I find this kind of stuff pretty fascinating. Although I have lost a lot of my Southern accent, I still have the lexicon of a Southerner. When ordering a soft drink, I always ask for a "Coke".
posted by Mr. Carlisle at 4:30 PM
I'm a native South Carolinian and I attained my undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of South Carolina. I taught fourth grade for two years in the Mississippi Delta and two years at an alternative high school in Western North Carolina. I have been at Tigard High School since the fall of 2003, where I teach U.S. History and Psychology.
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It's interesting to see all of the different accents and terms for different parts of the United States. In my opinion the most distinctive accents came from the South and the New England area. I also enjoyed the Minnesotan accents.
4:56 PM
The sheer difference in dialect across this country is rather captivating to me as well, I think it perfectly displays the diversity that this country was founded for and has expanded with. As cynical as I am, and love being, of America, it must be admitted that, in comparison to the rest of the world, we do live in a quite diverse and regionally-accepting country.
I laughed so hard at "are you talking about a shrimp?" oh good lord.
Also, random question, what in the world is up with your new blog icon?
5:18 PM
It's a picture of a very important American president from the early 20th century in his youth. Can you guess who it is?
5:25 PM
This video makes me curious to hear what pre-westward Carlisle might have sounded like.
5:26 PM
Hmm, I'm thinking, Teddy Roosevelt?
5:44 PM
I find this very interesting, I was quite surprised to see the different dialects that are spoken all around the United States. This brings me to wonder, what if we added all the english speaking countries into this video. We would have southerners to new zealanders. English is quite a language that has all these possibilities for change and evolution. However I think this is with all languages. I know in Korean, accents are diverse as well (from previous experience) One could listen and tell the difference between a southern south korean accent and a northern accent apart. Even a North Korean accent is understandable from what I hear. I think language is amazing, how just the locality and relative space that one has from the city or the country can change a whole speech inclination. I think as countries evolve languages change as well. In the future, it is said that the mexican will be the majority in the next 50 years in the united states. I have a feeling in the near distant future, American english will shift a whole different language through evolution. I know that the American english that we speak now is completely different from when people first settled here in the US. I further state that language will not be stagnant but will evolve, especially because America is a melting pot of many cultures and many different languages as well.
5:51 PM
I make it sound like american language will change in 50 years but I mean that evolution of a language is relatively quick, however I do not limit it or over state that it can evolve in 50 years, I just use that as an example number
5:55 PM
Katie,
You are correct!
6:50 PM
I thought that was pretty cool. Didn't know that there was people out there who say "pecans" differently!
7:20 PM
Its so cool how the american english language started out fairly similar but over the years branched out into the different accents and "dialects" that we have now.
7:20 PM
It's really interesting to finally have proof that not everyone is the same. I'd be down to conduct a study like this.
7:44 PM
I think it's kind of funny to watch this because I say a majority of the words not in the Oregon fashion. The Oregon words sounded right to me, but I found myself identifying more with the southern California and Texas. I think this could be because my parents are from the southwest, so I've picked up some of their phrases. I'm Oregon born and raised, but I still say a lot of things as my parents do.
8:03 PM
everyone says coke, who says cola?
8:05 PM
The only saying that surprised me in this video was "the devil's beating his wife." Never once have I heard that
9:28 PM
Apparently I speak in a similar fashion to those living in Texas. I think it is very interesting that there are so many different words to describe the same thing and so many different pronunciations. It's also very fascinating to see how we have evolved as a country. I feel like how you speak isn't only influenced by where you live, but also by the era in which you were born. Working in a retirement home, I often hear words that I don't hear often in this day and age, for example, many of the residents refer to oatmeal as mush or hot cereal.
10:16 PM
Haha can't wait!!
11:02 PM
There's this online quiz where it ask you 25 questions and it tells you where your from. A lot of the questions were the same. Its really cool and dead on accurate. My dad took it and it told him he was from Saint Louis and when I took it, it said Los Angles and Saint Louis. I lived in Saint Louis when I was lil but I know I got a midwest touch from my dad. I put the link below check it out. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?_r=0
7:00 PM
It's really interesting to see different accents and different way to describe the same thing in different parts of the United States.
3:56 PM
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