Cubby came to our office the other day to provide some comedy relief for our co-workers. He is V.E.R.Y. animated these days and is absolutely hilarious. While he was running around like a wild child, one of our sales guys (who has a pretty thick southern accent) said:
"Dij y'all know u's raizin a Russian rayd-nayek?!"
In case you need help with that, the official translation is - "Did you all know you're raising a Russian redneck?!"
We hadn't thought about it much, but now that he brought it up, Cubby does seem to have a bit of a "twang" goin on these days. Here's a small sample, but trust me the list is pretty long:
Hay-uhnd (hand)
Pay-uhnts (pants)
Ay-unt (ant)
Bay-ugh (bag)
Nay-eel (nail)
Bay-ed (bed)
Thang (thing)
Gee-tar (guitar)
And the one I love the most:
I reckon!
Are you kidding me?! What 2 year old says "I reckon"? I just about fell over the first time he said that. The majority of the teachers at his daycare do have an accent, which must be where he's picking this up. I think it's adorable and am just wondering if it's time to introduce him to grits?! Yum!
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as soon as he says that he is 'fixin to do something' he is officially a southerner. :)
How about using Ya'll! Ron had an assistant in Russia that actually went to school in Alabama and she would say Ya'll.
One time last year, we were if we thought our daughter would have an accent when she started talking. DH said "Yeah, a 'Southern' accent!" BTW, our Russian Southern Belle LOVES grits! Ya'll just don't know what you're missing ;0)
Guess I should have previewed my comment before posting. I meant to say "...we were ASKED if..."
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