British vs American English
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America is a huge country, we have many dialects.
I live in the South. Because I am originally from California, I do not carry a Southern accent, but many of my peers do.
They use a very.. limited vocabulary. Some of the words they use as vocal fillers, or just to add some southern drawl to their sentences are:
yall
dadgum
dang
goin'
go to hell in a hand basket
goteem' (pronounced "got - eeem"
Bless his/her heart
heavens to betsy
goodness
well, I’ll be
thingamajigger
hog wild
slap you silly
hotter than hell
up and at ’em
(throwing) a hissy fit
hush up (because "shut up" is too politically incorrect, evidently)
yert (idk wtf this word is from, but it means "hey")
you ain’t right
little miss priss
dingus
I reckon
Fixin's (talking about food)

These are about all I can think of for now, but that about sums up the South's vocabulary
(by the way, I didn't google these, they are all from my experience living in Nashville for 11 years)
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British vs American English - by Himalaya Eater - 04-29-2015, 05:20 PM
RE: British vs American English - by aviator - 04-29-2015, 05:38 PM
RE: British vs American English - by konsta - 04-29-2015, 05:40 PM
RE: British vs American English - by GRiiM - 04-29-2015, 05:42 PM
RE: British vs American English - by kakcraft - 04-29-2015, 05:44 PM
RE: British vs American English - by konsta - 04-29-2015, 05:52 PM
RE: British vs American English - by Chech - 04-29-2015, 06:19 PM
RE: British vs American English - by Chech - 04-29-2015, 06:20 PM
RE: British vs American English - by Ms. Mudpie - 04-29-2015, 06:34 PM
RE: British vs American English - by James_Gaff - 04-29-2015, 06:42 PM
RE: British vs American English - by Enzyme - 04-29-2015, 11:42 PM
RE: British vs American English - by Preditor - 04-30-2015, 12:17 AM
RE: British vs American English - by Ms. Mudpie - 04-30-2015, 02:02 AM
RE: British vs American English - by equal - 04-30-2015, 02:20 AM
RE: British vs American English - by Matrix_ - 04-30-2015, 02:28 AM
RE: British vs American English - by yarrrs - 04-30-2015, 03:35 AM
RE: British vs American English - by Bowiii - 04-30-2015, 05:22 PM
RE: British vs American English - by Michael - 04-30-2015, 05:37 PM
RE: British vs American English - by Marty - 04-30-2015, 06:17 PM
RE: British vs American English - by SirCrow - 05-01-2015, 02:53 AM
RE: British vs American English - by Safira - 05-01-2015, 04:01 AM
RE: British vs American English - by kakcraft - 05-01-2015, 09:46 AM
RE: British vs American English - by Cujo - 05-03-2015, 11:12 PM

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