Re: Driving Conditions (Re:HappyThanksgiving!)

"dogsnus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Dennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>
> > 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,..

Sure its an accent.lol