Poor Hillary

[Cliff Timmons]

A galvanised Southern Belle. <grin>

http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/07/my-fair-lady-southern-style/

[LaRae]

:rolleyes: This reminds me of her 'plantation' comment she made last year.



LaRae

[Lavandula Girl]

Yeah - I saw the newscast of this on CNN. Pretty funny. To be fair, though, this Yankee has been know to drop a "y'all" or two since moving to Old Virginny. The only politician who's accent never changes at all is Cheney, and that's just because the manufacurers only put that one voice chip in at the cyborg factory.

[LaRae]

Well Hillary doesn't live in the south anymore, she's from the north originally and she lives in the north now so she's a yankee.

I guess she'll figure out that affecting a fake southern accent won't raise her poll numbers among southerners.


LaRae

[Lavandula Girl]

If Americans voted based on verbal skills, or lack thereof, I doubt Dubya would be in office! I truly hope that people will base their vote on something more substantive than whether a person (who by the way lived in Arkansas for about 20 years) twangs a bit in a speech. Personally, I wouldn't vote for her, but I didn't vote for that wordsmith we have in office, either. That opinion is based on the substance of the speech, not the regionality of the accent.

[LaRae]

If Americans voted based on verbal skills, or lack thereof, I doubt Dubya would be in office! I truly hope that people will base their vote on something more substantive than whether a person (who by the way lived in Arkansas for about 20 years) twangs a bit in a speech. Personally, I wouldn't vote for her, but I didn't vote for that wordsmith we have in office, either. That opinion is based on the substance of the speech, not the regionality of the accent.

I'm not talking about anyone voting on verbal skills. Nor am I talking about normal accents I'm talking about Hillary putting on a pretense.

Just because she lived in Ark. for 20 years does not make her a southerner ..and even then, the deep south is not the same as Ark, nor are the accents...and most southerners don't appreciate fake accents.




LaRae

[Rockhound]

Yup. Doesn't sound good on Hillary, doesn't sound good on Larry the cableguy.

[nordicnacho]

Well Hillary doesn't live in the south anymore, she's from the north originally and she lives in the north now so she's a yankee.

I guess she'll figure out that affecting a fake southern accent won't raise her poll numbers among southerners.


LaRae

Don't really think She believes she has a chance to win a Southern state Maybe Florida:D I mean Gore couldn't win his own state but sort of won Florida:( :( :rolleyes:

[Heirloom Seed Shop]

Just because she lived in Ark. for 20 years does not make her a southerner ..and even then, the deep south is not the same as Ark, nor are the accents...and most southerners don't appreciate fake accents. - LaRae


A true southerner can tell if it's a true southern accent. So, that being said, since I'm from deep Mississippi, that wasn't a true southern accent!!!

[johnsonjrbm]

I'm not talking about anyone voting on verbal skills. Nor am I talking about normal accents I'm talking about Hillary putting on a pretense.

Just because she lived in Ark. for 20 years does not make her a southerner ..and even then, the deep south is not the same as Ark, nor are the accents...and most southerners don't appreciate fake accents.


LaRae

Same for Dubya speaking with a Texas accent. He's a Connecticut carpetbagger, and the only Bush who affects that Texas drawl...

[LaRae]

Same for Dubya speaking with a Texas accent. He's a Connecticut carpetbagger, and the only Bush who affects that Texas drawl...


He doesn't sound like any Texan I know (and I know several from various regions in TX)...so I'm not sure when he uses the 'drawl' you are talking about.



LaRae

[johnsonjrbm]

Sorry, I should have put "drawl" in quotation marks, as it doesn't sound like a Texas accent to me either, but more like a Yankee trying to sound like a local.

Not that Hillary's is a whole lot better...

At Ole Miss, people from the Gulf Coast used to jokingly call us Yankees because some of us were from northern Mississippi. Of course, a lot of them didn't have a typical Southern accent themselves because of the New Orleans influence.

[nordicnacho]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm9Eb0IwZwI

[tsteven1]

Yarr, gardeners. I grew up a Yankee, and have been proud to live in Texas 30 years, and I talk like the sea captain on "The Simpsons." Yarr.

[G. Gordon Gumbo]

I grew up in the Mississippi Delta, then moved to Northern Virginia during high school. Even the old blue haired DAR types in Alexandria, Virginia couldn't understand me, so I had to work on morphing my accent to something a little more phonetically akin to "east coast southern."

By the time I went to East Carolina, I even had a little trouble understanding certain coloqualisms from Coastal Plainers. For the past 35 years, I've lived immediately across the Ohio River from Kentucky, and I can affirm the diversity of accents on each side of the Middle Border at least along this stretch is remarkable even among families whose members reside on both sides of the river and among longtime residents who originated on one side but moved to the other.

