of Thelmadatter, who hails from the land of Uncle Sam.
Scotsman is spelt with a capital S.
Awa an' bile yer neep!

[Ben Round de Bloc]

[lozwich]

[grahamb]

Can't say I ever got my leg over on account of my accent, Lozwich! Am I being unfair in suggesting that the wobbliness in your kness is somehow related to exceesive consumption of alcohol?
Ben, I believe "dude" is now endemic among young Americans. Thelmadatter was born before Bill and Ted spread the infection.

[thelmadatter]

Hijole!

Thanks Guy... you got it right... the plural of "you" in the NYC area is "youse guys" or just "youse") (dont ask me why we put the "e" there) - however grahamb is Scottish and since I know next to nothing about Scottish accents (sure would love to go to Scotland to learn !) - I take the "ya'll" in the spirit in which it is given. Besides, I do use "ya'll" with my students from time to time as they know that word as well as if not more than "youse guys"

Just dont call me a "Texan"

[grahamb]

"Youse" is also yused by many heathens from Glasgow.
Thelmadatter, as the Drill Instructor in Full Metal Jacket said, "Only two things came from Texas, *beep* 'n' steers."

[grahamb]

For the benefit of those who haven't seen FMJ, the beeped word rhymes with "steers."

[MELEE]

ya'll isn't generational its geographical. Most people in my part of the country say it only in gest. (Much like Graham)

[MELEE]

okay, my halloween costume is a little big...

I'll change it soon, I promise.

[Guy Courchesne]

Here's an enlightening piece that a teacher from South Caroline sent me as a joke.

How To Speak Southern
(Hah Tu Spek Suthun)

BARD - verb. Past tense of the infinitive "to borrow."
Usage: "My brother bard my pickup truck."

JAWJUH - noun. A highly flammable state just north of Florida.
Usage: "My brother from Jawjah bard my pickup truck."

MUNTS - noun. A calendar division.
Usage: "My brother from Jawjuh bard my pickup truck, and I aint herd from him in munts."

IGNERT - adjective. Not smart. See "Auburn Alumni."
Usage: "Them N-C-TWO-A boys sure are ignert!"

RANCH - noun. A tool.
Usage: "I think I left my ranch in the back of that pickup truck my brother from Jawjuh bard a few munts ago."

ALL - noun. A petroleum-based lubricant.
Usage: "I sure hope my brother from Jawjuh puts all in my pickup truck."

FAR - noun. A conflagration.
Usage: "If my brother from Jawjuh doesn't change the all in my pickup truck, that things gonna catch far."

BAHS - noun. A supervisor.
Usage: "If you don't stop reading these Southern words and git back to work, your bahs is gonna far you!"

TAR - noun. A rubber wheel.
Usage: "Gee, I hope that brother of mine from Jawjuh doesn't git a flat tar in my pickup truck."

TIRE - noun. A tall monument.
Usage: "Lord willing and the creeks don't rise, I sure do hope to see that Eiffel Tire in Paris sometime."

HOT - noun. A blood-pumping organ.

HOD - adverb. Not easy.
Usage: "A broken hot is hod to fix."

RETARD - Verb. To stop working.
Usage: "My granpaw retard at age 65."

TARRED - adverb. Exhausted.
Usage: "I just flew in from Hot-lanta, and boy my arms are tarred."

RATS - noun. Entitled power or privilege.
Usage: "We Southerners are willing to fight for out rats."

LOT - adjective. Luminescent.
Usage: "I dream of Jeanie in the lot-brown hair."

FARN - adjective. Not local.
Usage: "I cudnt unnerstand a wurd he sed ... must be from some farn country."

DID - adjective. Not alive.
Usage: "He's did, Jim."

EAR - noun. A colorless, odorless gas (unless you are in LA).
Usage: "He can't breathe ... give 'em some ear!"

BOB WAR - noun. A sharp, twisted cable.
Usage: "Boy, stay away from that bob war fence."

JU-HERE - a question.
Usage: "Juhere that former Dallas Cowboys' coach Jimmy Johnson recently toured the University of Alabama?"

HAZE - a contraction.
Usage: "Is Bubba smart?" "Nah ... haze ignert."

SEED - verb, past tense.

VIEW - contraction: verb and pronoun.
Usage: "I ain't never seed New York City ... view?"

HEAVY DEW - phrase. A request for action.
Usage: "Kin I heavy dew me a favor?"

GUMMIT - Noun. An often-closed bureaucratic institution.
Usage: "Great ... ANOTHER gummit shutdown!"

[Perpetual Traveller]