Black lives do matter
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A man I dated was from that area and would say warsh, his whole family did. It was like nails on a chalkboard to me. Also when people call a creek a crick, it's clearly spelled creek, unless you have a speech impediment then say CREEK. I worked with a woman that pronounced chimney, chimley. It was so annoying.
good grief, my reply got lost in cyber world....
I'm sure Melita has no Texas drawl.... just like I don't....
She's right... it's care-a-mel... unless it's on an apple, then it's a car-ml apple....
and...."yinz"? everyone knows it's "y'all"....
Everything's a coke, until they ask you "what kind"?
Where's Honey?
I'm sure Melita has no Texas drawl.... just like I don't....
She's right... it's care-a-mel... unless it's on an apple, then it's a car-ml apple....
and...."yinz"? everyone knows it's "y'all"....
Everything's a coke, until they ask you "what kind"?
Where's Honey?
Haha, my dad would say warsh. Warshington LOL. He said a few others words like roof he would say ruff, and toilet was terlet. Not always, but enough to notice. And crick for creek 
But compared to me, most of my family speaks funny. They are quite nasal, say malk instead of milk, budado instead of potato, drawl their yeses into a yaaaasssss, goodness, where did all this come from? I don't sound anything like them! But then, I have been on the west coast for the last thirty nine years, and they are mostly in southern Ontario My one sister believed she had no accent, like most of us, it is always the other guy who has an accent haha. So I pointed out how she said rate instead of right, and she went away for the evening, and came back, and said, you are right. The odd thing is, right is only mispronounced some of the time and not all of the time. That is why she was not sure she did it at all. It is a very eastern thing to do, and that is something I do still do.
When I first came out west in '77, I noticed how much I said "Eh" all the time. ALL the time. Compared to those around me, it seemed I said it excessively. Probably because I did. LOL. So I weeded it out of my speech It took some effort, but I did it. Now I will only say it in jest, eh?
I don't really drink pop so I haven't much use for the word
But compared to me, most of my family speaks funny. They are quite nasal, say malk instead of milk, budado instead of potato, drawl their yeses into a yaaaasssss, goodness, where did all this come from? I don't sound anything like them! But then, I have been on the west coast for the last thirty nine years, and they are mostly in southern Ontario My one sister believed she had no accent, like most of us, it is always the other guy who has an accent haha. So I pointed out how she said rate instead of right, and she went away for the evening, and came back, and said, you are right. The odd thing is, right is only mispronounced some of the time and not all of the time. That is why she was not sure she did it at all. It is a very eastern thing to do, and that is something I do still do. When I first came out west in '77, I noticed how much I said "Eh" all the time. ALL the time. Compared to those around me, it seemed I said it excessively. Probably because I did. LOL. So I weeded it out of my speech
It took some effort, but I did it. Now I will only say it in jest, eh?I don't really drink pop so I haven't much use for the word
I had to smile at that comment, madame. I posted these once before, but I thought it was relevant to the topic again. And let me first say, I have male friends.
2011 arrest data from the FBI:
Males constituted 98.0% of those arrested for forcible rape
Males constituted 89.0% of those arrested for robbery
Males constituted 85.0% of those arrested for burglary
Males constituted 83.0% of those arrested for arson.
Males constituted 81.5% of those arrested for motor-vehicle theft.
Males constituted 81.7% of those arrested for stolen property.
Males constituted 81.7% of those arrested for vandalism.
Males constituted 79.7% of those arrested for offenses against family and children.
Those stats are terrible, but I sure don't want to be thought of as "one of those males". (If a lone woman walking at night is wary of me because of the first two stats, I wouldn't be offended. If she started ranting about how she wished "men would stop robbing and raping people" however, I would feel insulted even though I agree with her.)
2011 arrest data from the FBI:
Males constituted 98.0% of those arrested for forcible rape
Males constituted 89.0% of those arrested for robbery
Males constituted 85.0% of those arrested for burglary
Males constituted 83.0% of those arrested for arson.
Males constituted 81.5% of those arrested for motor-vehicle theft.
Males constituted 81.7% of those arrested for stolen property.
Males constituted 81.7% of those arrested for vandalism.
Males constituted 79.7% of those arrested for offenses against family and children.
Those stats are terrible, but I sure don't want to be thought of as "one of those males". (If a lone woman walking at night is wary of me because of the first two stats, I wouldn't be offended. If she started ranting about how she wished "men would stop robbing and raping people" however, I would feel insulted even though I agree with her.)
Well I just learned today that you do not pronounce the I in some middle eastern languages, so Iran (for instance) is pronounced E-ran. My mother used to complain even when we were kids, we would ask, whose turn is it to wape the dishes? She wanted to know where we got that word from LOLOLOL. Wape. We didn't give it up though. We waped dishes.
Well I just learned today that you do not pronounce the I in some middle eastern languages, so Iran (for instance) is pronounced E-ran. My mother used to complain even when we were kids, we would ask, whose turn is it to wape the dishes? She wanted to know where we got that word from LOLOLOL. Wape. We didn't give it up though. We waped dishes.
I didn't know that they pronounced it E Ran. I work at a laundromat Friday nights and I have a couple college kids that are from Iran that I talk to all the time. I'm surprised they have never corrected me.
