11Oct
I saw this on my friend, Whitney’s, blog and thought I’d do one, too! Hope you enjoy!
The instructions are to say these 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 answer these 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 use to change the TV channel?
1) name*Mallory: Devil's beatin' his wife - duh! ;) (10.11.2011 10:03pm)
2) Annie @ Annie's Cooking Lab: That's so cute! and this is random, but I have the same throw pillows on my couch that you have on yours! (10.11.2011 10:05pm)
3) Emily: I call it a "sun shower" when the rain falls while the sun is out! (10.11.2011 10:06pm)
4) Jen @ Caved In: How fabulously random. I dont think you have an accent at all. Our neighbors say things like "missourah" but I'm determined to not get an accent. (10.11.2011 10:18pm)
5) Betty: Fun, and I expected y'all to have southern accents, not sure why, I've heard you talk on here before... (10.11.2011 10:20pm)
6) Kaitlyn @ Going to Mexico: I agree with Mallory! It's called the Devil's beating his wife when it's raining while the sun is out! :) (10.11.2011 10:22pm)
7) Hilary: Wow! I had totally different answers for the questions! Maybe it's because I'm from Central NY? Here's my answers: 1. T-Peeing 2. A potato bug 3. Soda 4. Sneakers 5. Hi everyone/Hey everyone 6. Daddy Longlegs 7. Grandma and Grandpa 8. A shopping cart 9. Sun shower 10. Remote or channel changer (10.11.2011 10:25pm)
8) Jennifer@browneyedandblessed: finally someone who pronounces 'route' the same way I do lol (10.11.2011 10:29pm)
9) Kaitlyn @ Going to Mexico: Also I found a website with almost all of the same exact questions where you can answer it and it will computer your score to see if you're more Northern or Southern : http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/yankeetest.html because I was wondering what all of it meant after I watched your video! (10.11.2011 10:30pm)
10) Leah: I answered the same to just about everything. I grew up a little bit of everywhere but my parents are from East TN. This is so wrong but when it rained with the sun shining my dad use to say it meant the devil was beating his wife. This is from a good southern Baptist boy...no clue where he learned that!! (10.11.2011 10:30pm)
11) Kathleen: I'm so glad you say caramel and pecan correctly. Car'mel and Peecan make me want to slap somebody's mama. (10.11.2011 10:35pm)
12) Claire: On behalf of all Australians, you definitely do have an accent. We're the ones without accents. Also - buggy? Hilarious. (10.11.2011 10:50pm)
13) Nicole: Okay - I'm going to give my answers and only because I'm from Pittsburgh, PA and you pretty much wouldn't understand anything I said if I said those words. Here we call it Pittsburghese. Yes, it is real. (www.pittsburghese.com) 1. TP-ing 2. Potato Bug 3. Pop 4. Tenny Shoes 5. Yinz 6.Daddy Long Legs 7. Nonno / Nonna 8. Cart 9. Devil's Beating His Wife 10. Clicker / Remote Also, some other phrases: Being "nebby" is when someone is being nosy. Iron is pronounced "arn". Go to the website - you will be amused! (10.11.2011 10:51pm)
14) Christy: I've always called it a "sun shower" when it rains and the sun is shining. Too funny...loving the twang at the end there, Katie. (10.11.2011 11:13pm)
15) laurenbtrain: Ha! I love Chris! He is fab! In other news, I am glad you drink Pepsi - my husband works for them and so keep on drinkin on!! I posted my vlog here but totally look like a dweeb compared to you! Thanks for sharing :D (10.11.2011 11:21pm)
16) Whitney: I loved this!! We call it tee-peeing somone's house when you wrap it I. Toilet paper! I also did plenty of this with my Hubby growing up and look forward to taking my twin boys to dO their friend's homes when they get older. Here in Oklahoma we say y'all when addressing a group of people! Night y'all! (10.11.2011 11:24pm)
17) Stephanie @ Blonde Highlights: You had my heart when you said New Orleans correctly and rolling!!!! Loved this!! Xoxo (10.12.2011 12:01am)
18) Talia: Oh my goodness. I'm from Australia- such strange answers!! :-P Haha. I have no idea what the first two questions even are!! And we call it a Sunshower when it's raining and the sun is shining! Funny. :-D (10.12.2011 06:13am)
19) Jo: I did one of these a while ago... http://chickensandbees.blogspot.com/2011/05/vlog-dialect-game.html (10.12.2011 07:13am)
20) Lisa: In Texas we say the Devil is beating his wife when it's raining and the sun is shining. (10.12.2011 07:30am)
21) Ruth MacKenzie: Hi Katie & Chris, This is the first time I've commented on one of your blog posts but I've been following your blog for awhile now and absolutely love it! This video was super cute and kinda funny :) Made me laugh, I'm from Prince Edward Island, Canada so let's just say we have some strange ways of saying words haha (10.12.2011 08:43am)
22) Cdawg: THANK YOU it's always "Coke"! From Texas originally, currently living in Minnesota, where everyone calls it "pop". BLASPHEMY. (10.12.2011 09:44am)
