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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 03:45 PM Original message |
A note about us Black folks and our "Blackcents" as it relates to Barack's church appearance |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. I agree entirely |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. You know Hillary is not doing anything different than most folks. . . |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. agree |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Hilary may not be born southern but she certainly would have picked it up. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's not just Blackcents, it's accents of any kind. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Happens to me too. |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. My kids laugh when I revert to my childhood accent on the phone |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 06:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
48. I was in a training this weekend |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. yes, HIllary did live in ARkansas and the DC area for a long long |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's called "code-shifting." |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Thanks for the term, I never heard it. . . |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 07:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. Hey, really? |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. It sounds completely natural and unaffected when Obama does it |
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cruadin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I could never figure out how Bush was the only one |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. Witness, here. A friend and former co-worker of mine... |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. k&r |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. It's fun to watch Oprah do it |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
13. I had a lot of Jewish friends and would sit with their mothers and grandmothers |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
14. Most people do this |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 11:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. I know I do..It's too boring |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. i do it too ... |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
18. I grew up in Hawaii. Pidgin is exactly like that: a badge of belonging.... |
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Ethelk2044 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. I Agree. You have to be careful. I normally use it around my family |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. Zelig syndrome |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
22. Around my french mother, we revert to some little accent when talking to her |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
23. So I guess someone said Barack Obama was pandering?! |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
39. Nope |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. This has been an "issue"? |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
45. I know, I know. |
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Grandrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
26. Can I get a hallelujah. ....and a Praise Be! |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
27. dude, i thought you were italian. |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 08:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Yup I quit back in May, I planned on leaving in January after the inaugural but. . . |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 08:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. well, i won't worry about you then. |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
30. I hear ya! |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
31. Everyone does this |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 09:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Excellent point - John Edwards is a perfect example |
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beaconess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
32. Preach! |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
33. From a Sociological POV, we all go that which we are most |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
35. Under certain situations the country boy comes out in me. I start |
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mulsh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
36. Intersting thing about accents |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
37. You can get a witness...Amen... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-08-07 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
40. I believe you |
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harlinchi (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
41. But isn't it more than just a way of speaking that changes? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
42. Accents are funny things. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
43. Here's your "witness"....... |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
44. I let my cajun accent slip from time to time. |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
46. I have kind of the same thing... |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-09-07 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
47. Just a hint... |
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