What's it like...

[Black_Angel_Flowne]

at your current location?
At college, we have a teacher from Wisconsin, and we got into a big thing about the different ways we speak and eat and stuff. So, here's more random questions based on it. If you have no idea about an answer, just ignore it, kk?

What's the local dialect like?
What's a pretty common food made in your house? (any type)
Local terrain? (Is it mountainous, flat, covered in trees, a desert, ect?)
Is there any really interesting things about where you live, like festivals and historical points of facts.  

[Black_Angel_Flowne]

Our dialect is pretty fast. We don't usually say double vowel sounds like some people do. The teacher I mentioned before hand and I say "wool" differently:

Teacher: Woo-ul
Me: Wul

We tend to speak very fast, so double vowels ain't usually used. Also, I don't know how other people are, but in my state, we go by our county's name than by our hometown:

Someone: Where you from?
Me: Breathitt County.

That's just how it is.

Here's some words that people say here, too:

Getting Gain't: getting hungry
Flounderin': Means to eat until you're completely full.
Hollar: Same as a Hollow.
Ginnifit: Pronounced "jinny-fit" and is sorta like a really bad temper tantrum. My grandma taught me this one.
Paddlefoot: The sound a baby's feet makes when it runs around.
There's also paddlefootin': Lots of child feet moving around.

As for foods, some of the most common food you'll see in my house is what's served for supper: soup beans, cornbread, salmon patties, and steamed potatoes.

In some places, what you'll call a hill wouldn't even be a quarter of the size of our own hills. We have a ton of them, too, which is great in a way, except for when the rains come. Then you worry about trees falling and mudslides. There's more hills than flat lands around here, but there's still a few sprinkling of small vegetable gardens and orchards around here. There's also plenty of squirrels and dogs and cats and mountains lions... We also have a creek which stretches throughout our little hollar, and a one-lane road so tiny that any accidental turn can land you in the creek or into someone's yard. sweatdrop And the road's about to break in half anyway cause of the bad weather. sweatdrop

Anyway, the only festival we have around here is the honey festival, which is really country. Tons of stuff is for sale, especially foodstuff, lol, and there's tons of country and bluegrass music.

Historical fact: The county I live in, Breathitt, was made official on April Fool's Day. lol
We're one of the few counties that didn't require drafting during world war 2, because every man available was ready to fight. We became a dry county because of the fact that too many people were drinking and shooring each other. We had the nickname "Bloody Breathitt" because of that.

Also, for country music fans, if you've ever heard of Halfway to Hazard, they were raised in Perry county, which is right next to Breathitt. 3nodding  

[Zizzykitty]

Uhh...
Vegas dialect is "normal"(?)
Standard West coast dialect.
(Though I've been told, you sound like you're from California, which I am)
I wasn't aware of the different accents.

I tend to speak quickly but it's just whatever speed you talk, that's how you talk here.
But like 60-70% of the kids in my school aren't from Vegas so people will usually tell you what city they're from.

I can't think of any Vegas or Nevada specific terms.
It irritates me that people here say Cali instead of California because, unless it's changed since I moved, no one in California who lives there actually calls it Cali.

I'm totally going to try to use those terms now though.

As for food, we've got everything.
My mom doesn't often cook and there's not really a "Vegas" type of food.
We call it the buffet, anything you want all in one place.
Want Chinese? It's there. Sushi? In the nicer ones. Barbecue? You can have the cut you off a slice an inch thick some places.

It's desert-y though.
And Vegas is in a valley so it can get pretty windy.
The area I live in is really new so the roads are all in good condition though.

I think the county fair is coming up but other than that there really aren't any festivals.

That's cool and kind of amusing about your county though. xD
Since you mentioned music, The Killers were a Vegas-grown band.
As well as Panic at the Disco.

And no, life does not revolve around the casinos.
(Though they can be convenient, you can watch a movie, go bowling, then have some dinner all in the same building though dinner's gonna cost you.)  

[Black_Angel_Flowne]

Just the dinner costs you? Or do you have to pay for the movie, too?
lol, I don't I've ever used the term Cali... simply cause that's one of my grandparents' names...

Our govenor is trying to get a bunch of casinos to be built here in Kentucky, but I don't think I want that in my backyard. (Then again, it'd be nice to have SOMETHING new in town...)

The only big development as of late was a drive-thru movie theater last year. Can't wait to check it out this summer.  

