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Contributor: Darling Jen Darling Jen
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Originally posted by BBW Talks Toys
I say "reckon" all the time.
Oh another good one!

How about "Bless her/his heart..."
03/03/2011
Contributor: BBW Talks Toys BBW Talks Toys
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Originally posted by Vaccinium
Do you pronounce it "sherbet" or "sherbert" [ha!, spell-check flagged the latter]
Libary versus library. And in the Midwest they say "Warsh" instead of wash and that.... oooohhhhhh

It's where the "R" in library goes when it feels dirty.
03/03/2011
Contributor: DeliciousSurprise DeliciousSurprise
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Originally posted by Darling Jen
WOAH! Yeah, I'm a bit older than you.

I know that the internet was "born" in '85 and so was I.
<~ 89er
03/03/2011
Contributor: BBW Talks Toys BBW Talks Toys
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Originally posted by Vaccinium
To be fair, my wife makes fun of me all the time for saying "fur" rather than "for".
I make fun of my best friend for saying Ole, instead of oil.
03/03/2011
Contributor: Gary Gary
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Originally posted by Darling Jen
Uh... wow. I'm not sure about us. I'll have to ask my folks.

Oh! Another southernism, I think! Folks = parents/family
I agree with that, however I say 'folks' all the time. I guess to me it more of a friendly way of addressing a group of people. It's an old timey thing from old cartoons & b&W comedies I suppose.
03/03/2011
Contributor: SexyTabby SexyTabby
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Originally posted by Darling Jen
WOAH! Yeah, I'm a bit older than you.

I know that the internet was "born" in '85 and so was I.
I can remember the school getting it's very first computer
03/03/2011
Contributor: DeliciousSurprise DeliciousSurprise
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Originally posted by SexyTabby
Yup, still have a bunch of them! Once cassettes came out I had a boom box lol great big one A walkman and an ipod aren't all that alike lol
oh man I had the bitchenest boom box ever; it was like a thousand years old when I inherited it but you could hear it from about 18 blocks away.
03/03/2011
Contributor: SexyTabby SexyTabby
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Originally posted by Gary
I agree with that, however I say 'folks' all the time. I guess to me it more of a friendly way of addressing a group of people. It's an old timey thing from old cartoons & b&W comedies I suppose.
yeah folks is just people not really parents to me too
03/03/2011
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
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Originally posted by SexyTabby
I can remember the school getting it's very first computer
Did you do "LOGO" back then. That was the first thing we did in school.
03/03/2011
Contributor: Darling Jen Darling Jen
Quote:
Originally posted by BBW Talks Toys
Libary versus library. And in the Midwest they say "Warsh" instead of wash and that.... oooohhhhhh

It's where the "R" in library goes when it feels dirty.
Hehehe I grew up saying "lie-berry" and then corrected myself when I was about in middle school. I really began the semi-conscious decision to speak standard American English then.

And instead of saying "roof" my dad pronounces it "ruff". Hehehe. That's the soutner/Appalachian side of my family.
03/03/2011
Contributor: BBW Talks Toys BBW Talks Toys
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Originally posted by Darling Jen
Hehe don't worry. You're not showing your age too badly. I remember growing up and using a rotary phone:

And using the card catalog at libraries before computers logged the books. But then, I grew up poor and in a poor area. ... more
My grandparents had a rotary phone until they up and left Virginia. 5 years ago.
03/03/2011
Contributor: Kindred Kindred
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Originally posted by ToyTimeTim
I have a reel to reel laying around somewhere, still works too.
Heh, how about Super 8 video?
03/03/2011
Contributor: Darling Jen Darling Jen
Quote:
Originally posted by Gary
I agree with that, however I say 'folks' all the time. I guess to me it more of a friendly way of addressing a group of people. It's an old timey thing from old cartoons & b&W comedies I suppose.
I can see that. But if it doesn't have a qualifier around it, like "those over there", then I take it to mean family. So "my folks" generally is my parents.
03/03/2011
Contributor: Gary Gary
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Originally posted by DeliciousSurprise
they started teaching us how to use computers when i was in PRESCHOOL.

madness.
WOW, I can't imagine what that would have been like.

