Regional accents and words thats typical to the old timers of my coastal waters

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Hope you enjoy. This is a spin off of Tony L's thread with his regional words. There is a lot of old English accent mixed with some Aussie in it, or according to a lot of "offs" as they are called when visiting the area downeast and on the barrier islands of the Carolinas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXs9cf2YWwg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7MvtQp2-UA


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uuzr_gl4Oo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhqv7LRQpec

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03iwAY4KlIU





 
From the homeland:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCjLWzRUZik
 
Thanks for that.
Dialects have always been a fascination for me.
My grandmother's Uncle lived the outer banks for much of his life, and when he came to visit, he'd get to telling a story, and it was all I could do to keep up with what he was saying.

And in my cooking days, I apprenticed for a Chef who hailed from Cymru.
An after work beer session with him was an adventure.
 
When I was growing up, half of the family only spoke Cymraeg, as in the video.

When we first showed up at the QZ rally, staffer Jeff Cousins said "your brogue sure doesn't come through online"  :)
 
Well I've already learnt not to borrow a rubber to erase incorrect pencil lines!, and when we first heard about biscuits and gravy for breakfast, well we did wonder. I also know thanks to Pam, that a Tomale is much nicer once you unwrap it.
Still think our real ale is much nicer, even if it is served warm.
( Now I expect that subject might get barred along with religion and politics ?)
TonyL
 
TonyL said:
Well I've already learnt not to borrow a rubber to erase incorrect pencil lines!, and when we first heard about biscuits and gravy for breakfast, well we did wonder. I also know thanks to Pam, that a Tomale is much nicer once you unwrap it.
Still think our real ale is much nicer, even if it is served warm.
( Now I expect that subject might get barred along with religion and politics ?)
TonyL
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;D ;D I think you are a fixin to learn a new mid western merican word this week too. %&#)@*&^SNOW. ;D 8)
 
A number of years ago, when I worked at the hot rod shop, visitors were welcomed and given the 50 cent tour.  One Saturday my boss and I were working when a couple of guys from Louisiana stopped by to see the cars.  Vince took one guy and I took the other and we walked them around to show them the shop.  At the end of the 45 minute visit, as they were driving out of the lot, Vince looked at me and said,"Did you understand a word they said?".  My answer was, "Nope, not a one".
 
[quote author=TonyL]Well I've already learnt not to borrow a rubber to erase incorrect pencil lines![/quote]
LOL, having worked for a California company for 10 years while still living in the UK, my daily contacts with CA colleagues and visits to HQ resulted in a long list of such terms. When Chris first visited California, she was armed with my list, and for years carried an eraser in her purse, in case she slipped up  :)

Chris has had acquaintances, including many RVers, in stitches with some of her stories over the years. The one that always gets a laugh is her story about the time someone commented that she never wore pants to work. She was used to "pants' referring to underwear in the UK, while here they mean trousers.

Oh, and "knock me up in the morning" has quite a different meaning  :eek:
 
    If you really want a North American slang that needs an interpreter try some of these Newfoundland phrases.  BTW Tom, in Newfoundland the term used is "step inems" for ladies panties.

Ed

https://encounternewfoundland.com/newfinese-101-words-and-phrases-youre-likely-to-hear-on-the-rock/

https://encounternewfoundland.com/expressions-of-the-sea-classic-newfoundland-sayings-and-their-meanings/
 
A good friend of mine was working on a large building project on Parris Island, SC. He needed some parts and such, so he had an office person put in a call to a manufacturer in Philadelphia. When the package arrived it was addressed to Perris Allen, South Carolina.

"Mommicked" is my favorite down east North Carolina word. It means totally whipped, as in, "I was purely mommicked, the tree I was cutting fell on my head."

I was doing some fiberglass work under a shrimp trawler one year for an old time North Carolina captain. We had resin dripping on us, glass cloth peeling off on us, it was ugly.  He looked at me and said, " You know what they say, don'cha ? "  I said what's that, Carl ? He said, "We wuz born to be mommicked."
 
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