Saturday, November 05, 2005

Okie Dialect, They Just Sound Stupid

Not so long ago I was in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. The people there have a nice Southern accent. It's pleasant to listen to. Okies on the other hand? I'm not sure what kind of accent they have, but instead of sounding pleasant, they just sound stupid (which of course they are).
This is kind of funny, but sadly true.

OKIE WORD ENGLISH
Amerkin................American
arncha..................aren't you
bleeve...................believe
captul....................capitol
cawdja...................called you
code......................cold
cuz.......................because (or what you call your cousin)
didja.....................did you
diduhnit..................didn't it
difernt...................different
doin......................doing
duduhnit..................doesn't it
eevnun....................evening
fo-were..................for
far.......................fire
fergit....................forget (past tense is fergot)
frayed...................afraid
gonna....................going to
gotcha...................I got you (or can mean: I understand you)
ignert....................ignorant
instedda.................instead of
joggerfee................geography
julry......................jewelry
kinda......................kind of
kwe-yut...................quit
liberry.....................library
mirra......................mirror
nuthin......................nothing
OKC........................Oklahoma City
pert-near..................pretty near
pickchur....................picture
pinichula....................peninsula
probly......................probably
purdy.......................pretty
ree-yul.....................real
rilly.........................really
sum-oze....................some of those
sumpn.......................something
tawk........................talk
thang.......................thing
tode........................told
ta...........................to
use-ta......................used to
warsh......................wash
wayul.......................well
whayer.....................where
whoamun...................woman
wanna......................want to
why dont chew........... why don't you
ya'll........................you all
yayus.......................yes
yew.........................you
zakley......................exactly
PHRASES
everwonsinawhahl- every once in a while
fixin to - preparing to
gittaholdayew - get ahold of you
u-betcha (no known translation)
y-oncha - why don't you
zat-rite - is that right
Transplanted Okies - The first Okie expression to creep into a transplanted Newcomer's vocabulary is the adjective "Big ol'", as in "big ol' truck" or "big ol' boy". Eighty-five percent begin their new Okie influenced dialect with this expression. One hundred percent are in denial about it.
WARNING: If you hear an Okie exclaim, "Hey, y'all, watch this!" stay out of his way. These are likely the last words he will ever say.
source: GaylasGraphx gaylasgarden.com 1997-2005 All rights reserved.

oklahoma Sucks.

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