greenferry Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 Well, folks, I was Googling along and lo! and behold! along came this site. I don't know if it will come out as I saw it or not. Looks like Larry and the Cable Guys got to our website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laitch Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 Wes Billy Joes must a bin mitey lonesum wen he went an rit that storey 'bout "Datin' Yer Concertina." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 (edited) Finally concertina lan gage, clitches. and jar gone I unnerstan bein nue it's har to lern a nue lan gage. Try the difrnt dilekts. then try loggin inta da net after loadin da front paig an reed da replise. 'n I tought I cud only aspire t' "token igerant statis". Nice parody. Edited fer spelin n' puntchiatiun, n' gramr Edited June 5, 2006 by Leo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Drinkwater Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Wal, yo've got me all plum tuckered out af'er lookin' at this hyar lot. Even wif mah specs on, ah c'd barely unnerstan' whut ah was supposed t'be readin'. Fer once an' fer all, it's darn nearly put me off playin' mah darned corncertina. Ah's off t'bed, cuss it all t' tarnation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterT Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Oh my!!! Found this review (maybe it should be posted under the Anglophilia thread). Did Alan Day really say that? Anglophilia Brian Peters, anglo corncertina. Pugwarsh PUGCD 006. 2005. A co'nucopia of moosic played on Anglo-corncertina" is how multi-instroomntalist an' singer Brian Peters dexcribes his long-awaited CD focussin' exclusively on th' Anglo (39-button C/G Crabb). Instroomntals includin' English dance moosic, slow airs, ragtime, an' Peters' origeenal composishuns, is interspersed wif songs rangin' fum tradishunal t'Beatles an' Music Hall, ah reckon. Also two arrangements fo' multiple corncertinas wif Ebenezer Walker (treble an' baritone English). Reviews/Notes: "Richly varied seleckshun of moosic an' song, acco'din' t' th' code o' th' heells!... a superb release" fRoots "An impo'tant corntribushun t'concertina cornciousness" Stirrin's "Outstan'in' playin' an' corntent.... it is players like Brian who is pushin' Anglo playin' fo'ward, cuss it all t' tarnation." Alan Day, Anglo Internashunal Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m3838 Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 /logically there should be afew red necks in the former soviet union,what classof american dialects are these anyway,is that texan your all trying to speak./ As the forum's only verbal specialist on the Soviet Union, I guarantee you that in the Soviet Union there weren't and couldn't be any rednecks. Only enthusiastic peasants and proletarians, building the brighter future without'em cap'talists and land owna's. As for the dialect, Russian language (or should I correctly say lan gage) is not spread to distinct dialects, only to few minor deviations: like Moscovites will emphisize "Ah", Volga region emphisizes "Oh", Central Russia will swallow the endings etc. Not to the extent of various dialects in English or, God Forbid, German or Italian. On a side note I must say that not all people speaking with a thick accent are rednecks. And who is a redneck? Is it a guy who puts bread on our table? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Stephenson Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Well shut ma mouth, I'm from the South too! Must try the Geordie translation. Meanwhile......try clicking on the top result after Googleing elgoog If like me you're at a loss, click on FAQ. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlfinkels Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Ahem. There are those of us who actually do talk like that. Well, maybe not so stereotypical, but I have been told I do have a rather "Southern" accent. Suffice it to say I do find it funny, but somehow I think if it was making fun of English/Irish/Welsh/Scottish accents it may not have quite the same "charm" to many. So, by way of retaliation.. Define irony: A bunch of non-Southerners making fun of Southern accents by speaking like a non-Southerner believes we speak, which is typically nowhere close to reality. -jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 (edited) Define irony: A bunch of non-Southerners making fun of Southern accents by speaking like a non-Southerner believes we speak, which is typically nowhere close to reality. Reminds me of seeing Garrison Keillor do a show shortly after his return to the US after living for a while in Denmark. He began to tell us various reasons "why" he had abandoned Denmark, concluding with the "real" reason: that employment was extremely scarce for a non-Scandinavian whose only skill was making fun of Scandinavians! Edited June 6, 2006 by JimLucas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenferry Posted June 5, 2006 Author Share Posted June 5, 2006 On a side note I must say that not all people speaking with a thick accent are rednecks. And who is a redneck? Is it a guy who puts bread on our table? Well, I think some of us would probably agree that not all Rednecks started out the same way, and not all of them are the honest type that put bread on the table: I would say that one was a Worker, and not a Redneck. We have some pretty hard core (as opposed to Down to Earth) Rednecks in Very High Places over hyar in flag-wavin' Amuraka. And, yes, certain of these most notably do have the "thick" accents. Even some of us without the flag-wavin' can have the proper aksennt when drinkin' the right kind of beer with the right folks. JMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenferry Posted June 6, 2006 Author Share Posted June 6, 2006 (edited) my understanding of a redneck as against a blue collar worker or a white collar worker has nothing to do with