Comments on: Sympathy

By: daughter80

daughter80 — Thu, 18 May 2006 02:30:00 +0000

On the other hand, one of my favorite memories concerning this same friend (another homeschooling mom) was Momma calling her and asking her to explain to me, over the phone, how to correctly pronounce the words caught, taught, sought, pen, etc... so I could learn to spell them. She laughed so at all our added L's and exchanged E's. And I never did understand!!

By: and_a_little_red_flower

and_a_little_red_flower — Thu, 18 May 2006 02:26:00 +0000

accursed north? Now I need to vent...

By: and_a_little_red_flower

and_a_little_red_flower — Thu, 18 May 2006 02:24:00 +0000

"Oh you poor guy"...I am so sorry, so very sorry you are not from The North. ha ha
[motto for Maine: The Way Life Should Be]

Have a great day wherever you are

By: daughter80

daughter80 — Thu, 18 May 2006 02:23:00 +0000

My momma loves the memory of her best friend, while we were stationed in Germany with the U.S. Army, proclaiming to the world that she couldn't get over the fact that her best friend was from GA. Momma's response was always "the burden of disbelief is on us because my [her] best friend is from California." chuckle...

By: JamesThe1andOnly

JamesThe1andOnly — Tue, 16 May 2006 21:51:00 +0000

I can totally sympathise with you Jarod. Being up here at HQ, I get teased to no end about my “southern accent”. (I’m from the Yankee Vacation Land. I like that!!) But you’re right. It has helped me be a little easier on all the Northerners up here. :o) Thanks for the great post. I needed that laugh right now.

By: daughter80

daughter80 — Tue, 16 May 2006 16:19:00 +0000

Oh, I love it! You're a pitiful whiner! ;-} And even attempting to, you have to confess God as good. LOL!

Florida = Yankee Vacation Land - - exactly!!

By: Dgurl79

Dgurl79 — Tue, 16 May 2006 03:36:00 +0000

I agree with my sister, Karen! I believe that “ya’ll” is a great word as well and I happen to use it quite frequently in all my conversations, chats and posts! I am glad that I do live in “God’s country” (Mississippi!) The South is great! 🙂

By: Marvelanne

Marvelanne — Tue, 16 May 2006 00:47:00 +0000

Who hoo...I hope you don't put all Southerner's in that category! I being a half and half (mom from Indiana dad from Tennessee) live in Mississippi and while there are some die hard southerners here...I would venture to say GA might be on the extreme. I am no authority on the subject mind you

Just think of what a lesson you are learning on how to be a pilgrim in a strange land...fullfilling the command to be in the "world" but not of it!!!! Imagine what God has for you next after this lesson!

Grits don't work huh? Maybe you should try "Chitlins" and some greens...

By: DoctorLuke

DoctorLuke — Mon, 15 May 2006 23:19:00 +0000

Oh, you…lucky, lucky guy! Hmmm…what would you tink about a person who could do either accent perfectly, and switched back and forth depending on where he was in the country? What would the southerners think of him? I personally, even if I could do that, probably wouldn’t, because it would seem fake. But I’ve run into a similar thing in learning Chinese – the difference between Taiwan and Mainland mandarin is a similar thing. So I’m wondering if I should learn both and use them in their respective places? Or would that be like a Northerner trying to drawl when he’s in the south?