So. Much. Garlic. Woe is me.
Hoping lots of lemon water will help. Do you guys have any suggestions?
Perhaps some French toast will help. The French eat a lot of garlic, don’t they?
Assembled with granola, coconut, nature’s sprinkles and Justin’s Maple Almond Butter!
One and a half slices for each of us – yummmmm!!!
May I Present: Kath & Matt’s Accents!
Still working on that garlic..
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You two are so cute
I have no tips on the garlic. Maybe lots of water, and just let it pass?
Good luck
Lemon water is a good idea. Chewing mint or minty gum would probably do the trick as well. I usually go for a mini shot of Pepto! Works like magic- and it I secretly like the taste.
Hehhehe I love your video Kath! I knew what your voice sounded like from your sardines video but I didn’t think Matt sounded like he does (and that’s totally not a bad thing!) Have a great Monday!
The French Toast looks great! I sometimes eat TUMS (even though I hate taking any meds) or drink milk/smoothies.
Love the video! And that breakfast looks incredibly satisfying.
My only suggestion is to embrace it!!!
I love garlic. 
Love the video – you guys are so cute! You sound less Southern in that video than some of your others.
I LOL’d at the “devil beating his wife” – that must be a Southern thing.
I am raised in Texas and have never heard the devil beating his wife thing… it’s a sun shower!
I can’t help you with the garlic. I LOOOOVE garlic and onions.
The french toast looks amazing. I’ve never really been a fan of french toast, but THIS french toast looks like it could convert me…
Speaking of garlic, I bought my mom the GG gift set for Christmas and she is absolutely hooked. She loves using it and has already told me that it is all she ever wants from me for her birthday, Christmas, and “just because I love her” gifts.
Thanks for introducing me to it!
Yay!
I wouldn’t know…I constantly stink of garlic! LOL!
Mmm… love the french toast!
Haha love the video. I wish someone would call it a potato bug!
Urgh I hate that garlic taste when you wake up! I sadly have no suggestions… Also, that video is so cute! P.S. I am originally from Barnwell, SC (which is like the boonies of Aiken)
I have always loved accents too! And I don’t think Matt has too much of an accent either until he says the word “accent!” Well… and Alabama, haha.
Love the video! I really enjoy hearing how all you bloggers sound
water water water….
milk or yogurt?
that french toast looks so good.
I’ve heard “drink milk” as well but I think it’s most effective directly after consuming the culprit!
Agree with most of your answers. Fun little game to watch and hear your voices. But if y’all are Southerners, what am I in Texas?
Have you tried milk? It supposedly has a deodorizing effect.
Cute video!
I just watched the video, so I’m commenting again– I love the music! It makes me feel like it’s a sesame street segment or something!
Fun to hear the pronunciation video. I’m from Michigan and we say pop instead of soda. But both of your accents don’t sound really strong to me. Thanks for doing the video, it’s fun to hear you speaking!
hi sweetie!
I say paJAMas and CRAY-on and New OrLEANS. hehe
LOVED the video!
I think I have a farm girl accent.
Garlic? oh girl, you know I hate garlic. I have no advice other than to never eat it, like onions!
XO
I will pray that Karen is okay during her treatments, she is a strong lady and has a wonderful son (s!) and a SWEET daughter in law.
XO
ugh. garlic mouth. sweat it out?!
I love these videos, but the one you two made is definitely my favorite so far! You should get Karen to make one & post it for us.
Coming soon!
yay! I was just coming to ask you to have Karen make one.
And I’m glad you explained about the devil beatin’ his wife. I had never heard that and wondered why that question was asked!
You two sound SO Southern to me, especially “lahwyer”. I’ve never heard of “rolling” or “the devil’s beating his wife”. And I just googled camel crickets and I think I’m scared to go outside.
Garlic breath is the worst! But soooo worth it.
Oh man I live garlic but hate when it gets stuck in my mouth! Lemon water should be good for it…I hope!
It drives me crazy when people use the wrong inflection, too! My grandma (who I called Nanny) does it when she says french fries and it gets to me every time.
your video is adorable…I love accents too! Ever since I was little I’ve loved to try to imitate them!
love,
cathyb.
The devil’s beating his wife???? What???? I’ve never heard of rolling, either. Sunshowers and tp-ing, yes. And you cracked me up with sneakers being a blog thing. I’ve only ever heard them called sneakers, unless you have lots of pairs, and one is for running and one is for tennis…
What else would people call daddy longlegs, I wonder?
you guys are cute…
your breakfast looks like it could be a model today.
I loved this video. You guys are adorable. I would love to hear Karen make a video if she has such a southern accent!
