Comments on: In between http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/07/12/in-between/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:15:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Caroline http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/07/12/in-between/#comment-987 Caroline Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:53:45 +0000 http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/07/12/in-between/#comment-987 Funny about the accent, Cheryl. My kids say that I always speak differently depending upon whom I'm talking to. They can tell if I'm talking to my sister every time. I don't know exactly categorize that as an accent. It's more like an intonation. I have to brag to you that we're on vacation in Nebraska, and I found LaVazza espresso beans at a little Italian coffee shop we've been stopping at on our walks every morning. I'm buying some to take home! Funny about the accent, Cheryl. My kids say that I always speak differently depending upon whom I’m talking to. They can tell if I’m talking to my sister every time. I don’t know exactly categorize that as an accent. It’s more like an intonation.

I have to brag to you that we’re on vacation in Nebraska, and I found LaVazza espresso beans at a little Italian coffee shop we’ve been stopping at on our walks every morning. I’m buying some to take home!

]]> By: Janet McKee http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/07/12/in-between/#comment-984 Janet McKee Sat, 14 Jul 2007 19:05:55 +0000 http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/07/12/in-between/#comment-984 Sounds familiar. Sounds familiar.

]]> By: Lien http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/07/12/in-between/#comment-982 Lien Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:59:20 +0000 http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/07/12/in-between/#comment-982 Ha! It totally sounds like what people say to me when I'm home. I *know* I haven't picked up an Irish accent. I've never been one of those people who unconsciously mimic accents- I'm always aware of how I'm saying things, and to consciously change my accent would seem pretentious to me. I do pick up vocabulary, though. Maybe they hear different vocabulary and their brain assumes an accent must come with it? Ha! It totally sounds like what people say to me when I’m home. I *know* I haven’t picked up an Irish accent. I’ve never been one of those people who unconsciously mimic accents- I’m always aware of how I’m saying things, and to consciously change my accent would seem pretentious to me.

I do pick up vocabulary, though. Maybe they hear different vocabulary and their brain assumes an accent must come with it?

]]> By: Kristen http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/07/12/in-between/#comment-979 Kristen Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:48:29 +0000 http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/07/12/in-between/#comment-979 I think the only thing that's really made me stand out as an American up here (and really, as a Cincinnatian) is that I can't stand all the crap my MIL puts in her chili. Cincinnatians are picky about their chili - we don't put mushrooms, celery, peppers, sausage, and carrots in it. If you want stew, make some stinkin stew. F'real. But nobody's commented on my accent, even though I hear a difference (and not just the French) in everyone around me. *shrug* That has to be lovely, having the same conversation over and over again. Grrr. :) I think the only thing that’s really made me stand out as an American up here (and really, as a Cincinnatian) is that I can’t stand all the crap my MIL puts in her chili. Cincinnatians are picky about their chili - we don’t put mushrooms, celery, peppers, sausage, and carrots in it. If you want stew, make some stinkin stew. F’real.

But nobody’s commented on my accent, even though I hear a difference (and not just the French) in everyone around me. *shrug*

That has to be lovely, having the same conversation over and over again. Grrr. :)

]]> By: Anne http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/07/12/in-between/#comment-976 Anne Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:17:48 +0000 http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/07/12/in-between/#comment-976 How true is that! Living in Virginia, everyone told me I sounded like I was from the north (having grown up above the Mason-Dixon line), and then living in New England, I often got the "Gee, a southern drawl" comment. Go figger. How true is that! Living in Virginia, everyone told me I sounded like I was from the north (having grown up above the Mason-Dixon line), and then living in New England, I often got the “Gee, a southern drawl” comment. Go figger.

]]> By: Bettina http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/07/12/in-between/#comment-975 Bettina Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:53:24 +0000 http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/07/12/in-between/#comment-975 haha, that sounds like those comments when one has a new baby: oh, looks just like his (or her) mother. 5 minutes later someone else comes along, this time baby is with daddy: oh, looks just like his (or her) father.... haha, that sounds like those comments when one has a new baby: oh, looks just like his (or her) mother. 5 minutes later someone else comes along, this time baby is with daddy: oh, looks just like his (or her) father….

]]> By: Leigh http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/07/12/in-between/#comment-974 Leigh Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:52:05 +0000 http://asimpleyarn.net/2007/07/12/in-between/#comment-974 I got a kick out of this. I get a version of it too, being a Northerner living in the South. My northern relatives laugh at my southern accent while Southerners tell me I sound like a Yankee. I got a kick out of this. I get a version of it too, being a Northerner living in the South. My northern relatives laugh at my southern accent while Southerners tell me I sound like a Yankee.

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