23) Rebecca: What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining? A sun shower! (10.12.2011 09:58am)
24) Katy @ MonsterProof: How odd, I agreed with most of the words' pronunciation, but almost none of your answers. And, "sun shower" for me. :) (10.12.2011 10:05am)
25) Bec: I grew up in Wisconsin and now live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and though you may not have a traditional southern accent, you definitely talk differently than we do in the Midwest. Things we say different are: caramel, pecan, coupon..and i've never heard of "rolling" it's TP'ing here, and what the heck is a roly poly and a buggy?! LOL. And of course the whole Coke thing is nonexistent here. It's pop or soda. Fun stuff though. (10.12.2011 10:07am)
26) Kimberly @ The Sparks Life: Haha...so funny. I called it TPing it when you toilet paper someone's house. And I have no clue what the rain and sunshine question is either. (10.12.2011 11:07am)
27) Courtney: I loved this. You guys says route funny I think. And it's pecan, not peecan. I actually said "hi chris" like he could hear me. Not weird at all right? (10.12.2011 04:46pm)
28) Grandma: Ancient but goodies: 1. Roll the house 2. Roly-poly3.cola4.tennis shoes5.Ladies & Gentlemen6.Granddaddy Longlegs 7. Ma&Granddaddy8.buggy9.Devil beating his wife10.Remote (10.12.2011 05:59pm)
29) liz@carpeseason: That was great! I am an ESL teacher, so dialect is right up my alley. I say route like rowt and caramel like car-mel. I also Tee-Pee a house, drink pop, and wear gym shoes. And buggy? That's hilarious. We use carts in Minnesota :) Check out the book "Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the U.S." by Bill Bryson. It's hilarious. (10.12.2011 06:54pm)
30) Jenna@CallHerHappy: Love this idea! I might have to link back to that! Also, you sounds like you are from Michigan because you sound just like me (minus buggy, coke and rolling...i say shopping cart, pop and TPing) (10.12.2011 09:49pm)
31) Olivia @ Crossing Bridges: Raining when the sun is out is called the devil beating his wife! Y'all sound surprisingly un-Southern for some Floridians. I just might have to do this one of these days when I have nothing else to blog about... (10.12.2011 09:54pm)
32) vanessa un-southern floridan: 1. T-PEEING 2. ROLY POLY 3. SODA 4. SNEAKERS (idk) 5. Ladies & gentlemen (formal) hey guys (informal) 6. daddy longlegs 7. abuela & abuelo 8. cart 9. sun shower 10. remote control (10.12.2011 10:28pm)
33) Rue: I'm from Texas and have lived here all my life except for the one year I lived in Michigan - boy did they talk weird! Anyway here we go... 1. Rolling or TPing 2. Roly poly 3. Coke 4. Tennis shoes 5. Hey y'all 6. Daddy longlegs 7. Grandma and Grandpa (though I call one of my grandpas Poppy - my cousin started it) 8. Buggy 9. OMG IT'S RAININ'! 10. Remote (10.13.2011 06:27pm)
34) Apple Salad and Accent Meme | Sometimes I "Veg": [...] when Marriage Confessions posted a vlog accent meme (that she got from Whitney) I decided to join in on the fun too. This isn’t a great video by [...] (10.13.2011 10:55pm)
35) Miriam @ Sometimes I Veg: I think people's accents come out more in context, like when sentences are read. I actually feel sad sometimes that some of the regional accents seem to be going away. (10.14.2011 01:29pm)
36) Carlene: We have all the same answers...yay for Pensacola girls! (10.14.2011 11:53pm)
37) shannon p: What do you call it when it's raining and the sun is shining? Answer: "The devil and his wife are fightin"! in a Southern Accent...haha All of my grandparents and great grandparents used to say this! :) (10.15.2011 04:39pm)
38) Amy: I can't believe I just did this- http://www.mylifeasacake.com/2011/10/so-apparently-i-do-video-now.html The things you make me do! (10.16.2011 07:33am)
39) Kat @ living like the kings: love love love love love! I did one too! (10.18.2011 10:06am)
40) Niki: I did this at my blog a while back. Only I hate the way I look in pictures and video, so the camera isn't pointed at me. Haha. http://1seakell.blogspot.com/2011/02/accent-meme.html 1. TPing 2. Roly poly 3. Soda or drink 4. Tennis shoes 5. Y'all 6. Grand daddy long legs 7. Grandma and Grandpa 8. Buggy 9. I don't call it anything 10. Remote. (10.20.2011 12:45am)
41) Chloe: What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house? Naughty What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball? Gross What is the bubbly carbonated drink called? Fizzy What do you call gym shoes? Trainers What do you say to address a group of people? Hey guys What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs? Daddy long legs What do you call your grandparents? Granny and Grandad What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket? Trolley What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining? Sun shower What is the thing you use to change the TV channel? Remote (02.02.2012 02:53pm)