Eat some parsley with lemon juice squeezed over it. Sure to get rid of the garlic!
Oh and I was going to do this video but I was afraid you would make fun of me!
Haha – I WOULD!! In the most loving way possible
Cute video! I think some of the questions themselves show regional bias. I don’t even know what a bunch of those things are, like the bugs and the “devil’s beating his wife” expression. I guess I’m a northerner!
Those egg photos are so beautiful! Good luck with the garlic–since metal gets it off your hands, maybe suck on a spoon??
Loved the accent ya’ll
That would be spelled “y’all” since it’s a contraction of you and all. This drives me crazy, and you’d (y’all’d?) be surprised how many people get this wrong, even Southerners!
This always drives me crazy, too!
me three! and I’m not even Southern. Do I get a vote on “y’all” anyway?
2nd the parsley for the garlic. Cute video!
Really cool to see you on the video, made the blog so much more personable.
I have to say that you have way more of a Southern accent than Matt does!
that breakfast looks amazing!
Chewing on a coffee bean is supposed to help against garlic breath!
I love y’all’s video! Being from Texas but going to school in Connecticut has definitely put a damper on my southern twang, but I will never let go of my love for the word “y’all”.
Also LOVE the fact that you call soda “coke” even when you’re not actually grabbing a Coke! My BF (from Boston) refuses to accept that anyone else in the world does this, so thank you for validating my case. French toast looks divine!!
I can’t wait to watch that video. I’m obsessed with watching everyones!
Great video. I am going to put down the clicker and watch it again.
Cute video. I live in upstate New York and you 2 sound pretty Southern to me. Matt has a bit more of an accent than you. Fun listening to you two.
Hope ya’ll have great day!
I love the video!
You are two are too cute!
That french toast looks wonderful! First time I’ve seen that on your blog.
Awww, I can’t watch the video since I’m at work (then again, I shouldn’t be reading from my RSS feed at work, but I digress).
And too much garlic? No such thing! You could make a roasted garlic spread for those Matt Crackers
Sadly, garlic is one of those things that lingers for a very long time. To get the smell off of your hands you are supposed to rub your hands on stainless steel. Maybe if you have a stainless steel spoon you could rub it on your tongue? Good luck with the garlic!
Chew on some fresh parsley and eat an apple. Something about the apples acids and enzymes help neutralize the garlic!
What a cute video. I love to hear how people say things differently around the country. I am from Utah so I hear a lot of “mounin” (mountain), “crick” (creek), “bouniful” (bountiful). We tend to so leave out the “t”.
My suggestion for the garlic, drink a lot of water and suck on a few Altoids
I was just watching an episode of Dr. Oz this morning and he said whole milk helps with getting rid of the smell of garlic.
Such a cute video! My husband would never agree to do a vlog with me
I am suck a garlic fan! I understand where you’re coming from… lol
Also! where oh WHERE did you get that turquoise placemat?! i am LOVING it!
Fabric.com!
ppppperfect! thank you! I will be checkin’ up on that website!
Ah, I love french toast. I never make it at home though… I don’t know why? Looks yummy!
Love the video..you two are so cute! I think you have more of an accent than Matt does.
Embrace the yall!
Mmm garlic:) I have to say, this is the most beautiful french toast I’ve ever seen!
his accent is much more prevalent (in my opinion)!
i love garlic. i usually just drink a ton of h20 goodness
So funny! And yay for Spartanburg!
your video is too cute!
you both sound quite southern to me (from wisconsin!).
I love your Southern twang. I started to pick up some southern-y words when I was down at Duke. Y’all was one that I started saying by accident. I had a friend from Charlotte who had a thick accent. I guess she rubbed off on me.
THEN I went abroad and it got canceled with my British accent haha.
That French toast looks fabulous! Have you started doing something new with your photos? They look as if they have a vintage feel to them. It’s nice.
A little more attention to detail
love the video! I lived in NC for 4 years before moving back to the midwest for family and job reasons and I was amazed to hear I developed a slight southern accent. Y’all is probably the one word I still use alot – especially when I’ve been told ‘you guys’ could offend some women (a female elected official told me this after a presentation I gave). Interesting, never thought about that before.
I don’t think Matt sounds very southern at all, but you do! I’m from Texas and have never heard of the devil beating his wife, lol!
know you don’t like gum; but what about one of those tongue scrapers? that and a lotta water and maybe mouthwash. i’m sure the citrus from the lemon will help a bit. good luck!
