tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13969664.post113752332082620584..comments2023-04-16T08:03:19.212-04:00Comments on ClumberKim: common language?ClumberKimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15064038036144480210noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13969664.post-1137805002795181332006-01-20T19:56:00.000-05:002006-01-20T19:56:00.000-05:00Dutch, you sound like a closet yinzer but I think ...Dutch, you sound like a closet yinzer but I think you meant to say "salads, samiches, 'nat."ClumberKimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15064038036144480210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13969664.post-1137804791478230422006-01-20T19:53:00.000-05:002006-01-20T19:53:00.000-05:00yep, yuns are just gonna have to accept that olive...yep, yuns are just gonna have to accept that oliver is going to talk like a good old pittsburgher. at least he'll fit right in when he goes dahn-tahn. <BR/><BR/>And he'll put french fries on his SALADs and his Sandwiches, so it can't be all that bad.<BR/><BR/>I LOVE Pittsburgh.jdghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138644775090861195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13969664.post-1137675005835144282006-01-19T07:50:00.000-05:002006-01-19T07:50:00.000-05:00I'm originally from Maine so I know about accents ...I'm originally from Maine so I know about accents too. Not many people guess that from listening to me talk.ClumberKimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15064038036144480210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13969664.post-1137643259962985762006-01-18T23:00:00.000-05:002006-01-18T23:00:00.000-05:00The only comment I have is that I agree with you o...The only comment I have is that I agree with you on the fact it could be worse...a texas accent. I live in good ol' texas and the way some people talk here is crazy. Luckily my husband and I don't have much of an accent. He's from Wisconsin and I've lived all over (VA, MI, OH, TX, and NJ) The last 18 years (minus 1 in NJ) have been in TX.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07792839554198124319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13969664.post-1137585012263746182006-01-18T06:50:00.000-05:002006-01-18T06:50:00.000-05:00I don't know if the spelling will be a problem. I ...I don't know if the spelling will be a problem. I spent my first 4 years in South Georgia and we moved to England right before I started school. I learned to read in England and was in British school for 6 years and I never had any trouble differentiating between American and British English, even when we moved back to the US and the spelling was different. <BR/><BR/>Interestingly enough, even after we moved to England I had a very strong southern (US) accent, which I still used at home with my parents, but I also picked up my schoolmates' proper English accent very quickly and used it at school. Often, people who only knew me at school had no idea I was even American. The only thing confusing about this was when I would have friends over to play at home. My parents loved to hear me "speak English" but I didn't like to do it in front of them, and of course my American accent was a real curiosity to my friends. I can remember getting so tongue-tied!<BR/><BR/>And with all due respect, there are a bunch of places one could live in the British Isles that would potentially make for a much more horrifying accent than the 'Burgh...Susiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14259934402464576794noreply@blogger.com