AIO and Catch phrases

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:21 pm

Living in the midwest I don't know what a midwestern accent sounds like. I think it's what syllables I stress and what not.

-Jonathan

Chandler · Post by **Chandler** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:23 pm

You should know what your "accent" sounds like even if it sounds normal to you. We all have an accent of some sort and we can tell how it differs when people from other areas talk to us.
I'm really falling in love with the English accent. *dreamy sigh*

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:35 pm

Actually, I just realized, despite living my whole life in this part of the country, I sound nothing like a midwest person. Every few weeks I get someone who thinks I'm a foriegn exchange student.

-Jonathan

gimp80995 · Post by **gimp80995** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:51 pm

In all my travels I have discovered that I don't sound American..........no matter where I go, ppl ask me where my accent is from.........so evidently, it's not an American accent, otherwise I'd eventually find a spot where ppl think it sounds normal and don't ask where it's from.

Peace Out

-Gimp

One I Froggy · Post by **One I Froggy** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 6:27 pm

gimp80995 wrote:I think popular lingo is also regional.......I've lived in some places where nearly no one said "that's awesome" or "this is awesome"........then traveld to another region (same country) and nearly everyone said it........same with terms like "Peace Out", "For real", "word up", etc.

The same goes for styles of clothing..........what's popular say in Washington State may not be so in Wisconsion, and what's popular in Wisconsion might not be all that popular in Tennessee......

This is very true. My cousins live only an hour away from me, and they constantly harrass me about not only the way I say certain words, but also the words I choose to say. What they call "soda" I call "pop." And being from Wisconsin, I know a lot of people would say that we drag out our vowels. I am in Forensics at school (and for those who dont know what 4n6 is, its sorta like a speech/debate/interpretive speaking team) and the coach constantly tells us not to talk like we are from WI.

Its also kinda strange how fads travel the country. Some relatives in CA started their obsession with Beany Babys almost a full year before they became popular here.

Trent DeWhite · Post by **Trent DeWhite** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 8:34 am

Slightly . . .

But I need to tell you something . . . I don't got a bellybu--actually, I do.

At the beginning of Veggie Tales' "Bellybutton Song", Junior actually says "Word up!" Just thought I'd point that out.

J-man · Post by **J-man** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 9:48 am

what was that supposed to mean anyway (since we're on the subject)?

Trent DeWhite · Post by **Trent DeWhite** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 9:56 am

"Word up?"

It's more of a contemporized version of, "What's up?"

Chandler · Post by **Chandler** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 3:34 pm

It's for people who don't know proper English.

J-man · Post by **J-man** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 4:18 pm

I see..
who thought that up?

Chandler · Post by **Chandler** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 4:25 pm

J-man wrote:I see..
who thought that up?

Now that's a good question...
Someone said it once... then someone else... then someone else...
Then it's been passed around so that all kinds of people are now saying it!

Just how DO some fads get stared?

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 10:04 pm

Fads are started b/c of the desire to come across as 'cool'. I think it's stupid personally.

-Jonathan

Chandler · Post by **Chandler** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 2:17 pm

That's true... but how does something little idiosyncracy that one person invents become popular among the masses?