Movin South... Silly yankee questions...

[buickanddeere]

I have, after much thought, figured out how to tell a Yankee Woman from a Southern Woman! Yankee women do not even nod their head or say," thank you" for holding the door for them. No smile either. No wonder you Yankee guys are so cranky, you've got cranky women. Let me tell you how to cheer them up. About once a week, as the gal walks past your lazy boy easy chair, reach out and slap her on the behind and say, "Get in thar' and make me a sammich, woman!". Guaranteed to cheer 'em right up. Lets 'em know they are loved and appreciated! :confused2:

On another note: If most of us came from "English" stock (seems everyone's relatives came over on the Mayflower...man, that must have been some overloaded ship...lol") how come we don't still talk like the English from England? Or at least somewhat like them. Just wondering, or "wandering" as we say down here in the Deep South. Oh, and pass me a piece of the PeeeCan Pie. :licking:

While British Isles does make up a significant amount of the bloodlines . There was such a large influx of Germanic persons in the 1800's . That the U.S. Government put it to a vote if English or German would be the official language . English won by a narrow margin.

 

[lostcreekranch]

While British Isles does make up a significant amount of the bloodlines . There was such a large influx of Germanic persons in the 1800's . That the U.S. Government put it to a vote if English or German would be the official language . English won by a narrow margin.

Nope, beg to differ. The United States does not and never has had an "official language" unlike most other countries.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States

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[Texas Dawg]

Nope, beg to differ. The United States does not and never has had an "official language" unlike most other countries.

Which is one of the reasons we have to press 1 for English

 

[lostcreekranch]

Yep!

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[IslandTractor]

On another note: If most of us came from "English" stock (seems everyone's relatives came over on the Mayflower...man, that must have been some overloaded ship...lol") how come we don't still talk like the English from England? Or at least somewhat like them.

You do! Southern "English" is closer to Elizabethan English of the 17th century than what the modern Brits speak according to many linguists. Similar to the "odd" pronunciations of French in Quebec that are closer to how French was spoken in 17th century Paris than today.

The Southern states were settled primarily by English, Scots and Irish in colonial and pre Civil War days. They spoke Elizabethan English and had left England before the modern "Queen's English" became the standard there. Just imagine, Shakespeare probably sounded like the characters in Honey Boo Boo.

 

[Texas Dawg]

"Just imagine, Shakespeare probably sounded like the characters in Honey Boo Boo."
That is disturbing on so many levels.

 

[IslandTractor]

Gators may get you in the South but you guys don't need to worry about freezing to death on a hike. We lose climbers and hikers nearly every year. Mostly members of the Darwin Award club but sometimes caught out in unexpected bad weather or just plain naive. Probably lose more to cold weather than you lose to gators.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Just imagine, Shakespeare probably sounded like the characters in Honey Boo Boo.

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That may be the quote of the day Island!!


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[2LaneCruzer]

"Just imagine, Shakespeare probably sounded like the characters in Honey Boo Boo."
That is disturbing on so many levels.

You got that right!

"O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?"

"I'm right ch'eer, Juliet...I'd a been here sooner, but that darn tarnado come ovah the hill like a freight train... blowed my trailer house plum away...and man was I skeert!"

 

[Texas Dawg]

I hope no one from TLC is on this forum. Can you imagine them getting the cast of Honey Boo Boo to perform Hamlet or King Lear? That would set classical literature back several centuries.