Have any of you ever had different dialects adopted into your own?

The legendary VGF.com Misc forum for general and random topics. Please introduce yourself upon joining.

Moderator: Heroine of the Dragon

User avatar
Valigarmander
Member
Member
Posts: 51366
Joined: Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:22 pm
Location: World -1
Has thanked: 119 times
Been thanked: 508 times
Contact:

Have any of you ever had different dialects adopted into your own?

#1

Post by Valigarmander » Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:50 pm

I've started noticing how often I've been saying "mang" recently.

Other words like "mate" or "comrade" have been introduced into my regular vocabulary somehow, too. I've also noticed that after studying Japanese for a year I've involuntarily been mixing an L sound in with my R's.

Odd, mang. Share your own personal experiences.

User avatar
Calamity Panfan
Member
Member
Posts: 35186
Joined: Wed Jun 08, 2005 1:00 am
Location: all posters post posts
Has thanked: 124 times
Been thanked: 549 times

#2

Post by Calamity Panfan » Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:11 pm

I've been using the word "bollocks" a lot lately.
and that's the waaaaaaaaaay the news goes

User avatar
Apollo the Just
Member
Member
Posts: 16253
Joined: Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:37 pm
Location: Piccolo is Gohan's Real Dad
Has thanked: 222 times
Been thanked: 350 times
Contact:

#3

Post by Apollo the Just » Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:08 pm

I say 'fudgesicle' instead of the other, worse word that is generally censored that begins with the same letter. In fact, I don't think I've said the other word at ALL since I've adapted this. xD

I'm sure there are others that I'm forgetting as well.
I believe in second chances, and that's why I believe in you.

User avatar
CaptHayfever
Supermod
Supermod
Posts: 40591
Joined: Tue Jul 16, 2002 1:00 am
Location: (n) - the place where I am
Has thanked: 1203 times
Been thanked: 795 times
Contact:

#4

Post by CaptHayfever » Sat Apr 19, 2008 8:02 pm

I splice expressions and words from other dialects and languages into my own speech all the bleeding time. I'm shiny with it, but some people have to barbie me about it as though I've given the black spot.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Dr. Furball
Member
Member
Posts: 1262
Joined: Fri Nov 07, 2003 2:00 am
Location: The Twilight Zone
Contact:

#5

Post by Dr. Furball » Sat Apr 19, 2008 9:41 pm

I don't think I have, but my dad found himself ending his sentences with "eh" a lot once he started dating his Canadian girlfriend.
Formerly Dr.Donez\'sApprentice.

User avatar
S1x
Member
Member
Posts: 9993
Joined: Mon Jul 23, 2001 1:00 am
Location: Loading......
Been thanked: 21 times

#6

Post by S1x » Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:50 pm

A close friend of mine is English.

I've ended up saying "bloody" more than I've realized.
This is a block of text that can be added to posts you make. There is a 200 character limit.

User avatar
Gumchum
Member
Member
Posts: 10151
Joined: Wed Jan 26, 2000 2:00 am
Location: 'MURICA
Has thanked: 1 time

#7

Post by Gumchum » Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:11 am

Some people say I talk with a Chicago accent, but I grew up about three hours from there. Other than that, I have a habit of calling girls "love." Sort of a Cap'n Jack kind of thing, savvy?

User avatar
Deepfake
Member
Member
Posts: 41808
Joined: Sun Aug 18, 2002 1:00 am
Location: Enough. My tilde has tired and shall take its leave of you.
Has thanked: 107 times
Been thanked: 47 times
Contact:

#8

Post by Deepfake » Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:41 am

I am the father of my own dialect.
I muttered 'light as a board, stiff as a feather' for 2 days straight and now I've ascended, ;aughing at olympus and zeus is crying

User avatar
Kalinka
Member
Member
Posts: 90
Joined: Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:21 am
Location: Europa

#9

Post by Kalinka » Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:10 am

My language dialect is kind of screwed up.

It's like a mix of British, American, and Canadian.

But that's because I go to an International School, with lots of Canadians and Australians. And our Head of Secondary is Scottish. xD

I find myself saying "bloody" and "eh" alot. And sometimes, "no" or "yes" at the end of a sentence.

User avatar
Apiary Tazy
Member
Member
Posts: 29598
Joined: Thu Sep 14, 2000 1:00 am
Location: Flipping a Switch
Has thanked: 41 times
Been thanked: 173 times
Contact:

#10

Post by Apiary Tazy » Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:14 pm

I've found that I use "Boyo" alot.

Other than that......meh.