Love your video, made me smile. I think that you have a much stronger Southern accent than Matt (I think). I’m originally from the Philippines and everyone I meet says I don’t have an accent. I’ve been here in the US for 22 years and have lived in the West Coast/Northwest for all those years. I still find it “fascinating” when I hear Southern people talk (it’s just something I don’t hear very often) but it’s certainly facsinating ~ especially the terms you use for certain objects i.e. tennis shoes vs. sneakers…and of course, Y’all.
Love the video! I am also a southerner without *much* of an accent, raised in Raleigh, NC. Of course, to friends on the military base from Minnesota, Michigan, northern VA, etc., I am twanging it up.
Is it just me or is it hard to understand people who talk quickly? That’s the southerner in me, I think, needing everyone to slow down the speech so I can understand
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Awesome video, totally agree on tennis shoes, coke and roly-poly bug, never heard the devil thing… and as someone who grew up out West (CA, AZ) then 20 years in Georgia, I still bounce between you guys and y’all.
Can’t wait to hear Karen, y’all need to grab Mr & Mrs Younger too!!
Oh, love the text on pic look…
Matt doesn’t sound like anything I thought he would! this is so cute! Have a great day!
I always eat a grapefruit when I have that icky garlic feeling- definitely does the trick!
its so crazy to hear the different ways we say words!
I did mine yesterday. Coming from Nevada, I didn’t think I had an accent. Now I just cant tell!
http://www.italktofood.com/2011/01/accent-vlog.html
“The Devil is Beating His Wife”???? Never heard that one. That’s hilarious. I can’t wait to use it. Cute video, thanks for sharing.
I must say I haven’t heard that one either!
I’m not sure I would’ve replied with ‘Sun Shower’ right away either though…
I’ve always heard it called ‘A Monkey’s Wedding’! Fun, fun video!
Camel Crickets!! I grew up in Campobello, SC (Which is in Spartanburg County) and we never had them there! But once we moved to NC, we have seen them occasionally. My mom calls them spider crickets and they are absolutely terrifying!
Kath’s terror is partially my fault. I call them “Hoppy spiders.”
i call them “cricket hoppers!’ lol
Cute video! And the french toast pictures were lovely. Hope you’re having a lovely Monday.
-Dana
Enjoyed the video
I’m from British Columbia, Canada and we basically say all the same things other than we say pop and I will say coke like you do with family. I get a lot hassle about that from my American friends..you mean soda right! lol The other difference is shopping cart, a lot of people here either say buggy or cart. And lasty the y’all, I say hey guys or everyone..if it works. I have been saying y’all more often though, but I blame that on my best friend from Texas hehe 
That was a fun video to watch
I hear accents in both of you, and they are wonderful! 
You guys are adorable!
Cute video! It’s fun to hear/see how people speak differently and use different words from different areas of the world.
I know it’s a remote, but I call it a clicker too!
I’m also from Canada…
It’s pop, not soda!
Maybe it’s soda-pop!?
Ha! The video sooooo made me laugh! I live in LA, and don’t hear those twangs at all-maybe a little East LA Spanglish, but definitely no twang!
And “the devil beating his wife” and the “sun showers” were both new to me as well (perhaps because it so rarely rains here to begin with???). Thanks for posting-super fun way to start out the day!
PS – I call shopping carts buggies too! haha
I got a real kick out of your video! Being from Canada, I really noticed both of your accents. Some of your words/expressions were totally new to me. Oh – and I don’t call it a remote… I call it a converter!
I’m sorry that nasty garlic has overtaken your mouth – I LOVE garlic. I double it in nearly every recipe.
What program are you using for the words on your pics. I’m torn between Lightroom and Photoshop…
Photoshop Elements
Love the accent video! I was born and raised in Texas, but I don’t think I have a very strong accent; however, I use ya’ll all the time – even in work emails. I honestly don’t know what the appropriate alternative to ya’ll is …
GAH! Do NOT do a Google image search of Camel Crickets! Ewww! We had them in the garage in MD and while they have been dead and gone for years I still can’t walk into the garage without peering up first! I shudder just thinking about them.
I didn’t hear much of an accent on Matt this time, but one of your how to videos he seemed to have quite an accent….
Guess it was the sweet potato vid. Maybe it’s because I’m a west coast girl that y’all seem to sound pretty southern to me:)
XO
I have never heard of “sun shower” or “the devil is beating his wife” in fact I have never heard it called anything! It rarely happens in my part of Oregon, so it’s more like “oh cool the sun is trying to peek out while it’s raining… anyway, I’m hungry let’s find food!”
Does 1.5 pieces of french toast actually fill you up?
Absolutely – especially with all of the toppings.
