hmmmm... so y'all is a genetic reality for the south, no matter which south... laughing. btw, here in texas we use y'all too *g*
--- Original Message --- From: et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Sort of OT - language >On Friday 10 January 2003 05:47 am, Anne Wilson wrote: >> On Friday 10 Jan 2003 12:03 am, Can Baytan wrote: >> > Femme say few & join the Others, >> > Am EN speaking ppl is more understandable than En EN or Au EN speakers = >on >> > the street at least to me, eg. a scottish sounds likes a chinese to me. >> >> Hey, the regions have problems understanding each other if the accents are >> really, strong. It happens in other countries, too. For instance, I can >> easily understand northern French speakers, but find it almost impossible >> to understand those from some southern regions. I found the same in >> Germany, but the locals said that even the Germans couldn't understand the >> Bavarians with ease. >> >> Anne >I lived in central Germany for a few years, and (being from the southern US= >) I=20 >wondered if the locals could tell me an easy way to tell from the southern= >=20 >Germans speech that they were "southern Germans"? They were happy to inform= >=20 >me, that like "US Southerners" it could be noticed in the way they say "goo= >d=20 >day" (like "hello")... most Germans say "Guten Tag" but (kinda like my=20 >neighbors here in N.C.) the southern Germans say "Guten Tag Y'all". That=20 >"y'all" is a dead giv-a-way to real "southerness" <grin> >
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