Topic: Lynching Cain

[BMG]

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57322894-503544/poll-cain-tops-3-way-race-with-romney-gingrich/

Yeah I know - it's just a poll (and a CBS one at that!) and the only poll that matters is the one at the voting booth. Still, just because polls aren't reliable doesn't mean that they should just be dismissed out-of-hand. They still have some value. The value I see in this one: CBS shows Cain still ahead in the Republican field...if CBS can't fudge the numbers enough to make him look really bad then that's saying something!

In the Republican race for the presidential nomination, Newt Gingrich's support continues to slowly grow, and he is now tied with Mitt Romney for second place, while Herman Cain just edges both of them out for the top spot. Both Cain and Romney have lost support since late October.

[Libertas]

The lies aren't working.  And that's a good thing.

[BigAlSouth]

The southern accent has to be one of the finest pieces of human camouflage known to man, causing opponents to misunderestimate the intellect behind it. 

Only a Southerner can successfully use the phrase, with all due respect, with such charming condescension that the object of the point thinks he has received the highest of complements.

[Pandora]

The southern accent has to be one of the finest pieces of human camouflage known to man, causing opponents to misunderestimate the intellect behind it. 

Only a Southerner can successfully use the phrase, with all due respect, with such charming condescension that the object of the point thinks he has received the highest of complements.

Just so.

Now, if you would do me the service of instructing on "well, bless yore heart", I'd be appreciative.  One Southerner informs me this is never meant well, similar to "with all due respect", when said to a non-Southerner.  Another contradicts the first and avers it is not said when it is not heartfelt.  I'm cornfused.

[Alphabet Soup]

The southern accent has to be one of the finest pieces of human camouflage known to man, causing opponents to misunderestimate the intellect behind it. 

Only a Southerner can successfully use the phrase, with all due respect, with such charming condescension that the object of the point thinks he has received the highest of complements.

Just so.

Now, if you would do me the service of instructing on "well, bless yore heart", I'd be appreciative.  One Southerner informs me this is never meant well, similar to "with all due respect", when said to a non-Southerner.  Another contradicts the first and avers it is not said when it is not heartfelt.  I'm cornfused.

On some forums where the only indication of my background is what state I live in, I've been told that (usually by females). I'm not supposed to know that I'm being insulted and have gotten some very interesting reactions when I play it back on them ("Hmmm, does he mean "bless yore heart" sincerely or does he mean "bless yore heart" facetiously?) 

[Glock32]

It can be a sincere expression of empathy with another person's travails, or it can be a demure form of sarcasm, i.e. "I'm going to be optimistic here and give you the benefit of the doubt that just maybe you were born mildly retarded". It's all in the context. I've usually only heard the expression from older women and in those cases it was used affectionately.

The first key to understanding the Southern accent/vernacular is to recognize that there is no the Southern accent. It's like the British accent in that it has innumerable local and regional variations. Linguists have long been fascinated with it because the Southern speech pattern preserved many elements of 17th-18th Century English.

[Libertas]

Damn Yankee's, now they done messed up our language!

 

[Pandora]

It can be a sincere expression of empathy with another person's travails, or it can be a demure form of sarcasm, i.e. "I'm going to be optimistic here and give you the benefit of the doubt that just maybe you were born mildly retarded". It's all in the context. I've usually only heard the expression from older women and in those cases it was used affectionately.

The first key to understanding the Southern accent/vernacular is to recognize that there is no the Southern accent. It's like the British accent in that it has innumerable local and regional variations. Linguists have long been fascinated with it because the Southern speech pattern preserved many elements of 17th-18th Century English.

Thank you for the information.

One thing I AM clear on is there is no THE Southern accent.  I had a man tell me just yesterday that folks here in NC think he's from Texas (because of his accent) when he's from West Virginia.

[AlanS]

Where does coon-ass fit into the picture?

[charlesoakwood]

Where does coon-ass fit into the picture?

A coon-ass fits in a pirogue. 

[BigAlSouth]

From the BAS "Southern Fried Dictionary":

Well, bless your heart! Meaning: "Well now, you really are an effin moron, aren't you?"

