Pretending to be Southern

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m from the Deep South. I would recognize a fake accent and fake speech pattern and wonder what was wrong with the speaker. Tell your DH he isn’t fooling anyone. You don’t become southern. A cat could have kittens in an oven but it wouldn’t make them biscuits.

+100

OP, there's some underlying issue with all of this. And why the fixation on the south in particular though?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This must be a troll. I don't understand this at all.

I don't know anyone who says cookout. It's BBQ. But I'm from TX, not the South, so maybe it's different there but never heard that.

I will say that while I have hints of Texas-isms in my speech I don't force that on my kids. My kids speak like they're from NOVA, which is how it should be. How odd.

Oh, man, you'd be surprised. And people pick the most idiosyncratic stuff to say about themselves. I saw it play out just yesterday. I have a coworker like OP's husband. Ultimate social climber, told everyone that their family owns all the oilfields in N. America. Another coworker overheard and nearly spit out her coffee; turns out she grew up with this person, and their family definitely doesn't own oilfields. Quite a histrionic type and someone to stay away from.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This must be a troll. I don't understand this at all.

I don't know anyone who says cookout. It's BBQ. But I'm from TX, not the South, so maybe it's different there but never heard that.

I will say that while I have hints of Texas-isms in my speech I don't force that on my kids. My kids speak like they're from NOVA, which is how it should be. How odd.

Pssst Texas is the South.

OP, it sounds like a mental disorder.

[Anonymous]

I’m from northern VA. One of my childhood friends went to UNC and she came back for winter break with a full on southern accent and a love of country music. It was so weird (she joined a sorority so I guess it was like a Southern Immersion Program or something!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This must be a troll. I don't understand this at all.

I don't know anyone who says cookout. It's BBQ. But I'm from TX, not the South, so maybe it's different there but never heard that.

I will say that while I have hints of Texas-isms in my speech I don't force that on my kids. My kids speak like they're from NOVA, which is how it should be. How odd.

Pssst Texas is the South.

OP, it sounds like a mental disorder.

Texas is the south or west or plains depending on the part of the state. Houston is definitely the south, but El Paso and Amarillo are definitely not Southern

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This must be a troll. I don't understand this at all.

I don't know anyone who says cookout. It's BBQ. But I'm from TX, not the South, so maybe it's different there but never heard that.

I will say that while I have hints of Texas-isms in my speech I don't force that on my kids. My kids speak like they're from NOVA, which is how it should be. How odd.

Pssst Texas is the South.

OP, it sounds like a mental disorder.

Texas is absolutely not the south.

[Anonymous]

My neither is like this too. We are not white, and he lives in a primarily white town. My best guess is he does this to fit in more. But it's not code switching because he never turns it off. His accent is not like any of his siblings and and he just just does not act in all the way he grew up, which is upper middle class New England

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd go all in. Get yourself some of those old fashioned Southern Belle dresses, complete with parasol and giant hat, adopt a Southern accent, and talk only in Southern phrases. Keep at it all day, every day until he gives in.

Also, own some people and commit treason.

[Anonymous]

I would just say to him, loudly and in a thick Southern accent, "Why, Rhett, everyone here knows you're from Pennsylvania!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd go all in. Get yourself some of those old fashioned Southern Belle dresses, complete with parasol and giant hat, adopt a Southern accent, and talk only in Southern phrases. Keep at it all day, every day until he gives in.

Also, own some people and commit treason.

that's probably hard, but a lawn jockey and a trump won 2020 at least get the intention

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This must be a troll. I don't understand this at all.

I don't know anyone who says cookout. It's BBQ. But I'm from TX, not the South, so maybe it's different there but never heard that.

I will say that while I have hints of Texas-isms in my speech I don't force that on my kids. My kids speak like they're from NOVA, which is how it should be. How odd.

Pssst Texas is the South.

OP, it sounds like a mental disorder.

Texas is absolutely not the south.

It is. As is Northern VA and DC! TX may not be considered the deep south but definitely THE SOUTH, I may even let you go with Southwest which still starts with South.

https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/maps/reference/us_regdiv.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would just say to him, loudly and in a thick Southern accent, "Why, Rhett, everyone here knows you're from Pennsylvania!"

Hah! This is a great one. Definitely do this, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DH insists that we raise our children to speak like they are southern. I love the south and the southern culture, but we live in Northern Virginia. People don't speak that way here. My DH is just a poser. Whenever I am telling a story or visiting with other moms, my DH will interrupt me to correct a term I use if it isn't southern. For example, if I refer to a BBQ, he steps in and says "cook out". If I use the word "mom", he steps in and says "momma". All the flipping time. I should add he was raised is rural Pennsylvania and no one else in his family uses southern terms. I have progressed from giving him the evil eye to telling him how unattractive his behavior is and that enough is enough. Bless his heart!

Rant over.

You sound like someone fun to live with … may I refer you to the “affairs” conversation presently going on in another thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would just say to him, loudly and in a thick Southern accent, "Why, Rhett, everyone here knows you're from Pennsylvania!"

Hah! This is a great one. Definitely do this, OP.

Yep, humiliate the father of your children in front of them and everyone else. That sounds like a good plan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m from northern VA. One of my childhood friends went to UNC and she came back for winter break with a full on southern accent and a love of country music. It was so weird (she joined a sorority so I guess it was like a Southern Immersion Program or something!)

Sororities are not southern immersion programs dumbass.