putting bread on the table,redneck as i understand it is a derogatory term for someone of insular opinions.iam sure there are plenty of them in the north of america as well as the south.but iam just a poor ignorant non american,so if iam proved to be embarrasingly wrong i hope i dont get a red neck. Dick, that sounds right. Irish rule. . got the wrong clover . . Green is Good Edited June 6, 2006 by greenferry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlfinkels Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 I just couldn't resist. http://www.frontiernet.net/~tzuleger/webjo.../rednecks.shtml -jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenferry Posted June 6, 2006 Author Share Posted June 6, 2006 I just couldn't resist. http://www.frontiernet.net/~tzuleger/webjo.../rednecks.shtml -jeff I couldn't, either Turn yur Quick Time on fur th' sound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 (edited) Define irony: A bunch of non-Southerners making fun of Southern accents by speaking like a non-Southerner believes we speak, which is typically nowhere close to reality.Sounds like a line from the movie, "Smoke Signals." Bunch of American Indians sitting around watching TV. One says:The only thing more pathetic than Indians on TV is Indians watching Indians on TV.Then, of course, suppose someone made a movie about... One of the silliest things I ever heard was a guy from Poland and a guy from Fort Worth, Texas (both in Massachusetts at the time) trying to imitate each other's accents. Edited for Typo Edited June 6, 2006 by David Barnert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Drinkwater Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 On a side note I must say that not all people speaking with a thick accent are rednecks. And who is a redneck? Is it a guy who puts bread on our table? Well, I think some of us would probably agree that not all Rednecks started out the same way, and not all of them are the honest type that put bread on the table: I would say that one was a Worker, and not a Redneck. We have some pretty hard core (as opposed to Down to Earth) Rednecks in Very High Places over hyar in flag-wavin' Amuraka. And, yes, certain of these most notably do have the "thick" accents. Even some of us without the flag-wavin' can have the proper aksennt when drinkin' the right kind of beer with the right folks. JMHO my understanding of a redneck as against a blue collar worker or a white collar worker has nothing to do with putting bread on the table,redneck as i understand it is a derogatory term for someone of insular opinions.iam sure there are plenty of them in the north of america as well as the south.but iam just a poor ignorant non american,so if iam proved to be embarrasingly wrong i hope i dont get a red neck. Redneck • noun N. Amer. info'mal, derogato'y a wawkin'-class white varmint fum th' southern US, especially a politically cornservative one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenferry Posted June 7, 2006 Author Share Posted June 7, 2006 Redneck • noun N. Amer. info'mal, derogato'y a wawkin'-class white varmint fum th' southern US, especially a politically cornservative one. The original Rednecks seem to have been 16th century Scottish Presbyterians, "Covenanters" who, having signed a declaration in their own blood, began wearing pieces of red cloth around their necks to show their fierce rejection of rule by bishops as practiced by the Church of England. Some of these subsequently moved to America in the 1700s and early 1800s and established themselves. One of the earliest known uses of the term "redneck" in print was in 1830: A. Royall, Southern Tour I. 148: (quotation) "This may be ascribed to the Red Necks, a name bestowed upon the Presbyterians in Fayetteville." (Oxford English Dictionary) A popular American folk myth holds that the term "redneck" was intended to cast aspersion on bare-necked farmers laboring under the sun. However, the true meaning of the word seems to have more to do with the mindset rather than the type of work, or even the geographic location. It can have both pejorative and complimentary meanings, depending on who's using the term. Rednecks are often quite proud of their customs and beliefs. It is possible that some C-netters have one or more features in common with Rednecks. For example, Rednecks like to wear blue-jeans, although the true Redneck is likely to have a stain on the back pocket from a metal can of chewing tobacco. Rednecks also like to wear tee-shirts, including one of their favorites, the "wife-beater." Rednecks often like to drink beer, although Bud and Miller are probably not high on the list of beverage preferences for most concertina players. Rednecks place a strong value on individual expressiveness and freedom, are known to resist assimilation into the dominant culture, and perhaps that is their strongest characteristic, one that some of us might also share, albeit in different clothing or different beer. I can't think of any famous Rednecks who play concertina, but I would suspect there are some who do indulge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlfinkels Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Y'all are just mad 'cause you lost the Civil War. Or as we call it, "The War of Yankee Aggression." Which reminds me... Q: What's the difference between a Yankee and a damn Yankee? A: Yankees come down here to visit. Damn Yankees come down here to stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Q: What's the difference between a Yankee and a damn Yankee?A: Yankees come down here to visit. Damn Yankees come down here to stay. My ex-roommate from Texas always used to claim that "DamnYankee" was a single word. But as I understand it, Texas isn't really Redneck country. Said roommate was from what is known as "The Baabull [bible] Belt". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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