What's he saying????
71 & 72,now I want a 68
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From: NW Indiana
Some of the stuff could never be said on the board.
One of the words I would never use anywhere.
I do think I heard him saying something about tons of great looking Oldsmobiles on ClassicOldsmobile.com...I think.
One of the words I would never use anywhere.
I do think I heard him saying something about tons of great looking Oldsmobiles on ClassicOldsmobile.com...I think.
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From: The Hudson Valley
Actually, I found this video fascinating, because I can understand almost nothing that any of the participants says, and that is very unusual for me. It's almost like listening to to a group of Scots kids, or Jamaicans - it's English, but the dialect is so far removed from the "standard" American or English axes that it is incomprehensible without local linguistic experience.
They are in a one-plate-state, and the license plate on the car appears to be plain white with black letters, with a single word underneath. As far as I can tell, the only one-plate-state that offers one like that is Georgia, as an optional change from the "peach plate," so I wonder whether they're from one of the "outer bank" island communities, or perhaps the Gullah, both of which groups' dialects were preserved due to isolation.
Here's an example of Gullah, being spoken much more slowly, to an audience for a church event:
Here's an example of an Outer Banks dialect (starts at 0:38):
- Eric
They are in a one-plate-state, and the license plate on the car appears to be plain white with black letters, with a single word underneath. As far as I can tell, the only one-plate-state that offers one like that is Georgia, as an optional change from the "peach plate," so I wonder whether they're from one of the "outer bank" island communities, or perhaps the Gullah, both of which groups' dialects were preserved due to isolation.
Here's an example of Gullah, being spoken much more slowly, to an audience for a church event:
Here's an example of an Outer Banks dialect (starts at 0:38):
- Eric
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Tangier sounds a bit like old time Scots from Ontario.
I can understand pretty much all of the Gullah, and at times he reverted to fairly common English.
I could not understand the black guys at all - but one was doing some pretty nice doughnuts!
You should hear "we byes in Bda" (us in Bermuda) please see:
http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/~decouto/bvurds.html
and even within Bermuda there are regional variations. In addition to the dialect, our accent is very unique. Most of the time we speak fairly clearly, but when we get together or get hot (drunk) is all comes out.
I can understand pretty much all of the Gullah, and at times he reverted to fairly common English.
I could not understand the black guys at all - but one was doing some pretty nice doughnuts!
You should hear "we byes in Bda" (us in Bermuda) please see:
http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/~decouto/bvurds.html
and even within Bermuda there are regional variations. In addition to the dialect, our accent is very unique. Most of the time we speak fairly clearly, but when we get together or get hot (drunk) is all comes out.
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- Eric
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From: Rogues Island, USA
Gullah is a mix of English and various African dialects. While I was stationed at Parris Island, SC this was a very common form of communication among the blacks who lived well outside the city limits on the back roads.
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