tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post2320140373290860894..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Southern DinnerAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-82343569146972285522021-05-30T23:02:25.703-04:002021-05-30T23:02:25.703-04:00There's a lot of variation between East and We...There's a lot of variation between East and West Tennessee; in the east they have Appalachian cadences and terms ("yunes" [i.e. you 'uns] for instance). The west is slower and flatter in delivery, a lot more influenced by African-Americans.<br /><br />Early day tomorrow or I'd blather more.<br /><br />Cousin EddieNarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14043247682000851606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-74977910344880234462021-05-30T21:47:44.832-04:002021-05-30T21:47:44.832-04:00True.
A missionary I knew had gone upcountry to le...True.<br />A missionary I knew had gone upcountry to learn the local language by immersion. He was struggling. His young son picked it up swiftly, of course, as well as the Liberian-English creole, and switched instantly from language to language when he walked through the door. <br /><br />Blount is "just talking regular." It isn't the same kind of "regular" as around here, but you can switch from regular to regular without effort.<br /><br />OTOH some of those New England dialects aren't regular.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-2733081126410356022021-05-30T15:04:15.642-04:002021-05-30T15:04:15.642-04:00He's supposed to be speaking in an accent, but...He's supposed to be speaking in an accent, but to my ear he's just talking regular.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-91956051050109433602021-05-30T11:08:59.342-04:002021-05-30T11:08:59.342-04:00That’s well done. You can even tell what time of y...That’s well done. You can even tell what time of year the dinner took place, with minor adjustments depending upon in which part of the South it was held. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-84991032135960942362021-05-29T21:42:36.694-04:002021-05-29T21:42:36.694-04:00Blount was one of the best things on Keillor's...Blount was one of the best things on Keillor's PHC. Both he and Grizzard (pinned by Grim) have the Deep South/Gulf version of Suthen, like Jimmy Carter. New Orleans has a distinctly New Yawk or Joisey maritime nasality to my ear, and Texans of course sound different from Tennesseans . . .<br /><br />Shelby Foote had the Delta Drawl.<br /><br />The Blount piece did take me back! My ma's Southern family lived that way, and my father's German side fit right in--only the accents were different.<br /><br />Cousin EddieNarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14043247682000851606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1664100358507676052021-05-29T17:33:47.365-04:002021-05-29T17:33:47.365-04:00Off topic, but I just want to let you know you are...Off topic, but I just want to let you know you are one of the few old school blogs I still follow. And I think you are my kind of guy.stevohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12393254273631852865noreply@blogger.com