My point in all that is that accents change with time. Some change more quickly than others. Very few are immune to some evolution of nuance.

I'm not sure I understand the intent of the original post. I clicked on the link that said "Hillary Fakes a Southern Accent" and saw absolutely nothing within the 1:45 tape segment wherein Sen. Clinton appears to be "faking" a southern accent ... rather she seems to be employing a bit of stage flair while quoting an African/American author in an apparently successful delivery to an African/American audience.

What is it exactly that nearsighted folks don't understand about Bill and Hillary's obvious appeal with their African/American constituency? Or is it just political jealousy? Or is it neo-con assumption that Republicans somehow hold proprietary rights to ALL the Christian vote?

And when did it become verbatten to have a little fun at political events?

G3

[Lavandula Girl]

Well said, 3G.

[GeorgeSims]

Okay. I listened to the video clip. Where's the Southern accent?

[Cliff Timmons]

Okay. I listened to the video clip. Where's the southern accent?


<grin>

I grew up in Tennessee, North Carolina, Kansas, Oklahoma, Oregon now living in Missouri.

I have a drawl, twang, slur, accent thing going I guess.

[GeorgeSims]

I've lived in Louisiana for 55 years, and didn't notice a switch to a Southern accent--a bit more informal and loose in her delivery, perhaps, but no drawl.

[Eric]

I must laugh, first whats the big deal the lady got an education.

Secondly, ya'll lost the war, ya'll Yankee's too. Ya'll can move to another country if you don't like it. Or to Texas and try that succession thing again, I'm sure we'll let you this time. I promise.

[GeorgeSims]

We HAVE been living in another country. For 146 years now.

[Cliff Timmons]

I must laugh, first whats the big deal the lady got an education.

Secondly, ya'll lost the war, ya'll Yankee's too. Ya'll can move to another country if you don't like it. Or to Texas and try that succession thing again, I'm sure we'll let you this time. I promise.


Pssssssst, the war ain't over. <grin>

[Lavandula Girl]

Pssssssst, the war ain't over. <grin>

Oh, I already have my carpet bag ready for the next time we win! :D A friend took my Dad on a tour of Richmond a few years ago. He says with all those Confederate monuments, you all have a lovely tribute to second place there! (Oh, and I said all this with a good Connecticut accent, by the way... with my teeth firmly clenched, looking down my nose! hahahaha!)

[LaRae]

I must laugh, first whats the big deal the lady got an education.

Secondly, ya'll lost the war, ya'll Yankee's too. Ya'll can move to another country if you don't like it. Or to Texas and try that succession thing again, I'm sure we'll let you this time. I promise.

So speaks someone who hasn't a clue about the culture of the south. :rolleyes:


LaRae

[Cliff Timmons]

Oh, I already have my carpet bag ready for the next time we win! :D A friend took my Dad on a tour of Richmond a few years ago. He says with all those Confederate monuments, you all have a lovely tribute to second place there! (Oh, and I said all this with a good Connecticut accent, by the way... with my teeth firmly clenched, looking down my nose! hahahaha!)


Seeing how we have all the major military bases now, NASA, and Jeff Foxworthy, how can we loose. <grin>

[Lavandula Girl]

Sleeper cells of Yankee carpetbaggers... we've been in place among you for years.... your neighbors may appear to be good ol' boys, but it's only because we've adopted your mannerisms so well! :D

[Cliff Timmons]

That would explain my wife's actions over the years.

[GeorgeSims]

I think this guy just called me the "y-word".

[Cliff Timmons]

I think this guy just called me the "y-word".

Lordy I hope not. <yikes>

[tsteven1]

I did some of my best hunting/fishing in 'y' country.

[Cliff Timmons]

Well yeah.
They even have some cute girls up there, but you'd never want your Momma to find out you dated one. <grin>

[tsteven1]

My first love was Annie Wilson from the group 'Heart.' I haven't yet made it up to Seattle to marry her.

[johnsonjrbm]

I grew up in the South, visited the Northeast, and moved to Seattle.

Believe me, folks in Washington state aren't anything like those east-coasters...

[Cliff Timmons]

I used to live in Oregon.
The NorthEast is a whole nuther animal. <grin>

[tsteven1]

But like the post says.. poor billary

[johnsonjrbm]

Cliff - I know you're a big Hillary fan, so I apologize in advance if this offends you...:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h3G-lMZxjo&NR

[Cliff Timmons]

Just call me Laughing Boy.
I laugh at them all. <grin>

[tsteven1]

poor, poor billary.