I love accents but I do crack up at them, too...

My sister had once some how hooked me up with some guy we met looking for a club down in TJ {my seester, how could she???}. She gave him my number. He called and he kept saying 'I want to pick up you' and I was like 'Well...I don't know if you can but you can try.' This, of course, confused him. But that was mean.

And tell me, what is it with people who give people the right number when you give someone the wrong one????:mad:

whatter y'all talkin' 'bout? I aint got no accent


:p

(my dad was from TX. one of my aunts actually said that to me...in just that way)

LOL That's funny. But of course, no one realizes when they have an accent. ;)

This thread is confusing me - can someone explain it to me??

I think the thing is, there is no 'esplaining. Just trying to figure it all out.

Good night, Bornieo. ;)

I, too, was once a sucker for accents until the soccer player..or footballer.. from England.

I once dated a professional soccer player from England (or footballer as they call them!) Sure, he was all cute & smooth and the accent made me swoon....

..until he called me and I had to ask him to repeat himself several times because I had no idea what the hell he was saying. Going out with him was even worse. Not only was language the barrier (he used alot of british slang that I couldn't quite grasp. In the same way that I love reading British tabloids even when I'm not sure what they're saying!), he also yapped on & on about how American football just sucked and there was nothing "super" about the SuperBowl. Excuse much, buddy? Don't be sayin' that to a humongo Cowboys fan!! Then, I had to hear about how the World Series shouldn't be called the World Series and so forth. :rolleyes:

I couldn't bear anything beyond a second date. Why? Anybody who refers to me as "you Americans" loses me right there in conversation. Don't generalize me without actually knowing me. The best was when he told me he wanted to "shag me". On the second date! Shag! I had to bite my lip not to burst out in giggles! Honestly, I don't even like that I went out with him to begin with. Talk about poor judgement on my part.

Jolly ol' jerk. But I still love the British & their accents, because unlike him, I won't generalize! :)

i love southern accents.. and irish accents...

Irish accents. Wow. But a true one is a bit difficult to understand. I've come across a few fellows visiting from Ireland and I had to stop what I was doing to really pay attention. Then it was catch bits of what they were saying to understand the whole thing. But I loved it.

Apropos story:

http://www.knbc.com/money/13363520/detail.html

that seems terribly unfair.
nice way to address a rumor, use your power to fry those in earshot. :rolleyes:

if its true, thats not the way to cover it.
if its not, thats not the way to stop it.
bad decisions all around on that one