tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post8984120816974923690..comments2024-02-17T14:57:50.954-05:00Comments on The Verdant Dude: Lucky manVerdant Earlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03139591223231428391noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-53736367941963634402008-08-25T10:53:00.000-04:002008-08-25T10:53:00.000-04:00well, i think i used to. i grew up in queens, rem...well, i think i used to. i grew up in queens, remember. i think living upstate knocked the accent out of me...Slydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02170343849186268727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-17684759429202051672008-08-24T13:41:00.000-04:002008-08-24T13:41:00.000-04:00Slyde - and you and I really don't have very sever...Slyde - and you and I really don't have very severe accents. But people can tell, somehow.Verdant Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139591223231428391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-78206062559555292532008-08-24T10:42:00.000-04:002008-08-24T10:42:00.000-04:00My first week as a college freshman, i met this cu...My first week as a college freshman, i met this cute girl, and she told me her name and that she was from Hawaii.<BR/><BR/>Then i told her my name and that i was from long island, and her first words were "of course you are..."Slydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02170343849186268727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-71794320733562880552008-08-24T10:03:00.000-04:002008-08-24T10:03:00.000-04:00Teeni - My speech changes, if I let it, depending ...Teeni - My speech changes, if I let it, depending on who I talk with as well. I try not to, though.<BR/><BR/>Michelle - strangely, sometimes I put on a heavier NY/LI accent when I am traveling. Subconciously letting others know where I'm from? maybe.<BR/><BR/>Evyl - Maybe not so subconciously at all, eh?<BR/><BR/>Mrs. Hall - Not so long of a story. I'm a big fan of Max Cannon and the RedMeat.com. Many, many years ago I was in a fantasy baseball league and I named my team the Bug-Eyed Earls. It kinda stuck and I began using it for all sorts of online handles. When I started a blog, I didn't even have to think of a blog name or a screen name. B.E. Earl was it.Verdant Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139591223231428391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-10059036716867140822008-08-24T09:35:00.000-04:002008-08-24T09:35:00.000-04:00Mr. Earl:Very interesting job your girlfriend has,...Mr. Earl:<BR/><BR/>Very interesting job your girlfriend has, being a sales rep for a beer company. You are a lucky man indeed. :)<BR/><BR/>Jus an aside, my daughter was sitting on my lap while I was looking at your site and she wanted to know, Why is that man blinking? I wonder myself. Why the Max Cannon character?<BR/><BR/>Anywho--accents--I will involuntarily slip into the midwest/Fargo/Canadian accent from time to time. I enjoy local dialects and how they sound. I'm a big fan of words and local vernacular in general. <BR/><BR/>Yah Der Hey!<BR/><BR/>Mrs. Hall<BR/><BR/>and so.Mrs. Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15360433416733092249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-29008411516141040612008-08-23T19:54:00.000-04:002008-08-23T19:54:00.000-04:00I like listening to different accents. I have a ve...I like listening to different accents. I have a very deep Texas drawl. I have a tendency to really play it up when talking to people from different areas of the country. I think that most everyone has this tendency.pure evylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04545185784186786104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-9553393510068531112008-08-23T15:04:00.000-04:002008-08-23T15:04:00.000-04:00b.e. i've been told i have a heavy ny accent! Whe...b.e. i've been told i have a heavy ny accent! Whenever i'm in another state or country for that matter, the moment i speak, i hear oh your from ny aren't you?? I'm all your kidding is it that noticable? Heck yeah they say!!! I'm all like Yo i am from New Yawk but i don't hear any accent!! :O)<BR/><BR/>I like british accents myself!!<BR/><BR/>MMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13012277904032798697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-69155998603114460762008-08-23T12:27:00.000-04:002008-08-23T12:27:00.000-04:00Funny post! I have that same accent problem - I p...Funny post! I have that same accent problem - I pick them up way too easily. Once on a long weekend trip to PA, I found myself - gasp! - pronouncing my Rs just like the natives. And I try to not have too much of a Boston accent now that I don't live so close to the city. But my hubby has noticed that my speech changes depending on who I'm talking with and that when I get mad and start talking fast, all the Rs go out the window.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com