I'm moving to Texas....
and as a linguist....there is just....so much that I'm going to pick up on.....oh, man....idioms...phrases, sociolinguistic local identities....phonetic and phonological stuff....different vowel qualities....different intonations.... freaking...WOW.
after getting used to the western Canadian stuff....with shibboleths such as....the way they say, 'pasta'...and 'been'....and the way they say, 'Zed' for Z. :) I mean.....really...only Americans say, "ZEE" for Z. :) so, whenever I spelled out my daughter's name here in Canada....I would be identified as American right away. :)
they had this weird- i mean, not super weird, because....really...what IS weird?
but anyway...this agreement intonation that sounded almost condescending that I had to get used to....because....really...it wasn't condescending...and then....living in Canada...I started picking it up....
or the way they say "I'm done dinner". Or "I'm done that"....(sans preposition...with) both of my kids do this.....
and now...moving to Texas....man! it is going to be....awesome.
and of course...
the kids will start picking up all this new stuff quickly....little sponges...and will sound local in no time at all.
and yeah....more about the move coming up....soon.
peace and love...and Texas, y'all. I'm going to try not to think about water moccasins....
the deadliest thing I deal with in Canada is a wasp (on many different levels, HA! i kid)
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