Southerners on BroadwayWorld- Page 11
Southerners on BroadwayWorld
#250re: Southerners on BroadwayWorld
Posted: 6/1/07 at 12:05pmYep I understand every one of those Southernisms. Also, "Chunk this" I never realized that people outside the south wouldn't understand what the heck i was talking about. Until my hubbie pointed that out to me.
In your choice is your talent. ~Adler
Acting is the art of speaking in a loud clear voice and the avoidance of bumping into the furniture. ~Alfred Lunt
http://www.myspace.com/pollyhidalgo
Acting is the art of speaking in a loud clear voice and the avoidance of bumping into the furniture. ~Alfred Lunt
http://www.myspace.com/pollyhidalgo
#251re: Southerners on BroadwayWorld
Posted: 6/1/07 at 12:06pm"A southern girl is a girl who knows full and well that she can open a door for herself, but prefers for the gentleman to do it because it demonstrates a sense of respect. We know how to make sweet tea and grits while telling you everything about any football team in the A.C.C. We pick our battles and fight with the heart of a pit-bull while still maintaining grace and elegance. Our mystique is that of a soft-spoken, mild-mannered southern belle who could direct an army, loves her momma and will always be daddy's little girl."
#252re: Southerners on BroadwayWorld
Posted: 6/1/07 at 12:08pmI'll agree with all of that, except the football. Not a big fan sorry. And I don't like Nascar either.
In your choice is your talent. ~Adler
Acting is the art of speaking in a loud clear voice and the avoidance of bumping into the furniture. ~Alfred Lunt
http://www.myspace.com/pollyhidalgo
Acting is the art of speaking in a loud clear voice and the avoidance of bumping into the furniture. ~Alfred Lunt
http://www.myspace.com/pollyhidalgo
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#253re: Southerners on BroadwayWorld
Posted: 6/1/07 at 12:22pm
Somebody is going to have to remind me who said:
A southern belle is a bulldozer disguised as a powder puff.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#254re: Southerners on BroadwayWorld
Posted: 6/1/07 at 12:30pm
Thanks RobbO. *hugs back*
I purposely lost my southern accent as a child. I worked on it so long that it is hard for me to get it back. If I get really tired, really drunk or around people with a really strong accent mine will come back a bit, but normally its not noticeable at all.
"All the while making faces like a baby platypus who forget to take some Beano before eating a chimichanga." FindingNamo in reference to Jessica Simpson's singing.
#255re: Southerners on BroadwayWorld
Posted: 6/1/07 at 1:02pm
"I haven't seen you since Heck was a Pup"
"Katie bar the door"
"Harelip the governor"
"you can get glad in the same pants you got mad in"
"Sittin jake"
"Fonchin' and rarin'"
"Messin' and gommin'"
"Richer than J Paul Getty"
"Big as Dallas"
"Got more money than Carter's got pills"
MatthewAddison
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/04
#256re: Southerners on BroadwayWorld
Posted: 6/1/07 at 1:06pm
I'm from the south, but not a southerner at all. If you can understand what I'm saying.
NC.
(I didn't know SonofMommaMiaSam was from NC!)
MatthewAddison
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/04
#259re: Southerners on BroadwayWorld
Posted: 6/1/07 at 3:07pm
Yep. I know the area well.
A lot of NClinians on this board!
#260re: Southerners on BroadwayWorld
Posted: 6/1/07 at 4:17pmI am also among the ranks of BWW in North Carolina. From Hickory, went to school in Winston-Salem (with TheatreDiva612!).
I can't talk now. I gotta go get my wallet out of the toaster.
#261re: Southerners on BroadwayWorld
Posted: 6/1/07 at 5:16pm
Born & raised in La Grange, NC...left there nearly 20 years ago.
#FactsMatter...your feelings not so much.
Updated On: 6/1/07 at 05:16 PM
MatthewAddison
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/04
#262re: Southerners on BroadwayWorld
Posted: 6/1/07 at 5:35pm
I'm amazed with all of the NCers.
I grew up about 30-40 min from La Grange.
