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   Wavy G to All   
   Re: A Problem with Country People I'd Li   
   31 Jan 08 14:07:52   
   
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   From: godsspeciallamb@gmail.com   
      
   Dear, "Tim Weaver": Do you like me?  Please check a box ( ) YES  ( ) NO:   
   >Wavy G wrote:   
   >   
   >> It's not really a problem.  I don't want this to come off that way. It's   
   >> really more or less something I'd like to discuss with you, my new   
   >> Internet friends.   
   >>   
   >> The thing is, there's a few people I have met in my many years living in   
   >> this great "Greater Cincinnati Area" (GO REDS!), who have moved here   
   >> from Kentucky, or Atlanta, or won of the other less-fortunate areas of   
   >> our nation, who have a tendency to "mispronounce" the language.   
   >>   
   >> Now before you jump all over me saying, "Oh, you're won to talk, Wavy,"   
   >> let me explain: There are a certain few words that "Country people"   
   >> intentionally try to say wrong.  It's just a few words, that's all.  For   
   >> example, when somewon says "physical," and they are actually trying to   
   >> say "fiscal."  As in, "Have you updated the new 'physical' calendar?" Of   
   >> course, they know it's "fiscal," they just try to pronounce it   
   >> "physical."  Why do they do this?  Or when talking about a "Poplar"   
   >> tree, they say it like, "popular," as if they think "Poplar" is a   
   >> contraction of the word "popular" or something.  "Hey man, I cut down   
   >> that 'Popular' tree in my back yard last night."   
   >   
   >Bullshit.  Neither of those have ever occurred here.   
      
   Here?  Where?  Are you talking about in the south?  Because that's not   
   what I'm talking about.  I'm talking about southerners (or "country   
   folk" in general) who have *relocated* to the North.   
      
   >> I'm not exactly sure why these people do this.  I believe it comes from   
   >> the standard of removing "drawls" from words in attempt to sound more   
   >> sophisticated, like the people in their surrounding communities, and as   
   >> a result, totally fucking up certain words.  It's like they try so hard   
   >> to be like us, but it just doesn't "pan out."   
   >>   
   >> When a Southerner relocates to the much more refined and civilized   
   >> North, they try to hide their down-home, "cornpone" ways in an attempt   
   >> to blend in with us regular people--especially in their language.  You   
   >> know, like when they use the term "You all" when addressing two or more   
   >> people.  You know deep-down inside they really want to say "Y'all," as   
   >> their Southern instincts would dictate, but something intrinsically   
   >> tells them, "Don't say it!  Don't say, 'Y'all'!  I don't want them to   
   >> see me as the backward, inbred buffoon that I really am."  Well here's a   
   >> tip for all Southerners: We normal people...we don't say, "You all," we   
   >> say, "you."  NEWSFLASH: "YOU" IS THE PLURAL FORM OF "YOU"!!!  IT DOESN'T   
   >> MATTER HOW YOU STRETCH IT OUT, YOU STILL SOUND LIKE A BUNCH OF   
   >> BUCK-TOOTHED, GRITS-SLURPING MORONS.   
   >   
   >No true southerner would ever say "you all".  It's always "y'all".  The idea   
   >that we say "you all" is an invention of you northern fucks.  In my entire   
   >45+ year life, all of which was spent living in the south, I have never   
   >heard one of "us" ever say "you all".  Get yer information straight.   
      
   Exactly.  I'm talking about the southerners who've ingratiated   
   themselves (or rather, attempted to ingratiate themselves) in with the   
   classy stylish Northern peoples.  You've lived your entire life in the   
   south, so you've never seen this occur.  Get your information straight.   
      
      
   >> So anyways, I just thought I'd throw that out there and see if anywon   
   >> "bites."  What do you think?  Let's talk.  I love hearing from you all.   
   >   
   >Did that count as a bite?   
      
   Sure.  But the expression "When trolling for catfish, use stinky bait"   
   comes to mind, LOL.   
      
   >> With love, as always,   
   >> Wavy G.   
   >   
   >Like I believe that after the assault you just made on my language.   
   >   
   >I'll explain this once for you, Wavy <*bitch slap*> so you will understand.   
   >   
   >"Y'all" = "you all" = "all of you".  "All of you" == "some of you".  We say   
   >"y'all" to ensure that you and your other northern fuck compatriots will   
   >understand we mean "you and your other northern fuck compatriots related to   
   >whatever group or social clique being spoken to at any given time.  Even if   
   >it the entire lot of you; i.e.: "Fuck all y'all!"  This as opposed to "some   
   >of you."  This means some members of said groups above are included, others   
   >are not.   
   >   
   >Don't make that mistake again, <*bitch slap*> WavyG.  <*bitch slap*>   
      
   "We all say it, so it must be correct."   
      
   --   
   Mimus hasn't written anything funny about me lately.   
      
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