The video cracked me up, especially the “lahwyer,” since I am one. Here in good old southern CA, land of no accent, it’s “loy-er”, “teepeeing”, “soda,” and “cran” for crayon. And I can honestly say I have never heard anyone use y’all unless it’s on TV! Hilarious how where you live can dictate how you speak.
Loved this video! I’m kinda wondering what I sound like now living in the Midwest because I know in home videos from when I was a toddler, I sounded like a straight-up southerner.
Supper cute video, how fun! And the french toast looks wonderful!
I’ve really liked this accent thing… it’s so fun to hear how people say things!
Here’s my entry… from a Las Vegan by way of Illinois & Utah:
http://jillwillrun.com/2011/01/28/blogger-accents/
That French toast looks so delish!
French toast is my favorite! Your looks picture perfect, especially with all the toppings!
All those french toast pictures!! Lovely!!!!
Hey Kath,
I`m from Germany and I had to laugh so hard when I watched your video. I was an exchange student in Kansas a couple of years ago and whenever I met people who didn´t know where I was from they would ask if I was from the South. I never knew why they thought so, but now that I´ve watched your video I kinda get it
I do pronounce a lot of words like Matt 
Well, love reading you blog and I hope I´ll be able to visit your bakery sometime when I´m back in the States!
juli
Hi Kath! I first heard Matt talk on a “How to” video for sweet potato fries. I wasn’t expecting a southern accent! So, as a New Englander, tell Matt he hasn’t lost his accent, at least to my ears. Also, I’m happy to hear you two pronounce syrup correctly (Coming from a Vermonter!). : )
Great video! You two are adorable.
I totally love accents too and feel like I’m getting pretty good at them, so to me I definitely hear a difference between yours (NC) and Matt’s (SC) accents. He totally has one. I guess I’ve spent a good chunk of time in those states to pick up on it a bit. As a Marylander I know that I totally have an accent (ex: Merlin, Kenislan, Bawlmer!) and I love it!
I’m a Marylander too (but of the close-to-DC-therefore-no-accent variety) and I can’t figure out what Kenislan is supposed to mean!
LOVED the video, I actually do call soda, POP! lol! It was what everyone called it growing up and what I was used to! I do agree soda is the better term ; )
The french toast looks delish, and with Justins Almond Butter on top, perfection!
From Michigan and we call it “pop” not soda but I have family in the south so I know we are different that way. Also, in Scotland they call a shopping cart a buggy.
This was a FUN video. Thanks for sharing!
Cute video! I’m from Missouri, and never thought I had an accent. But, when I lived in middle Georgia for a year, the receptionist in the our office, who had a serious drawl, had the worst time understanding MY accent!
Hey Kath!
I apologize in advance for any misusing or misspelling of words. I am not a native speaker, I am from Germany actually.
I enjoy reading your blog for about a year now. And find it very interesting to see which foods you have over there (in the US) or which foods you don`t have and to see all the small things which are different (I remember how many bloggers bought their christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving and decorated it, which is crazy early. Here we buy our tree the day before Christmas Day and put it up and decorate it on Christmas Day.) Anyway…
Something with a high fat content should help with the garlic. e.g. milk with a high fat content or cheese.
We discussed accents and dialects in class just last week. We even talked about the soda – pop thing. So to see the video was very interesting to me
)
I am studying to become an english teacher for primary school (and a german and math teacher
greetings from across the pond
Caro
Hello from far away!
You two are adorable! I bet it’s nice to have Matt back.
I’ve been waiting for my voice to come back to do an accent vlog, and I think you’ve inspired me to convince my husband to do one with me. 
You guys are adorable! I think your accents are both lovely and mild. I am as un-Southern as you can be, but even I admit that y’all is totally useful.
As for the garlic, a run should take care of it. It’s not pleasant, but it works!
Loved your accent vlog! I did this the other day….so fun to hear all of the differences and similarities!
This was hands down one of my favorite posts from you! I don’t know why! I seriously am in love with your accent! I had heard you in videos before, but for some reason, today I really could hear it! You and Matt are too cute for words!
my boyfriend smells like garlic all the time. lemons and chocolate!
Great video!
And by the way, my daughter is waiting to hear back from Davidson about admission there.
omg – good luck!!!
you guys are so adorable!!!!!
p.s. this is why I love your blog… your posts clearly show that you love doing your job, and you’re not just into a quick post to get it out of the way. everything tells a story, and you are so likeable and seem like a lot of fun!
Thanks
I want to hear Karen’s accent!
