tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post2744636980967176340..comments2024-03-25T12:21:56.752-05:00Comments on Sweethearts Of The West: How to Speak TexanCaroline Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-55800969807410981092015-10-12T21:20:11.417-05:002015-10-12T21:20:11.417-05:00Lots of these used in Mississippi, too!! Thanks f...Lots of these used in Mississippi, too!! Thanks for the laugh.Martha Lawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042754635352542051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-23130914289178406892015-10-12T19:57:38.336-05:002015-10-12T19:57:38.336-05:00Thanks for making my education, YT. Highly interes...Thanks for making my education, YT. Highly interestin'. It sort of reminds me of how people speak in the Maritimes (and in Louisiana, by extension) - except it would be a mix of French and English. As an example: Espère-moé sul'corner dans five minutes, m'a allé get my car. (which would translate more or less as: Wait for me at the corner in five minutes, I'll get my car). And, to top it all, their accent is so cute.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880638535934581587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-25205676499662473272015-10-12T19:24:31.951-05:002015-10-12T19:24:31.951-05:00Celia, I should've consulted with you before p...Celia, I should've consulted with you before posting this! I'll bet we could've come up with a list that would wrap around the globe fifteen or twenty times. :-D<br /><br />I completely forgot all the words in your opening sentence. I also forgot "wahr" -- as in "bob wahr." GAH! Can't believe I forgot that one!<br /><br />BIG HUGS, dear lady. I hope your week gets better. :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05740371055384281988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-26964060862400513902015-10-12T19:16:35.669-05:002015-10-12T19:16:35.669-05:00Oh, lawd hep me. I don know whar to start.
My husb...Oh, lawd hep me. I don know whar to start.<br />My husband taught in the School of Business here at Texas State University, and one of the Head of the Department before my husband got that position, said, "School ah Bidnus." I swear, my husband and his co-horts have said that and laughed about it for...well, for decades. <br />Well, I laughed about each and every one of these, because I have been guilty about speaking like this many times. I learned to "straighten" up when I taught school, because these kids were from all over the US and Mexico, and ever in some European countries. I learned quickly to finish my "ing" words, and I learned to stop putting extra syllables in some words. Thanks for the laugh, Kathleen...this made my day, and believe me, I needed a laugh.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272417114895975742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-14850704654042761832015-10-12T19:16:05.138-05:002015-10-12T19:16:05.138-05:00Oh dear. I guess that totally blows my cover as a ...Oh dear. I guess that totally blows my cover as a New York Socialite, doesn't it?<br /><br />Sarah, I figured you'd recognize a lot of these. A whole lot of words and phrases are used all over the South. Texas really can't lay claim to all of them...but that doesn't stop Texans from tryin'! ;-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05740371055384281988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-2997316676449290422015-10-12T18:41:02.543-05:002015-10-12T18:41:02.543-05:00Quite a few of these are southern words used even ...Quite a few of these are southern words used even in my state of NC, and then there are those only Texans speak. When I saw the title of this article I knew in an instant it had to be no other than the crazy Texan, Kathleen Rice Adams who wrote it. You have your own very unique style and voice, my friend. You show up in everything you write.<br />Wishing you all the best...Sarah J. McNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.com