[Zizzykitty]

I meant "dinner's gonna cost you" as in
It's going to be expensive.
(Unless you eat fast food.)
In a casino there is no such thing as a cheap sit-down restaurant.
(You do have to pay for the movie and bowling)

I don't know your town but you probably don't want casinos in your town.
Kind of messes with things.
A lot of kids that graduate here don't go on to a higher education because they can park cars at the MGM and make more money than their teachers do right out of high school.

Man, I want a drive-in movie here.
I think we have one somewhere but it's all ghetto.  

[Flyentologist]

Well since the university I'm at draws people in from all over the country/world, there isn't any real dialect in the school. There's some people with thick southern accents, others with spanish accents.

Local area in general though, there isn't really an accent. Florida's south, but it's not the kind of south that has an accent. I'm frequently told I have one though.
As far as dialect goes, there's nothing that sticks out in my mind. Again, the area is such a hodgepodge of localities, it's just a big mix.
When I visit my parents, they make pretty typical ((but delicious)) food. Since my stepfather is cuban, we have cuban food every now and again.
Florida is flat. Very flat.
I live 20 minutes from Disney, if that's anything interesting.

 

[Dornkus]

"We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let's start giving!"

Dialect:
Pretty average, I guess. I don't think we have anything special. People care a lot about political correction here, so I guess we may have more politically correct things than most people. There are a lot of Asians, but that hasn't affected the dialect.

Speaking of dialect, I found a Pop vs. Soda study/survey. Based on that, more people say "pop" here. I say "soda."

Common Food:
Spaghetti, burritos, chile con carne and many other things. It varies.

Local Terrain:
It's very green here. Trees and plants are everywhere; I actually live right next to a wooded area. There are many hills (although these are usually covered in houses and roads), and you can see mountains in the distance. There is also a sound downtown.

Festivals and/or Historical stuff:
We have a Migratory Bird Festival, an Arts Festival and basically a Food Festival. I don't know of any history here, though.

In the nearby large city (it's Seattle, okay?), there are a few cultural festivals. People care a lot about that here. I guess a historical fact would be that the city was named after Chief Seattle.  

[dragontamer363]

coolio biggrin
Well since i'm at uni currently i'll do it for Hull in Merry ol' England rather than my usual hometown *shrugs*

What's the local dialect like?
Yorkshire (Northern english english) i guess, maybe a bit 'common' in general rather than 'posh'.Though it' s a bit different to my hometown's dialect, which unfortunatley i'm picking up.
Like the Os are drawn out into some gross eugghh sound for some reason.
I neeughhh = I know. lol
err nerr = oh no
amgunna = i'm going to
ayer = have you 'ayer gorra brother?' = have you got a brother
dinnitit = didn't it
dinny fardnowt? = did he find anything?
owt = anything
nowt = nothing
gerreer = get over here/come here
gerrof = get off/ leave me alone
ows = house
shurrup = shut up

and hull is never EVER pronounced 'Hull' but always drops the H. "i'm form 'ull" biggrin

What's a pretty common food made in your house?
Since i'm a student it'll be pasta or pizza or chilli or stir fries or fish and chips & peas. *shrugs* simple to cook stuff

Local terrain?
Hull is on the main estury of England - the river Humber (a little a cut away bit kinda in the middle....

(ta dah!)
As a result it's pretty flat (which i don't like much since where i origionally come from is all hills and valleys). The roads are all pretty straight too.
The coolest feature is the humber bridge, teh 5th largest single span suspension bridge in the world, apparently biggrin



Weather wise it's like most of engalnd - variable and often damp lol
Though because we're near the estury we can get sea frets (?) - ie fog coming in every now and again that's like peasoup lol
Also it can get fairly windy occasionally


Is there any really interesting things about where you live, like festivals and historical points of facts.

All the telephone boxes are white (as opposed to red in the rest of the country) because it's the only city in teh Uk with it's own independant telephone company.

Also it's famous for William Wilberforce, who was the guy to end slavery in the british empire in 1833, which is neat. as a result the city does a buttload of festivals and events that centre aroudn slavery and modern human rights. one fo which is 'freedom festival'.
Also a big(ish) fair comes around once a year for about 2 weeks, which is fun.(apparently it's europe's biggest fun fair)
Hull's alwaus been a historical town, mainly because it's by the estury and thus has all the waterways stuff.
It's also home to the smallest official window in the world. lol  

[Zizzykitty]

iGoldman

Well since the university I'm at draws people in from all over the country/world, there isn't any real dialect in the school. There's some people with thick southern accents, others with spanish accents.

