Author Topic: Thought about you guys (Read 615 times)

tncaveman · « **on:** November 10, 2013, 04:32:45 PM »

I was cruising the local Craigslist ads and thought of you guys (y'all in southern speak for Joey). I feel left out for considering myself a bass player over guitarist.

http://nashville.craigslist.org/muc/4183411376.html

LOL. Stephen

bigredbass · « **Reply #1 on:** November 11, 2013, 03:54:39 AM »

Well, there's no shortage of guitar players here in Nashville, and I'm sure this guy will find one . . . . Of course, this is one more reason NOT to double on guitar.

J o e y

bigredbass · « **Reply #2 on:** November 11, 2013, 03:58:19 AM »

Actually, I'm thinking of losing ' y'all ' and going to 'you guys', or channeling my Midwest leanings and saying 'you'n's' when I'm going out for a made-right and a bottle of pop.

And they think WE talk funny . . . .

J o e y

growlypants · « **Reply #3 on:** November 11, 2013, 06:24:35 AM »

Actually, J o e y... I think it's you's guys!!!

lbpesq · « **Reply #4 on:** November 11, 2013, 06:31:51 AM »

youse gize

New York.

5a_quilt_top · « **Reply #5 on:** November 11, 2013, 10:25:20 AM »

Only if yer from Lawn Guyland...

sonicus · « **Reply #6 on:** November 11, 2013, 10:32:42 AM »

Who ? o__ Yu Guise ?

lbpesq · « **Reply #7 on:** November 11, 2013, 10:35:49 AM »

That's Lawn Guylin

Grammar Rules of New Yorkese:

1. If the word ends in a consonant, drop it.
Examples: Long Island become Lawn Guylin
water becomes wauta

2. If it ends in a vowel, add an r if you can
Example, idea becomes idear

3. o and a often become au
Example: see water, above
coffee becomes cauffee

Bill, tgo

benson_murrensun · « **Reply #8 on:** November 11, 2013, 01:44:11 PM »

And if there's a r already in it , make it sound like a w. Like in New Yawk.

dadabass2001 · « **Reply #9 on:** November 11, 2013, 02:32:07 PM »

Hey Joey,
In Dubuque, IA the sandwich (and the diner it came from) was the maid-rite - juicy loose ground beef on a bun, wrapped in wax paper.
Mmmm

The Maid Rite had a juke box where I first heard We Can Work It Out back in the 60's.
Mike

cozmik_cowboy · « **Reply #10 on:** November 11, 2013, 03:10:36 PM »

And if you head East from Dubuque 10 miles, you get Galena, IL, a wonderful little town and the only place I ever heard yas'all.

Peter

pauldo · « **Reply #11 on:** November 11, 2013, 03:59:59 PM »

Milwaukee has a bubbler that you can get a drink from if you don't have a soda.

flpete1uw · « **Reply #12 on:** November 11, 2013, 04:06:22 PM »

Wow! I grew up on Long Island, didn?t realize we had so many linguistic rules. When working in ?The City? I was able to differentiate accents from any of the 5 Boroughs, Connecticut, ?Upstate? and of course Joysee.

(Message edited by flpete1uw on November 11, 2013)

bigredbass · « **Reply #13 on:** November 11, 2013, 09:30:50 PM »

This is all good stuff, I love accents, and often try and guess where people are from just by the way they sound.

A parallel pursuit to this is I'm trying to wrap my head around British-isms: Of course, they speak English and we speak American. I'm always fascinated by the English section in the supermarket, they do have some interesting names for things ! I guess I'm watching too much Dr. Who and Top Gear on BBC America.

J o e y

flpete1uw · « **Reply #14 on:** November 12, 2013, 05:17:27 AM »

Not only do accents vary within short demographic areas but also on how they are perceived in different locations around the country. Since moving to the South I have been asked several times if I was from Australia.;-) Even got into a mild argument with a nice lady until I relented and said ?Shrimp on the Barbie? and told her I was from New Zealand, close.
I used to enjoy walking around Manhattan listening to languages change as the street numbers changed.