BroadwayBulldog
Broadway Star Joined: 6/5/06
#263re: Southerners on BroadwayWorld
Posted: 6/1/07 at 11:38pmBrendan Stryker was a true Southern gentleman.
#264re: Southerners on BroadwayWorld
Posted: 6/2/07 at 12:36am
"If I get really tired, really drunk or around people with a really strong accent mine will come back a bit, but normally its not noticeable at all."
People who are from the South commonly ask me if I am from a Northern state, but when I hear my own voice I hear a Southern accent. When people from outside the South hear my voice they frequently ask me if I am from a Southern state, but it's never the right state. I get Texas from "Fereners" and Virginia or South Carolina from other Americans. I prefer to think of it as a "High Southern" drawl punctuated by the English and Irish influences but still delivered with that languid patrician ease that comes from old plantation money. I don't come from old plantation money, or any money at all for that matter, but my elocution seems to make people think otherwise. I try to use that to my best advantage in job interviews and when talking to tourists.
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
MatthewAddison
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/04
#265re: Southerners on BroadwayWorld
Posted: 6/2/07 at 12:42am
Yeah, WW, my accent doesn't match up with my location.
People think I'm from the north since I'm never "fixin'" to do something, or I don't turn a light "own" but turn it on.
Where are you from?
#266re: Southerners on BroadwayWorld
Posted: 6/2/07 at 1:19am
I grew up in Douglasville, just west of Atlanta, but I've spent the last decade in Columbus, Georgia which has a deeper and richer "Southern" root.
In fact, prior to living here I would have never capitalized "Southern" or "The South". There's a certain element that likes to remind me that "The South" will rise again, but in this point in our development do we really need another Civil War?
After spending the last decade in an older Southern town I prefer to look at it as a difference of culture. We will engage you. We will look you in the eye and ask, "How are you?" and we will be genuinely engaged and interested in the answer you give us. If you come to our town and are want for things to do we will take the time to find out what kinds of things interest you before suggesting activities and will do so with a full and complete knowledge of the resources at hand - and those change depending on the weather! We have great weather here. It's one of our prides and joys. Our weather has been hindered lately by the wildfires burning in South Georgia, but smoke and haze not withstanding we still have great weather. Our love of the weather is second only to our love of the Arts. Our historic Springer Opera House is not to be missed and our new RiverCenter For The Performing Arts is a crown jewel in this region. Every performer who plays there wants to come back to that facility.
Add to the arts quotient, we have our own symphony and ballet! We're so artsy that sometimes we hurt ourselves in the dark of the night.... in our own bathrooms.... sometimes with questionable haircuts. We take pictures of them. The haircuts, that is.
And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."
MatthewAddison
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/04
#267re: Southerners on BroadwayWorld
Posted: 6/2/07 at 1:34am
Springer Opera House.
Named after Jerry Springer?
#268re: Southerners on BroadwayWorld
Posted: 6/2/07 at 1:55amI was born and rasied in Atlanta. ok well not in Atlanta. I have always live in the small towns, Flowery Branch, Oakwood, Buford, ect. And I am still living in the small towns. I am dying to move to the city.
Blair
Broadway Star Joined: 11/4/03
#269re: Southerners on BroadwayWorld
Posted: 6/2/07 at 1:58am
I've lived in Madison, a suburb outside of Huntsville, Alabama all my life. I'm moving to NYC for school this fall, though.
No one in my city really has an accent, because it's a huge engineering/NASA town, so no one is really from here. Most people in my high school moved here from another state because of their parents' work.
#270re: Southerners on BroadwayWorld
Posted: 6/2/07 at 8:30am
Some people peg me as southern right away but I think it's all about context. Most people these days think I'm from the west somewhere.
Oh, and speaking of fun southernisms, I think Louisiana has the best.
"Let's go to Schwegman's and make groceries."
"save your laundry."
When you go to Mardi Gras, you doing go to the median, you stand in the "neutral ground."
My mother still to this day says one that makes me giggle. Her favorite exclamation is, "oh, my stars and garters!"
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