Re: Driving Conditions (Re:HappyThanksgiving!)

Dennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in 
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> On 28 Nov 2003 14:42:10 GMT, dogsnus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>>And then there's "going to make groceries".
> 
> Anybody say "simuh dan nah" ?  :-)

Heh.
No, but the typical perception of southern accents
doesn't pan out in this part of Louisiana.
I've been listening and observing a lot.
(It's a hobby of mine and very frugal.)

Some have a very strong accent, some do not.
Some natives do, some don't.
I think I've detected so far, with certain
accents, which folks might come from Mississippi
and those from southern Louisiana, but it's too
early to tell for sure.
Then there's the Cajun accent.
It's completely different.

For example:
Brother in law is Cajun. He speaks fairly
rapidly with some inflections that aren't 
southern sounding at all, but certain inflections
catch my attention.
He was born down here.
His wife is also a native, and she doesn't have
so much as an accent as a slower way of speaking
than I'm used to.
For the first time in my life, I am the one with
the *accent*.
I must have one, as I'm constantly being asked
where I'm from.
(It's either that, or it's a custom of wanting
to find out about one's family as family is
a very_ big_ deal_ here.)
Which is quite nice compared to California's
don't give a damn who you are attitude.


My husband says I sound like a Californian.
Understandable, since I was born there.
:)
Not a real *accent*, per say, as much as a more monotone
and rapid way of speaking.
My husband has no accent either, but he's
got a slower rate of speech than I, always has.
He was born here, but spent most of his life
in the west.
One of the things I enjoy the most down here is
the true melting pot of All Things Wonderful.
Both the people and the food.



Terri