The Coffee House

[Dean_Gretsch]

My other half lived in Ft Myers, Fla for many years after moving to the states from England. We went to a local restaurant where our waitress was very young and inexperienced in life. During one of her stops at our table, she looked at Katrina and asked " Where are you from?". Being me, I couldn't resist and said " Florida. Can't you tell by the tan?". The poor girl had such a look of confusion! I got a smack on the arm for that one.

 

[smoke665]

adding an 'r' to words that didn't already have one (warsh the car).

This is strange as I thought this was unique only to SE Missouri's Bootheel. I grew up hearing this and still do it today,

 

[ceemac]

we're so boring here. We all sound the same. Except we can't understand anyone from Quebec or Newfoundland.

 

[ceemac]

Got up early this morning. We just took down half a dozen trees to "firesmart" our property. Now we need darker curtains. It's a stunning morning here. -4C, Sunshine and blue sky. Lots of love from the sun bouncing off fresh snow.
Snow blower's still frozen to the driveway, tho.

 

[Gary A.]

52F presently, but it should break 70F today. A cold wind came thundering through last night. Fortunately, it was expected and all the breakables were collected up and stored away. Maggie has just walked away from her breakfast of Greek yogurt, rice, banana and ham. Good thing she's very very cute, because she can be a frustrating PITA. She has the most personality of any pooch I've had.

 

[vintagesnaps]

I know some French if it has to do with hockey - Beliveau, Lafleur, Flying Frenchmen, bleu blanc rouge, poutine.

The sun came out. It's supposed to stay coolish but partly one thing or another for a few days, which is a nice improvement.

 

[waday]

@Dean_Gretsch been many years since I traveled PA, but I seem to remember there was a huge difference between the way people talked in Philly vs Pittsburg.

There is definitely a difference. I lived in Pittsburgh for 4 years and that is one of the dialects that rubbed off on me. Not so much the pronunciation, but some vocabulary and a few weird grammatical structures. The only real pronunciation that I changed was for the name of Andrew Carnegie. Growing up in NY, I always heard of "CARnegie Hall" and assumed that was also the pronunciation of the man's name. Alas, it is not. It's 'car-NEG-ie.' I still use the NY pronuncation for the concert hall in Manhattan, but otherwise, it's the Pittsburgh (and probably correct) pronunciation.

As for phrases: "My hair needs cut." or "The cats need fed." Also, sidewalks and roads can be "slippy" in the winter.

Some things that did NOT stick: gumband (for rubber band), pop (for soda), or adding an 'r' to words that didn't already have one (warsh the car).

I'm guilty of some of those.

My hair gets cut. The dog gets fed. Roads are slippy.

When I was little, I always said "warsh", just like my mother. Until, one day, when I saw a sign spelled "wash" and said, "mom, look, they spelled warsh wrong." She laughed and said, "no, it's spelled correctly." I don't think I ever pronounced it warsh again.

 

[davidharmier60]

Afternoon y'all. Had 5 hours and 2 minutes today to bring a 2 day total to 10.03.
The floor machine ran low on battery power again. I told Trish I had tools in the truck and I could clean the battery terminals. She said go for it.
I'll find out in the morning if it helped. I fear if that wasn't it, one or both of the big deep cycle batteries has gone sour.
Like I said I'll find out in the morning if it helped.

Making up a decent roll of 60s copper.
Thought I had a 6 worthy roll going but when it was done it was a mid 5.

My newest Timex Expedition seems to be spot on.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk

 

[Fujidave]

A nice mild evening here in Hove, forecast for tomorrow is sun and more sun

 

[smoke665]

Well this has been an interesting day. We had a lot of frost this morning, cold, cloudy, damp. Now 3:30 in the afternoon the sun is shining and we have this (47 degrees difference in temps), had to turn the A/C. Crazy weather!

 

[Gary A.]

71F right now. Mary Lou and Gary are at the movies for Isle of Dogs. Note to Self, Popcorn is half off on Tuesdays.

 

[davidharmier60]

Mother nature needs valium or something.
50 in the morning, 79 in the afternoon.
I KNOW what she has up her sleeve for us.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using Tapatalk

 

[otherprof111 13]

I was once asked where I was from. I was back in the New York area, so I just told them the town I was from (which was just one or two towns over from where I was, so I knew they would know of the town.) She said, "I meant, where were you from before you lived here?" I said I had moved around a little, lived in a few places. Finally she got more specific, "Yeah, but what country are you from?" That's when I realized that she thought I had a foreign accent and was not born in the States.

The funny thing was, she was the one with a slight accent that sounded like English was perhaps not her first language. I had just gotten back to the States after living overseas, and apparently, it was still very easy for me to unconsciously mimic her speech.

Which, by the way, is very common. It's a natural behavior to unconsciously "borrow" the speech patterns or accent of someone you're talking to when you feel a connection or are trying to create a connection. We don't even realize we are doing it. Sometimes we do it with gestures and body postures, too. It's called mirroring.

"So he asked me, "Where you from?" and I said "New York." Then he asked, "What part?" and I said "All of me."

 

[ceemac]

"So he asked me, "Where you from?" and I said "New York." Then he asked, "What part?" and I said "All of me."

Happens here, too. People ask me if I've lived in B.C. all my life. I dunno. Got about 20 yrs to go, God willing. Ask me then.

 

[Gary A.]

I was once asked where I was from. I was back in the New York area, so I just told them the town I was from (which was just one or two towns over from where I was, so I knew they would know of the town.) She said, "I meant, where were you from before you lived here?" I said I had moved around a little, lived in a few places. Finally she got more specific, "Yeah, but what country are you from?" That's when I realized that she thought I had a foreign accent and was not born in the States.

The funny thing was, she was the one with a slight accent that sounded like English was perhaps not her first language. I had just gotten back to the States after living overseas, and apparently, it was still very easy for me to unconsciously mimic her speech.

Which, by the way, is very common. It's a natural behavior to unconsciously "borrow" the speech patterns or accent of someone you're talking to when you feel a connection or are trying to create a connection. We don't even realize we are doing it. Sometimes we do it with gestures and body postures, too. It's called mirroring.

"So he asked me, "Where you from?" and I said "New York." Then he asked, "What part?" and I said "All of me."

*Rim Shot*