The last year I was in school, the library had internet access. But at that point I had almost no computer experience and it was so slow (1993). Then I 'adventured' for a few years and got my first computer in 1998. Now it feels like I have been suing them forever, but I do have that pre-computer / pre-internet perspective.
03/03/2011
Contributor: BBW Talks Toys BBW Talks Toys
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Originally posted by DeliciousSurprise
they started teaching us how to use computers when i was in PRESCHOOL.

madness.
Damn. You're young.
03/03/2011
Contributor: SexyTabby SexyTabby
Quote:
Originally posted by ToyTimeTim
Did you do "LOGO" back then. That was the first thing we did in school.
I think it was another two years before the gifted students on the school newspaper team was even allowed to touch the thing and then we got two more rofl Don't remember Logo though. I used to type up the articles for the paper.
03/03/2011
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
Quote:
Originally posted by Kindred
Heh, how about Super 8 video?
Yup. Amazing how far we have come, eh?
03/03/2011
Contributor: BBW Talks Toys BBW Talks Toys
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Originally posted by Kindred
Remember 8 track tapes?
No! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
03/03/2011
Contributor: Alys Alys
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Originally posted by Darling Jen
Hehehe I grew up saying "lie-berry" and then corrected myself when I was about in middle school. I really began the semi-conscious decision to speak standard American English then.

And instead of saying "roof" my dad ... more
I've gotten picked on for saying "rum" instead of "room"... Part of my family describes themselves as "real Vermonters" and honestly I think that they have their own dialect. My grandfather and a friend of his were talking, and I only caught one in six word, or so.
03/03/2011
Contributor: Gary Gary
Quote:
Originally posted by Kindred
Remember 8 track tapes?
I had 4 Kiss 8-tracks before I was in school!
03/03/2011
Contributor: littlezimmey littlezimmey
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Originally posted by Darling Jen
I can see that. But if it doesn't have a qualifier around it, like "those over there", then I take it to mean family. So "my folks" generally is my parents.
I totally say "ya'll" constantly
03/03/2011
Contributor: SexyTabby SexyTabby
Quote:
Originally posted by Kindred
Heh, how about Super 8 video?
omg my Momma got a bunch of 8mm film in the attic from when we were lil
03/03/2011
Contributor: BBW Talks Toys BBW Talks Toys
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Originally posted by Darling Jen
Oh another good one!

How about "Bless her/his heart..."
Oh that one's good too.

You use it to insult someone without actually sounding like you are. Southerners are known for their hospitality but they will: GO-SS-IP about YOU!
03/03/2011
Contributor: Gary Gary
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Originally posted by ToyTimeTim
I got Pong when it was new, anybody remember that game?
I have played that a few times, but the Atari 2600 & the 8-bit NES were what we had through grade school.
03/03/2011
Contributor: BBW Talks Toys BBW Talks Toys
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Originally posted by Gary
I have played that a few times, but the Atari 2600 & the 8-bit NES were what we had through grade school.
I remember getting a Nintendo for Christmas when I was 8.
03/03/2011
Contributor: Darling Jen Darling Jen
Um, I have no idea what the Logo thing is... But I know that "LOGO" is the GLBT channel on extended cable.
03/03/2011
Contributor: Darling Jen Darling Jen
Quote:
Originally posted by BBW Talks Toys
Oh that one's good too.

You use it to insult someone without actually sounding like you are. Southerners are known for their hospitality but they will: GO-SS-IP about YOU!
LMAO! Shhhh! You're giving away all our secrets!
03/03/2011
Contributor: Gary Gary
Quote:
Originally posted by ToyTimeTim
I have a reel to reel laying around somewhere, still works too.
Reel to Reel is a different animal all together!!! Reel to Reel was / is great!

They were used in recording up until maybe 10 years ago, but for a small period of time they marketed them to consumers as high quality audio, and the ability to record. Remember how old stereos used to come with microphones?
03/03/2011
Contributor: Gary Gary
Quote:
Originally posted by BBW Talks Toys
I remember getting a Nintendo for Christmas when I was 8.
I still play the NES. It's the only system I still enjoy
03/03/2011
Contributor: BBW Talks Toys BBW Talks Toys
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Originally posted by Darling Jen
LMAO! Shhhh! You're giving away all our secrets!
You should have heard how I said "Gossip" in my head.....

It sounded like... Gaaaawwwwsssssyyyyp
03/03/2011