User avatar
Rainbow Dash
Member
Member
Posts: 25503
Joined: Sat Jan 20, 2001 2:00 am
Contact:

#11

Post by Rainbow Dash » Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:20 pm

I've added -o or -a to the end of words before. Curse you, Spanish.

User avatar
LOOT
Banned
Posts: 22937
Joined: Mon May 28, 2001 1:00 am
Location: full time jail

#12

Post by LOOT » Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:59 pm

We have no accents in the Dakotas. We're too busy whipping the buffalo during the eleven months of snow. The other month we're farming that corn you damned city folks take for granted.

User avatar
CaptHayfever
Supermod
Supermod
Posts: 40591
Joined: Tue Jul 16, 2002 1:00 am
Location: (n) - the place where I am
Has thanked: 1203 times
Been thanked: 795 times
Contact:

#13

Post by CaptHayfever » Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:05 pm

^The question was dialects, not accents. Vocabulary, not pronunciation.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

User avatar
Bomby
Member
Member
Posts: 23009
Joined: Sun Jun 04, 2000 1:00 am
Location: Little Forest
Has thanked: 21 times
Been thanked: 51 times
Contact:

#14

Post by Bomby » Mon Apr 21, 2008 3:18 pm

Learning Chinese along with spending many years listening to hip hop and Britpop have given me the strangest accent you could ever imagine.

I have NEVER had a Wisconsin accent, however.

User avatar
Kil'jaeden
Member
Member
Posts: 3878
Joined: Thu May 08, 2003 1:00 am
Location: in your mind
Been thanked: 2 times

#15

Post by Kil'jaeden » Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:44 pm

Valigarmander wrote:I've started noticing how often I've been saying "mang" recently.

Other words like "mate" or "comrade" have been introduced into my regular vocabulary somehow, too. I've also noticed that after studying Japanese for a year I've involuntarily been mixing an L sound in with my R's.

Odd, mang. Share your own personal experiences.
I've studied Japanese about 4 years and I do the same. Weird, isn't it?
The man who is blind, deaf,and silent lives in peace.

User avatar
Booyakasha
Supermod
Supermod
Posts: 21672
Joined: Tue Nov 07, 2000 2:00 am
Location: Wisconsinland
Has thanked: 443 times
Been thanked: 2081 times

#16

Post by Booyakasha » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:20 pm

Not really. The Southeast Wisconsin dialect suits me right down to the ground--and anyway, I don't really hear many screwball bits of dialect, aside from when my Iowagian cousins are in town and one of them says something about 'drinking fountains' or 'bottles of pop'. Weird kids.

As far as accent goes...well, I didn't know I had one until everyone and his grandmother started guessing I was from Ireland/the South/Canada/Boston/who knows where the hell all else.
boo--------------a real american weirdo

Rayman FREAK
Member
Member
Posts: 4042
Joined: Thu Jul 05, 2001 1:00 am
Location: Behind the curtain. Pay me no attention.

#17

Post by Rayman FREAK » Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:14 am

Not exactly what the topic title means I don't think, but I have a habit of slightly imitating the person I'm speaking to, without even thinking about it at all. I'm not sure how noticeable it is to those people, but I notice it more often than not. Anybody else have this habit?

User avatar
Metal Man
Member
Member
Posts: 17964
Joined: Sun Apr 23, 2000 1:00 am
Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here
Contact:

#18

Post by Metal Man » Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:20 am

I've picked up some Southwestern accents from driving around everywhere (think 50% southern, 50% no accent) but I don't use it unless I wanna be weird.
Super Smash Quest: Fighting evil since 2002.

User avatar
Calamity Panfan
Member
Member
Posts: 35186
Joined: Wed Jun 08, 2005 1:00 am
Location: all posters post posts
Has thanked: 124 times
Been thanked: 549 times

#19

Post by Calamity Panfan » Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:27 am

Booyakasha wrote:Not really. The Southeast Wisconsin dialect suits me right down to the ground--and anyway, I don't really hear many screwball bits of dialect, aside from when my Iowagian cousins are in town and one of them says something about 'drinking fountains' or 'bottles of pop'. Weird kids.
I usually say 'drinking fountains', but 'bubbler' is extremely fun to say.
and that's the waaaaaaaaaay the news goes

User avatar
Vapor
Member
Member
Posts: 5156
Joined: Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:00 am
Location: WHERE IT'S AT
Contact:

#20

Post by Vapor » Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:20 am

I've been using "Bloody" for some time now.
Also "Snapadoodle".

Post Reply