The Accent Vlog: Jan 30, 2011

The only microphone I have is the one on my headset, so I hope that doesn't bother anyone. If you'd like to play along, here's the list of words:

Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught...and the ones I added are Schedule, Produce, Progress, and Promenade.

And here are the questions:

- What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
- What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?
- What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
- What do you call gym shoes?
- What do you say to address a group of people?
- What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?
- What do you call your grandparents?
- What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
- What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
- What is the thing you change the TV channel with?

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[aymlis]

I had to come find this again because I am thinking of doing it but then I am so silly that I will probably giggle and ruin it.

[sarkasmo]

@aymlis Go ahead and giggle away!

[doowbob]

I like. It's so fun finally getting to hear people I've only ever seen.

I vote for doing this again at Christmas so we get an enhanced version ;-)

[sarkasmo]

@doowbob HA! This season, I started out with the enhancements, but since early December I just haven't felt like enhancing. The next time I get tipsy, I'll try to remember to make a video. Just for you. ♥

[puellanivis]

- What do you say to address a group of people?

This question is: do you say "you" "you all" or "y'all"?

[sarkasmo]

@puellanivis Yeah, I know. I only say "y'all" when I feel my American citizenship is in question. Also, thanks for the TLD reminder. My brain wanted to call it a TLA, which I knew was wrong because it's not an acronym and it doesn't have three letters. T could stand for Two, but it would still be wrong.

[teamepiclulz]

Wheres hank hill?

[puellanivis]

@sarkasmo well, acronym/initialism is a kind of arbitrary distinction that people have built up anyways. (Like the meanings of "Wörter" vs "Worte")

[sarkasmo]

@bexlogic I can't wait to see yours!

[bexlogic]

Hahaha! You're so adorable.

And you're right -- you don't really have a discernible accent... but I'm from Alabama and I like to hear you talk anyway. Hee!

a) You have beautiful eyes, b) I love your Batman bandaid, and c) I laughed aloud when you demonstrated the first video "lean" :)