- She tells me that she went "pee pee" instead of "tea tea"*
- When I say, "Eden..." She replies, "What!" (with attitude) instead of "M'am?" (with deference)**
*I don't understand it but all nurses out here (and probably others I just only have this conversation with nurses) call it "tea tea" instead of "pee." For example, today I had my yearly (oh the fun!) and the nurse said, "did you tea tea yet?" I (not being southern) said, "what?" After three tries she finally said, "did you urinate?" "Oh" I said. (It has been a while since I've heard it and I totally forgot that is what they call it.)
**The children here are so very polite. One of my friends (a transplant as well) received a note from her son's teacher. It told her that he needed to "work on his m'ams."
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You've got to love living in the South! My girls have picked right up on the Southern twang and slang. I still can't believe how some words come out of their mouths...if it wasn't so cute I have a harder time tolerating it!
Maybe in the south, they do the same kind of thing with it that they apparently do in California:
http://failblog.org/2009/01/14/appetizing-drink-fail/
I can't stand the ma'ams! They drive me nuts. I don't know why, I just didn't like it. Maybe it was the subserviant tone it brought. ick.
Another thing...When Nate was learning to read in Kindergarten the teacher insisted that "the" be pronounced "thee" so he still reads it that way even though I correct the poor guy all the time. But how hick does this sound? Thee dog ran to thee house to get thee bone. Again, ick!
Actually, that sounds a bit upper-crusty, not hick-y
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