I Talk Like A Hillybilly.An I Sound Funny.I write Like A Hillybilly.Some say!
By classy56
@classy56 (2880)
United States
March 10, 2007 5:06am CST
i am trying really hard to be a prim an proper person.but dang!its hard..everywere i go someone is saying are you from the south.i say yep!but i tryed to change my way of phraseing words.but its not working.i still sound like a hillbilly.some people thinks its cute.but i find it disturbing sometimes.heck i even have a dictionary next to me. but i cant look up words because i spell them wrong.lol. i always blame my mother for rasieing me in kentucky.but i quess its not her fault.i had to be born somewere..but has anyone ever wanted to change they way they talk or get comments about the way you talk. have you ever heard a kentuckian say {oil}.believe me its not prim an proper.lol
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7 responses
@tarsadawn (350)
• United States
11 Mar 07
I am originally from WV and have the whole Appalachian accent down pat. It won't leave, I don't even try anymore. I hate people with phony accents, like Madonna. Have you heard her talking lately...she's from the USA, New York or New Jersey at that...that's not an accent, she's just made that up. Everyone gets a kick out of the way I talk, but oh well, it's me :).
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
11 Mar 07
I live in the South and I like the way they speak. I am constantly told I have an accent ( which they usually get wrong the wrong country) but I dont hear it I think I sound southern. Just talk the way it comes naturally. I think there's nothing worse that anyone trying to speak with a phoney accent.
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@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
10 Apr 07
yeah I talk like one too. I live in Florida on the Northside.
@judyt00 (3497)
• Canada
16 Mar 07
one's accent doesn't make them hillbilly, their attitude and education does. I love the Kentucky accent, its sosweet and sugary sounding. If you want to improve your spelling, I suggest you read more . Reading can improve your spelling because you see the words and your brain remembers the correct spelling. You could also look into online upgrading classes to get your GED. That way, you'd be taught how to spell the way they teach adults and apparently, its easier, since they tend to use phonics. Good luck!
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@classy56 (2880)
• United States
17 Mar 07
thanks, ill have to check the online classes out,well i went all the way to the 12 grade an i didnt finish.got married instead.an i have a good head on my shoulders.i deal with alot of business people.i just want to improve my spelling an they way i phase my words.but old habits are hard to break.ive never heard someone call the accent sugary before."that sweet..
@applsofgld (2506)
• United States
13 Mar 07
I love your discussion topic!! I never realized how much of a southern accent that I do have until I went to work at a call center. I had more compliments on my accent, I'd say you can tell? They would reply, of course I can tell. I don't say howdy or anything, and I try to keep my ya'alls to a minimum. My hubby and my step brothers and sisters are way worse than me, he he he. Nothing wrong with a southern accent. Be proud!! I'm a lot farther south than you are, but southern is good and a lot of people say a southern accent is very attractive.
@porkrind333 (288)
• United States
10 Mar 07
I am from the south and growing up I always prided myself in sounding like the guy on the tv news. I went off to college in the deep south and I came back with the worst accent ever. My family was in horror. Now in my hometown I am strange person because I don't talk funny but when I go to California or the east coast I am automatically deducted 10 IQ points for my redneck accent. I love talking to Europeans since they are trained in the Queen's English and the southern drawl messes em up real good.
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@JDMCKENZIE25 (144)
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22 Mar 07
hi again classy56...dont u mind wot peoples r saying hilly billy or not u r a person with feelings like us all...i,m from unitedkingdom..london...so u see u have got my interset..all the way from south london and u r south amercia...so to speak...lol..jdxx.u r mking me laugh too...as u r wot u r...and speak just fine...thats wot mkes you...you...:)..dont go changeing..i wld,nt...unless u r really unhappy..
