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Likewise Ruostainen, are you faking an american accent now?
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Likewise Ruostainen, are you faking an american accent now?
Rusty
A-HAHAHA!
I dont think anyone has spoken like hat since the early 90's, and even then... They probably still talk like that in California, but it's a whole other world over there. Sort of the the South *shuddrs*
DisplayofCharacter
Are You Scared Enough?
South of the United States, right?
I would figure California's liberal culture of excesses (at least, I think that's how the general non-Californian population sees that state - I've never been there myself) would be the antithesis of the South's hard-working-yet-lazy amalgam of stereotypes.
Then again, I do come from New Jersey. Perhaps its me that lives in the other world
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Rusty
A-HAHAHA!
No way!
RampageSword
AWARE! BEWARE! WAR!
Same here in Canada. We're all lazy and hard-working in the national capital region.
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Are You Scared Enough?
I'm realizing how (oxy)moronic that sounds, but from what I've been exposed to, that's the type of culture some parts of the South exude. Not Atlanta, or metropolitan Florida, but states like Alabama, Mississippi, the rest of Georgia, parts of Louisiana, etc. The people I have talked to from that geographical region (a handful, mostly transplants and/or relatives of friends) have had a similar mentality. Summarily that you worked hard on the job every day, but the rest of the time you just take it easy. Its probably not an accurate (or necessarily contemporary) representation of an entire region, but I thought it juxtaposed well with the kinetic atmosphere I'm used to.This reminds me of a joke i heard recently. I'm not good at telling jokes, but i'll give it a try.
An American, a German and a Greek kid are playing together in the playground. Well into their games, the German kid says:
-Our nation is awesome, my dad works 300 miles away from home and he gets off work at 3pm, but he gets on our superfast high technology trains and we are all sitting at the table for lunch by 3:30.
The American kid then says:
-Our nation is better, my dad works for NASA and he goes every day to the space. He also gets off at 3, but he gets on his rocket and is back for lunch by 3:30.
They both look at the Greek kid and sneer. So the Greek kid says:
-My dad has a public job and works for the state. He gets off work at 3pm, and we're all sitting at the table by 2.
An American, a German and a Greek kid are playing together in the playground. Well into their games, the German kid says:
-Our nation is awesome, my dad works 300 miles away from home and he gets off work at 3pm, but he gets on our superfast high technology trains and we are all sitting at the table for lunch by 3:30.
The American kid then says:
-Our nation is better, my dad works for NASA and he goes every day to the space. He also gets off at 3, but he gets on his rocket and is back for lunch by 3:30.
They both look at the Greek kid and sneer. So the Greek kid says:
-My dad has a public job and works for the state. He gets off work at 3pm, and we're all sitting at the table by 2.
South of the United States, right?
I would figure California's liberal culture of excesses (at least, I think that's how the general non-Californian population sees that state - I've never been there myself) would be the antithesis of the South's hard-working-yet-lazy amalgam of stereotypes.
Then again, I do come from New Jersey. Perhaps its me that lives in the other world
No no I was purely saying that they are like different worlds in their own right, not compairing the two. Anyone I met from Cali always seemed a bit too liberal for my liking, and when I've traveled through the South it was always dirty. One time we stopped at a rest stop and I found blood all over the toilet in the men's washroom.
Nick
MagSec4
.:..::.: :.::..:.
Heh
You can still hear something along those lines here and there around New york. I use the word 'dude' sometimes myself, mainly with a meaning of humorous disapproval that I won't try to explain.
"No way!" is definitely more Californian.
But there are plenty of other linguistic habits of say, certain parts of NY city, or even gender specific ways of talking. Around some parts here, girls, and only girls, speak with their own distinctive (and annoying) accent.
EDIT:
Nick: I know what you mean about the East-coasters. And also, I just came back from Texas ..I had never been to the south (of the U.S.) until now ..and the culture there, not just the way they talk but everything including their way of thinking was so different. Of course, I knew about it; but actually being there I confess I found it a bit ..scary in a different level.
