tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post115963575519355252..comments2024-03-17T12:29:12.539-05:00Comments on Bayou Poste & Craft: "Talk Memphis"jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-1159872249242957322006-10-03T05:44:00.000-05:002006-10-03T05:44:00.000-05:00I love the song lyrics!I love the song lyrics!Deb Geyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06555180501750409807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-1159793081114098552006-10-02T07:44:00.000-05:002006-10-02T07:44:00.000-05:00Debra, I rarely even hear anyone use "ain't" excep...Debra, I rarely even hear anyone use "ain't" except on television. Teachers must have had more influence that they realized! I have to agree that "gonna" is hard to break. "Fixin' to" is another difficult one for me...when I'm even aware of it.<BR/><BR/>Omega, you come from a country with distinct regional accents that can then be distinquished even more precisely. It so much spice and interest, but it does present a dilemma doesn't it? Your speech can influence so much including employment and social standing, but how bland it would be to have completely universal speech.jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-1159772881291925912006-10-02T02:08:00.000-05:002006-10-02T02:08:00.000-05:00I find it delightful that there are still regional...I find it delightful that there are still regional accents which vary over quite small distances, even now in this day of universal television and radio broadcasting. Long may it last.Olga Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10554469124546960971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-1159725702481178172006-10-01T13:01:00.000-05:002006-10-01T13:01:00.000-05:00I am bad about "gonna". I really do try to avoid ...I am bad about "gonna". I really do try to avoid it but boy, is that a hard one to break. I'm gonna stop, really, like I am. (But, it's not as bad as ain't!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-1159724777669971652006-10-01T12:46:00.000-05:002006-10-01T12:46:00.000-05:00Jane Ann, I think I'd like to hear your husband's ...Jane Ann, I think I'd like to hear your husband's voice - Memphis Honey, huh? Funny which accents we love to hear, and they can certainly be musical.<BR/><BR/>I'd love to see "Shalom, Y'all" -- at first, I thought that might be something Kinky Friedman (musician, novelist, running for Governor of Texas)came up with, but I will be checking into Brian Bain. <BR/><BR/>Rian, I love the lyrics and the melody. Hope you find it.<BR/><BR/>Sioux, actually, it is difficult to tell East Texas accents from North Louisiana accents, but just a bit farther in they begin to take on differences. When I was small, we lived in Beeville, TX...I don't remember anything of those accents. But when we came back from Wyoming, I had some adjustments to make.jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-1159722130344496362006-10-01T12:02:00.000-05:002006-10-01T12:02:00.000-05:00Interesting. I guess ever city and town has its r...Interesting. I guess ever city and town has its regional accent. I am from Stephenville, Texas, and our accent is very pronounced. Then, as we are Texans, we don't have Southern, but Texas accents. We speak much quicker, more like my Yankee inlaws. <BR/><BR/>When I was a young person I strove to get rid of my Texas twang, but now that I am an older person I wish I had retained more of it!<BR/><BR/>Anyway...this was a most interesting blog.Sue Seiberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15079271353907261500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-1159716494520423552006-10-01T10:28:00.000-05:002006-10-01T10:28:00.000-05:00Such delightful lyrics! I'm on my way to iTunes to...Such delightful lyrics! I'm on my way to iTunes to hear a snippet of this song.Rianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15728394027261108470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-1159655222464871192006-09-30T17:27:00.000-05:002006-09-30T17:27:00.000-05:00I don't mean to beat the subject to death, but a t...I don't mean to beat the subject to death, but a teriffic film that turns up on the Sundance channel sometimes is "Shalom, Y'all." It's just the sweetest, funniest, most fascinating documentary of what it means to be Southern AND Jewish. The filmaker is from Atlanta and he spends lots of footage on his grandparents, who lived in New Orleans. The accents were all so varied and colorful.Jane Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10837023618342835038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13828728.post-1159654582730907372006-09-30T17:16:00.000-05:002006-09-30T17:16:00.000-05:00Oh, jenclair, my DH is from Memphis and his accent...Oh, jenclair, my DH is from Memphis and his accent and voice are like honey. (Actually, he sounds quite sexy--over the phone! People have commented on it to me!) Love the lyrics of the song and I will have to look that one up for myself. Though he is 10-1/2 yrs older than I, my husband says "Yes, ma'am" and "No, ma'am" to me, and when he wants me to repeat something, he says "Ma'am?" We giggle about Memphians saying something is "rurnt" when they mean ruined. It's a dead giveaway to roots in the Mississippi River mudflats. He says "warsh", meaning "wash" (and "Warshington, DC"), which drives me nuts. Probably because that's a Kentucky thang and that's where his parents came from.<BR/><BR/>My boss is a N'Wawlins gal (grew up near Audobon Park), and after 40 years here it still creeps out "agane" and "agane." I just die when her sister (Lakeview, sadly) comes to visit--it's a cultural experience! I used to worry that television and mobility would eventually erase all our cultural/regional characteristics, so I love hearing identifiable accents. They can be musical.Jane Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10837023618342835038noreply@blogger.com