mcjeff215 Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 This has just made my day. I was born and raised in Buffalo. My wife was born and raised down in Suburban Atlanta. She was at a new Doctor today, and the nurse stopped and asked *her* where she's from because she sounds like she's from up North. Yes, folks, my wife has a WNY accent after living with me for 6 years now. It really is a happy day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cåblelady Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Must have been the puppy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjeff215 Posted January 25, 2005 Author Share Posted January 25, 2005 Must have been the puppy. 217482[/snapback] No no, the puppy wasn't on weck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cåblelady Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 No no, the puppy wasn't on weck... 217483[/snapback] Phew. You mean you never picked up a southern accent? I had one after just a few months in South Carolina. I had to. They couldn't understand me. *LOL* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjeff215 Posted January 25, 2005 Author Share Posted January 25, 2005 Phew. You mean you never picked up a southern accent? I had one after just a few months in South Carolina. I had to. They couldn't understand me. *LOL* 217485[/snapback] No, no Southern accent whatsoever. I do say some "southernisms." I'll call all types of pop "coke" and such, but I've no Southern sound to my voice at all. Nine years of the southeast and I still get asked which part of NYS I'm from. -Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarthur31 Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 That's all well and good but is she a Bills fan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toledo Bill Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Western New Yorkers do not have accents... everyone else does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Western New Yorkers do not have accents... everyone else does. 217524[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjeff215 Posted January 25, 2005 Author Share Posted January 25, 2005 Western New Yorkers do not have accents... everyone else does. 217524[/snapback] =) Yes, she's turning Bills fan. Watches all the games with me and gets into it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalkie Gerzowski Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Western New Yorkers do not have accents... everyone else does. 217524[/snapback] Yeah, but you are in Toledo, you sound the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toledo Bill Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Yeah, but you are in Toledo, you sound the same. 217562[/snapback] I noticed they don't have accents in Toledo, either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalkie Gerzowski Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 I noticed they don't have accents in Toledo, either... 217572[/snapback] It's a "bordering the Great Lakes" thing. Now, if you were to venture away from the lakes, southward yonder from Buffalo, you'll see Banjo boy at the PA state line, and try understanding that mish mash of talk that occurs in them thar hinterlands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 great news! i'm wondering if this is gonna part of a package deal for travis henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramius Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Phew. You mean you never picked up a southern accent? I had one after just a few months in South Carolina. I had to. They couldn't understand me. *LOL* 217485[/snapback] the girlfriend is hell bent on putting southernisms into my vocab, and most of all, getting me to say "y'all", which i will never do... its still pop, y'all is not a word, and i'm not "fixin" to go do anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverNRed Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 the girlfriend is hell bent on putting southernisms into my vocab, and most of all, getting me to say "y'all", which i will never do... its still pop, y'all is not a word, and i'm not "fixin" to go do anything... 217615[/snapback] I've lived in Austin, TX, for less than two years and occasionally a "y'all" slips out. It's embarassing. Luckily, "pop" is still what I drink all day and I still speak twice as fast as everyone I've met from Texas (astonishing considering I have so little to say). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkady Renko Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Western New Yorkers do not have accents... everyone else does. 217524[/snapback] Irondequoit Dodge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILLS4LIFE Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 =) Yes, she's turning Bills fan. Watches all the games with me and gets into it! 217560[/snapback] Very wise indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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