Things we do to fit in"When I was fifteen," writes No3L, "I curled up in a Budgens trolley while someone pushed it through the supermarket doors to nick vodka and Benny Hedgehogs, just to hang out with my brother and his mates."
What have you done to fit in?
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chthonic, Thu 15 Jan 2009, 12:30)
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AccentsI'm from Texas(yes I can ride a horse, yes I have guns) and every time I travel either in the US or else where no one can tell where I'm from by my accent. All my friends that were born here in Texas have no accent at all.
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Of course you have an accentIt's called the hick accent, or the "Ah dun shot me a squirrul!!" accent.
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jim_bob can herd cats., Tue 20 Jan 2009, 8:50,
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In Texas?I thought that was supposed to be more Alabama and that sort of region than Texas?
I mean based strictly on people at work (along with Simpsons parodies and people I've briefly met in pubs / shops), Texans don't seem to have a "hick" accent.
*Accepts he may be wrong due to Englishness*
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uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Tue 20 Jan 2009, 10:11,
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As far as I knowIt's anywhere south of the Mason Dixie line...
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jim_bob can herd cats., Tue 20 Jan 2009, 18:19,
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