North Carolina?!?!?

jbarter · Post by **jbarter** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:08 am

Maybe all budding thespians from North Carolina should head off to The Globe to audition.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4694993.stm

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:10 am

By far, my favorite Theatre...

jbarter · Post by **jbarter** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:23 am

This is my favourite and I'll be there next Monday.

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amar · Post by **amar** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:55 am

jbarter wrote:This is my favourite and I'll be there next Monday.

this what you wanted?

GaryKelly · Post by **GaryKelly** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:59 am

I went to the Cable & Wireless College at Porthcurno many many years ago

I crashed my first car there

It was my mum's mini, hadn't finished paying for it at the time

Come to think of it, I enjoyed many 'firsts' during my time there, and walking up the cliff path from the accommodation block to the Minack wasn't one that instantly springs to mind...

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:19 am

GaryKelly wrote:I crashed my first car there It was my mum's mini,

You DIDN'T!!!

Your poor mum...I would have been beside myself if you'd crashed my mini (not that I have one, but that's beside the point). Crashing a mini is practically grounds for excommunication you know

jbarter · Post by **jbarter** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:59 am

amar wrote:
jbarter wrote:This is my favourite and I'll be there next Monday.

this what you wanted?

Thanks Amar. In gratitude I'm officially upgrading you from pink to reddish.

amar · Post by **amar** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 7:00 am

jbarter wrote:
amar wrote:
jbarter wrote:This is my favourite and I'll be there next Monday.

this what you wanted?
Thanks Amar. In gratitude I'm officially upgrading you from pink to reddish.

i always knew it paid to be nice.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 7:22 am

jbarter wrote:Maybe all budding thespians from North Carolina should head off to The Globe to audition.

I wonder why they say that North Carolinians would understand this? I mean, I know
there are a lot of isolated dialects in the Appalachian mountains... and Flora McDonald
got some of Bonnie Prince Charlie's supporters to settle in NC... Hm.
I'll have to go see this sometime...

Or maybe they just started reciting, and realized they sound like a bunch of dumb-ass
hillbillies

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:42 pm

Or maybe they just started reciting, and realized they sound like a bunch of dumb-ass
hillbillies

Watch it now.......thems fightin' words........

edited to add-

I just listened to the reading in both dialects and I must admit I do prefer the second in the older dialect.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:05 pm

cowtime wrote:
Or maybe they just started reciting, and realized they sound like a bunch of dumb-ass
hillbillies
Watch it now.......thems fightin' words........

I knew that would get someone's goat

I was just thinking about how those outside of the southeastern US might
characterize NC...

cowtime wrote:I just listened to the reading in both dialects and I must admit I do prefer the second in the older dialect.

I agree. And it seems to have more of a Scottish lilt (at least to me).
Perhaps they're right, we appalachian types might understand this more easily.

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 10:11 pm

I seem to recall reading years ago that southern American accents have their roots in Elizabethan English accents.

Best wishes,
Jerry

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 8:45 am

Jerry Freeman wrote:I seem to recall reading years ago that southern American accents have their roots in Elizabethan English accents.

If you ever happen to remember where that was, I'd love to read it, Jerry.

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:48 pm

fearfaoin wrote:
Jerry Freeman wrote:I seem to recall reading years ago that southern American accents have their roots in Elizabethan English accents.
If you ever happen to remember where that was, I'd love to read it, Jerry.

There have been hundreds (perhaps thousands) of theses, dissertations and books written on this subject. A quick google search for "appalachian elizabethan english" (without the quotes) should turn up plenty. Here are a couple to get you started:

Our Southern Highlanders, chapter 13 (The Mountain Dialect); by Horace Kephart, 1913.

The Dialect of The Appalachian People, by Wylene P. Dial, 1969.

And this list should keep you busy for years: Annotated Bibliography on Appalachian English.

Cheers,
John

scottielvr · Post by **scottielvr** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:57 pm

cowtime wrote:
Or maybe they just started reciting, and realized they sound like a bunch of dumb-ass
hillbillies
Watch it now.......thems fightin' words........

I wasn't born here, but I'll stand with you anyway, cowtime...just because.

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