Will Carry
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Jun 1, 2015
- Location
- The Tar Heel State.
At one time in the Tar Heel state, you could tell those Johnson County girls by their accents. The folks down in Lumberton would say "bike" when they meant "back". "Ikes" when they meant "ax". When I went down to Mobile Alabama my aunts talked in such an exaggerated accent that I thought they were making fun of me. They would say "Well you go down Airport Blvd and turn right" but it would sound like "Way el, you jest drive down Aya Powate Boo lav odd and tun rat." It was beautiful! My wife left Narrows Virginia to go to Fordham Law in NYC. She said "The first thing I did was loose the Southern accent." "I wanted people to take me seriously and not think I was some hick from the South" When many non-southerners hear my accent and see that I am white, they think I am a GD racist. A co-worker from Connecticut and I were talking about that lady who climbed the flag pole and took down the CBF in South Carolina I said. "I have never seen anyone who flew the CBF that wasn't a racist." He said "YEAH! those (racial slur) are going too far. I'm thinking about buying me one of them flags and flying it." My jaw hit the floor and I said "You didn't hear a word I said!"
These wonderful local dialects are being wash out of existence. Like the old South.
These wonderful local dialects are being wash out of existence. Like the old South.