Product Review Grits!

no4mk1t said:
Everyone has an accent. They may not think they do, but they do. I've had peeps here tell me they have no accent. Really? Let's tape record you and play it back. 😯
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no4mk1t said:
A few years ago the kid that lived across the street growing up found me and we talked on the phone a bit. He said he couldn't get over my "Southern accent". I said you sound like an extra on the Soprano's. Growing up, I didn't think we had an accent, but we did.
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I do not have an identifiable American accent (southern, NY, Boston, Cajun, etc). You would not be able to pin where I'm "from" by my speech patterns or inflections. Here's why: I'm not from anywhere. My formative years (age 5 - 16) were overseas in a very international community, including Americans from all over the US. So, I was not exposed to any particular American accent for any period of time. My mom's side of the family is Canadian, eh? ;)

Now, my youngest brother and sister, who did grow up mostly in Arkansas, definitely have southern accents.
 
Racer88 said:
I do not have an identifiable American accent (southern, NY, Boston, Cajun, etc). You would not be able to pin where I'm "from" by my speech patterns or inflections. Here's why: I'm not from anywhere. My formative years (age 5 - 16) were overseas in a very international community, including Americans from all over the US. So, I was not exposed to any particular American accent for any period of time. My mom's side of the family is Canadian, eh? ;)

Now, my youngest brother and sister, who did grow up mostly in Arkansas, definitely have southern accents.
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Your accent can still change up through the teen years. Surprised you did not acquire a Southern accent upon your return to Arkansas at 16. Did you move again after a few years?
 
no4mk1t said:
Your accent can still change up through the teen years. Surprised you did not acquire a Southern accent upon your return to Arkansas at 16. Did you move again after a few years?
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So, yeah.... last 2 years of high school. Then college. After that, I was gone.

Nobody has EVER commented that I have a southern accent... because I don't. Not even a little bit.
 
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no4mk1t said:
"When in Rome, do as the Romans do" you are OK. But if you retain your speech and behavior patterns from whence you came, then no.
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I think a southern Hawk Tuah girl has made bank and disagrees.
She can move in here, no questions asked! :D




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Racer88 said:
Ooookay. I don't get why this is "viral."
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I laughed my ass off at this. One of the funniest videos I've seen in a long while if you look at all the body language.
The "delivery" and huge smile is what pulled it off. The laugh immediately after the punch line. So natural and un-canned response. That's why people love it. She's healing a nation! LOL :p

And selling some shirts too!

She lost her job for the stunt. I think she may have been a nurse or something like that. I can't recall.

***Edit: I was wrong. She worked as a pre-school teacher.
 
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USApat said:
I laughed my ass off at this. One of the funniest videos I've seen in a long while if you look at all the body language.
The "delivery" and huge smile is what pulled it off. The laugh immediately after the punch line. So natural and un-canned response. That's why people love it. She's healing a nation! LOL :p

And selling some shirts too!

She lost her job for the stunt. I think she may have been a nurse or something like that. I can't recall.

***Edit: I was wrong. She worked as a pre-school teacher.
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I guess my sense of humor is different. I didn't even crack a smile.

Now THIS is funny...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKCgtTSL6QQ

And this. :)

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRjo8QPf2KQ
 
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Grits!

What people don't understand about grits is they serve the same function as toast. It is just a delivery mechanism for something else you really want to eat, but need something to put it in or on to maintain the appearance you are civilized.

I don't know anybody who actually likes grits plain, just like I don't know anybody who likes plain dry white toast (yeah, I know I'm setting somebody up for a Jake & Elwood meme.)

It's like ordering hash browns at waffle house.... gotta do scattered, smothered, covered, chunked, topped, and diced..... and butter & syrup in the complementary bowl of grits ;)
 
Speaking of the south and tobacco... I made a quick ride to shoot some clays today. It's so hot I did 25 and retreated to the pistol range. I was sweating bullets. I passed this as I approached the access road. Almost harvest time.

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Tobacco growing isn't just a southern thing. It's a cash crop for the Amish and Mennonites here in Pennsylvania. Used to be Pennsylvania 41 as the primary plant grow, though now it is one of the Maryland strains (609? .. gotta dig out a copy of the Lancaster Farmer for the market data) of tobacco that is desirable. I have considered planting it on more than one occasion...but it is still damn hard on the soil. And there's additional gubbernment taxes and bullshit imposed by our favorite three letter agency.
 
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clm2112 said:
Tobacco growing isn't just a southern thing. It's a cash crop for the Amish and Mennonites here in Pennsylvania. Used to be Pennsylvania 41 as the primary plant grow, though now it is one of the Maryland strains (609? .. gotta dig out a copy of the Lancaster Farmer for the market data) of tobacco that is desirable. I have considered planting it on more than one occasion...but it is still damn hard on the soil. And there's additional gubbernment taxes and bullshit imposed by our favorite three letter agency.
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When I was dispatched to generating plants in Southern MD, VA, NC, and SC, a lot of the men who worked there planned their vacations around tobacco planting and harvesting, which is hard work. Everywhere you go, you learn something.
 
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