[Predator Don]

When my moma says "Well bless your heart" to a family whose kids went off to git there schoolin and come back inundated with the liberal gene...It is a form of sympathy.....When she says it to the kids, it is in the form of you are a stupid dumbass.


Btw, there is no southern accent.

[Pandora]

From the BAS "Southern Fried Dictionary":

Well, bless your heart! Meaning: "Well now, you really are an effin moron, aren't you?"

That's about the size of it.

[Pandora]

When my moma says "Well bless your heart" to a family whose kids went off to git there schoolin and come back inundated with the liberal gene...It is a form of sympathy.....When she says it to the kids, it is in the form of you are a stupid dumbass.


Btw, there is no southern accent.

No, 'course not.  No nawthun accent either, cawfeecawfeecawfee.

I'm just waiting for the chance, next time I'm up north, to ask someone to "mash" the elevator button.  Just tickles 'em to dayuth.

[Predator Don]

When my moma says "Well bless your heart" to a family whose kids went off to git there schoolin and come back inundated with the liberal gene...It is a form of sympathy.....When she says it to the kids, it is in the form of you are a stupid dumbass.


Btw, there is no southern accent.

No, 'course not.  No nawthun accent either, cawfeecawfeecawfee.

I'm just waiting for the chance, next time I'm up north, to ask someone to "mash" the elevator button.  Just tickles 'em to dayuth.

And I can't wait to hear the next northerner ask for a "pop"........ Or when they get cornbread with thier meal, they say " oh, I didn't know this came with pancakes, I need some syrup.

[John Florida]

When my moma says "Well bless your heart" to a family whose kids went off to git there schoolin and come back inundated with the liberal gene...It is a form of sympathy.....When she says it to the kids, it is in the form of you are a stupid dumbass.


Btw, there is no southern accent.

No, 'course not.  No nawthun accent either, cawfeecawfeecawfee.

I'm just waiting for the chance, next time I'm up north, to ask someone to "mash" the elevator button.  Just tickles 'em to dayuth.

And I can't wait to hear the next northerner ask for a "pop"........ Or when they get cornbread with thier meal, they say " oh, I didn't know this came with pancakes, I need some syrup.

 Some of us call it soda.

[Predator Don]

When my moma says "Well bless your heart" to a family whose kids went off to git there schoolin and come back inundated with the liberal gene...It is a form of sympathy.....When she says it to the kids, it is in the form of you are a stupid dumbass.


Btw, there is no southern accent.

No, 'course not.  No nawthun accent either, cawfeecawfeecawfee.

I'm just waiting for the chance, next time I'm up north, to ask someone to "mash" the elevator button.  Just tickles 'em to dayuth.

And I can't wait to hear the next northerner ask for a "pop"........ Or when they get cornbread with thier meal, they say " oh, I didn't know this came with pancakes, I need some syrup.

 Some of us call it soda.

Soda? So what does the Mcdonalds employee hand you out the drive thru?

[AlanS]

Where does coon-ass fit into the picture?

A coon-ass fits in a pirogue. 

Good call. You do know you stick out in a crowd now just for knowing the word pirogue?

[charlesoakwood]

Aw Alan, I feel a song comin' on:

Hank Williams - Jambalaya (on the Bayou)


At the end,  check out that babe.

[John Florida]

When my moma says "Well bless your heart" to a family whose kids went off to git there schoolin and come back inundated with the liberal gene...It is a form of sympathy.....When she says it to the kids, it is in the form of you are a stupid dumbass.


Btw, there is no southern accent.

No, 'course not.  No nawthun accent either, cawfeecawfeecawfee.

I'm just waiting for the chance, next time I'm up north, to ask someone to "mash" the elevator button.  Just tickles 'em to dayuth.

And I can't wait to hear the next northerner ask for a "pop"........ Or when they get cornbread with thier meal, they say " oh, I didn't know this came with pancakes, I need some syrup.

 Some of us call it soda.

Soda? So what does the Mcdonalds employee hand you out the drive thru?

 Root Beer@!