That actually reminds me.
I've got a friend that was accepted to Full Sail and plans on going in the fall.
Except I believe he's going for something music related.
Maybe you guys will run into each other some time.  

[Flyentologist]

Zizzykitty

iGoldman

Well since the university I'm at draws people in from all over the country/world, there isn't any real dialect in the school. There's some people with thick southern accents, others with spanish accents.

That actually reminds me.
I've got a friend that was accepted to Full Sail and plans on going in the fall.
Except I believe he's going for something music related.
Maybe you guys will run into each other some time.

Oh? What's his name? I'll keep an eye out for him.  

[Zizzykitty]

iGoldman

Zizzykitty

iGoldman

Well since the university I'm at draws people in from all over the country/world, there isn't any real dialect in the school. There's some people with thick southern accents, others with spanish accents.

That actually reminds me.
I've got a friend that was accepted to Full Sail and plans on going in the fall.
Except I believe he's going for something music related.
Maybe you guys will run into each other some time.

Oh? What's his name? I'll keep an eye out for him.

Chris Roupp
Kinda tall, long black hair, he's my friend on facebook so if you look at my friendlist you should be able to see him.  

[Black_Angel_Flowne]

sweatdrop
Just saw a movie that reminded me of another big important piece of Kentucky.

It's called "O Brother, Where Art Thou?", and if you watch CMT, you've probably seen caught a little bit of it, or even watched it. And the main actor is the one and only George Clooney. It's supposed to be based on the play "The Odessy" by Homer... (I know I misspelled it sweatdrop ) It's got a lot of country songs, with one made specifically by a Kentuckian: the song is called "Man of Constant Sorrow".

Pretty much EVERYONE in my hometown has seen that movie, and it's shown regularly at my high school, especially at the very end of the year. I've had to watch it at least over 50 times in high school... sweatdrop
I think I'd freak if I met someone here in town that didn't know the movie. rofl

Oh, yeah, btw, George Clooney was born in Kentucky. Other famous people/characters from Kentucky:

Johnny Depp
Muhammad Ali

Also, Jack Skellington from "The Nightmare Before Christmas" So serious. If you hear him in his first solo song before entering the Christmas world, he speaks about his life before becoming a skeleton:

"Born a man from Kentucky, who lived and died unlucky."

We have awesome people here 3nodding  

[dragontamer363]

cool smile
That's a film i keep menaing to wtach but not seen it yet ><

haha awesome with the Jack Skellington thing. go Jack!


It's a bit like 'the Full Monty' with me. Since my home-hometown is Sheffield, and the Full Monty's set there, everyone apparently has seen it and I'm oblligated to be a fan of it razz
That said, most of it is set in the other side of the city where I don't live (And by now it's an ooold film -1997- and the city's changed a hell of a lot since there), but i recognise a lot of places.
I'm still trying to decide whether they got the accents right. hm  

[Zizzykitty]

Yeah, that's one of those movies I keep meaning to watch too.
We should find it online and have a guild movie night. xD

Oh, and are we talking about movies now?

I lived in Los Angeles then Las Vegas.
I don't even know where to start on movies shot where I've lived. rofl
Random info though, in "Cloverfield" the shot infront of the Sephora, the black and white building right before the run into the electronics store, was shot not in New York, but in Los Angeles.
If you watched Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the Lotus casino does not exist in any way shape or form in Las Vegas.
And there's plenty of movies that take place here that I'd have to check to see if they were actually shot here.

Also, random could-be lingo.
Legit.
I only started hearing it this year but all my friends use it now.
Legit is basically short for "legitimate"
You'd use it like "cool", "awesome", "awe-inspiring"
"Man, how he just jumped over that wall was so legit!"

Does anyone outside of the West Coast say "dude"?
I use it frequently but I've never been to the East Coast, or even the midwest, to gauge how much it's used elsewhere.  

[dragontamer363]

I watched percy jackson and teh lightning theif (good film :3) i was intrigued about whether that casino acually existed.

My knowledge of las vegas is genrally confined to the CSi programme lol


and I say 'dude' all the time, but i think that's just a general Americanization that's leaked over through TV and movies lol