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Bettie
(18,759 posts)are things that bother me!
OldBaldy1701E
(8,807 posts)Wild.
And, I grew up in the south! (Where the irony is that most of the original settlers there were English, even if they were more on the 'Cockney' side of things.)
(Home. I can understand every word they say. Heh.)
edhopper
(36,574 posts)There has big a big change in how the English speak. (Including the end of the Great Vowel Shift in the 1600s.)
Those Outer Banks people sound more like the English from colonial times than anyone in England today
Celerity
(51,643 posts)
Prairie_Seagull
(4,317 posts)the folks there were know as salter pathers on the coast in NC nearish to Atlatic beach. I befriended a kid at school and was invited to dinner with his family on the salter path. They spoke a language that was barely understandable as English and their son had to translate for me. Very closed community but I was accepted immediately due to my friendship with Mathew.
What at trip in 1972 or 3.
OldBaldy1701E
(8,807 posts)Until modern times, these locations were rather remote, and therefore they ended up basically developing their own language. As 'progress' moved into their area, plenty of locals found little desire to become so 'worldy'. However, as their kids grew up, those kids left the area and returned with 'outside' influence. The local languages and traditions are fading away these days. There are people who will never go to Rodanthe for Old Christmas, or who will remember the Armada down close to Whalebone Inlet. Things that I remember are disappearing or gone now. That does not mean the end of the Outer Banks, of course. It just means that progress is happening, and that progress sometimes runs over tradition.
Which is not a good thing, as far as I am concerned.
Lucky Luciano
(11,712 posts)Well worth checking his channel out. Pete Santenello.
For international treks, I like Yes Theory the best. Drew Binsky is ok too, but sometimes a bit exploitive of the subjects he interviews (ie poverty porn and the like sometimes). He does get to some amazing places though.
ShazzieB
(21,441 posts)Where someone actually typed "supposably" instead of "supposedly."
Pretty sure I've seen it more than once.
IcyPeas
(24,084 posts)to say it like that even though they knew it was incorrect.
But I have heard someone say "nip it in the butt" instead of "nip it in the bud"
MrsMatt
(1,666 posts)From an episode of Friends from a line Joey said
Emile
(36,952 posts)brother was murdered.
oswaldactedalone
(3,581 posts)Makes my skin crawl. Kind of funny since its a combination of flustered and frustrated which are words which kind of have similar meanings.
edhopper
(36,574 posts)Trump faked an injury to his ear
returnee
(627 posts)Both parties are not the same.
twodogsbarking
(15,236 posts)Lucky Luciano
(11,712 posts)I have an exploration addiction. When I cannot travel the world, I try to explore the US. So, I try to drive to every US county and see what the journey has in store. My wife and son do NOT have any interest in this whatsoever, so I have to wait until they go to Japan for six weeks each summer (she is from Japan). Then every weekend I hop in the car and explore from Chicago. I took a few days off from work last year for a 5 day weekend and explored the counties of Eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia. What a different world. The accents were as thick as hers. The windy roads over the rolling hills were beautiful. Some particularly so. I often felt like an out of state license plate in some of these parts was extremely rare
like when I turned down a county road into one of the hollers. The road was two way, but only one lane wide and very windy. I think this was on a route 1780 just off of US421 in Leslie county, Kentucky. I often get to chat with interesting people along the way
my dog is my companion on these rides! She hangs with me at the various restaurants along the way where conversations often ensue.
twodogsbarking
(15,236 posts)The accents. A three letter word may have three sylables.
lastlib
(26,531 posts)Is it near Mt. Hope, WV?
I can't think of the name of the river there, tho.
Lucky Luciano
(11,712 posts)lastlib
(26,531 posts)I was there about a dozen years ago for a Scout event.
littlemissmartypants
(29,134 posts)I don't do it as much as I used to. I wish I had taken more pictures but most of my weekend trips were before mobile phones had cameras and my navigation, dependent on topo maps and the sun.
OT: Your dog is beautiful. Is she a staffy? Whats her name?
Lucky Luciano
(11,712 posts)Thats Momo which is Japanese for peach
we love rubbing her cute pink belly! American Staffordshire terrier.
My wife and son didnt go to Japan this summer actually so no road trips this time around. Her niece is visiting and we will take her to Mexico to see Chichen Itza and Tulum and to just generally have a relaxed vacation.
FadedMullet
(429 posts)Scalded Nun
(1,477 posts)Most likely some minor boys as well.
They were children, they were girls, and they were boys.
They were all sex trafficked, they were all victims, and they were all raped.
To not call it out for what it is is a true disservice to those victims.
edhopper
(36,574 posts)In my OP.
Scalded Nun
(1,477 posts)As I read some of the comments it seemed like a good forum to voice my displeasure with those, especially those in the media, incorrectly calling the children 'young women'. This is not a mistake, it is a serious attempt to gloss over what actually occurred, and who was victimized. I believe it is a shameful attempt to normalize it as much as possible.
RoseTrellis
(29 posts)This one drives me crazy..
Its moot point, not mute point!
bif
(26,174 posts)Instead of: He could HAVE done it.
thought crime
(717 posts)He could'a done it.
jxla
(247 posts)SusieCreamcheese
(11 posts)People who use the word "ironic" when they mean "coincidental". It happens ALL the time!
True Dough
(24,079 posts)what you're talking about!
Scott Alan Swaggerty
(105 posts)eppur_se_muova
(39,765 posts)LisaM
(29,329 posts)Lay vs. lie.
I can't stand it when people mess those up and it's rampant.
Also "chomp" at the bit, instead of "champ".
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brush
(61,018 posts)That grinds on my nerves whenever I hear it.
madamesilverspurs
(16,354 posts)ax for ask has legitimate linguistic history, even the great bard used it. That said, it has its regional homes, and if we didn't grow up hearing it, it does grate on the nerves. Kind of like when I moved to a part of the country where grits were on every menu and I got chastised for speaking it with only one syllable instead of the vernacular greeyuts. Prolly doesn't matter either, yeah?
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brush
(61,018 posts)title character asked a victness in court, "What's a grit?"
Not greeyuts, mind you.
And. I'm sorry. I get embarrassed for the people who use 'ax' isntead of 'ask.' It's just not proper English.
2MuchNoise
(415 posts)ret5hd
(21,748 posts)LoisB
(11,464 posts)thought crime
(717 posts)bif
(26,174 posts)It's THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS!
thought crime
(717 posts)eppur_se_muova
(39,765 posts)Beartracks
(14,069 posts)Scott Alan Swaggerty
(105 posts)C Moon
(13,116 posts)Scott Alan Swaggerty
(105 posts)appmanga
(1,253 posts)...instead of "Toe the line".
"Bury the lead" instead of "Bury the lede".