I love the video Kat. I met you in San Francisco for Foodbuzz so I know what your voice sounds like and I thought you had a slight southern accent. It’s cute actually. Accent is quiet a distraction when it’s too much, but yours not so much.
I don’t think Matt has any accent at all. How did he get ride of it?
I grew up in Southern California and I don’t sound like a Valley Girl like most people expect. But I did have someone comment in Florida that we talk really fast. I thought that was funny.
I meant *how did he get RID of his accent?*
I think it’s something you have to be conscious of doing. I grew up in CT and went to college outside of Boston. A lot of the people I went to school with were from or around Boston and most had pretty strong accents. One did not and she said she hated the way it sounded and felt people judged her negatively for it, so she really made an effort not to have one.
Also, try eating dairy to get rid of garlic taste? Don’t know if it will work, but worth a try.
I know that dairy (ice cream specifically) helps rid of spicyness in your mouth and cleans your palette.
I am so addicted to watching these Vlogs. I want to do one but I am so afraid of what my Pittsburgh accent would reveal!
Hope the garlic mouth has subsided.
Love the video!
Hate!! garlic! I know, it’s a crime to say that in the ‘sphere, but i do hate it! Avoid it at all costs! And sadly the only thing that gets rid of it..is time. Your liver has to detox it out. Nothing to really do to get rid of it faster,not that ive found
I also call a remote/clicker a “changer”. My boyfriend ALWAYS makes fun of me for this! haha
lol thinking about now..I do sometimes say “where is the channel changer?” hehe Your are not alone with that one!
Try eating some ginger maybe?
Cute video!
According to my grandmother, the secret to getting rid of garlic bread is fresh parsley. Eat a handfull’s worth, and you should be good to go.
Loved the video! Where does “the devil beating his wife” come from??? I’ve never heard that one. I’m from the midwest, and I grew up calling the remote control “the tuner”… but I must admit that as a child it was my job to physically get up and be “the tuner” because there was no remote control back then!!! And yes, we say ‘pop.’
Tuner!? Lol.
The pop/soda/coke thing is very interesting.
I’m in Ottawa, Canada, and pop is definitively the one used in the English language.
And the French Canadian way to say it is either “boisson gazeuse” which roughly translates to “gaseous drink” or most-used/slang way is “liqueure”, which translates to English as “liquor”, even though its obviously not liquor and only a pop.
Okay, I didn’t have time to go through everyone’s comments, so I don’t know if someone mentioned it, but milk gets rid of or at least lessens the smell of garlic on your breath. The higher the fact content, the better it’s supposed to work.
Very cute video! ^_^
I’m 100% with Matt regarding “y’all”. Hailing from Austin, TX (but born in California, raised by non-Texans), I haven’t even a trace of a southern accent except for my use of this word. Also, although it may be wrong, I know I tend to negatively stereotype those with a southern twang, so I’ve made attempts to cut “y’all” out of my vocabulary. But then one day I put my foot down and decided to be a loyal “y’all-sayer”, because: It makes sense. It’s useful. And, as we can look to some of our most beloved fellow contractions, “we’d”, “they’re”, “can’t”, Y’ALL is in complete concordance with the grammar bylaws of our fine language and should be incorporated as such!! I meannnnn, I’m just sayin’…
BUT as Matt pointed out above, it is a shame and I dare say, sacrilege, to improperly place the apostrophe. If you’re going to use “y’all”, please respect the word and do so correctly.
Peace & Love. I’m out.
YES! You should have your MIL do ‘the words’ !! Loved the video you guys.
love the accent video! I have never heard of a sunshower either! lol
haha I love the video! I want to do this…and that french toast looks incredible.
Love the video! Can’t wait for Karen’s. I also call a “sun shower” (i never heard that before) “the Devil is beating his wife.” I grew up in the suburbs of DC, where my mother was also raised, and she sounds much more southern than people who live in the DC area do today. It’s more in her phrases and terms of speech than the accent, though. And although I didn’t grow up where people say it, I use y’all often because I’m lazy and it’s much easier to say. I also use coke for every kind of soda, and have been known to ask “what kind of coke would you like?”
Oh man…I googled “camel cricket” like you suggested! I hope I don’t have nightmares! Gross!
Surely that French Toast would cure anyone of anything!! Amazing!
Loved the video. You both pronounce your words like most native Californians (which surprised me!), but with a twang. Except law-yer, most of us saw loy-er.
I’d say the biggest giveaway that I’m from CA is my use of “hella.” It never gets old.
I saw hella all the time
It’s a Northern California thing. You’ll never catch me saying hella!
Straight-up! I’m from the Bay Area.
Does “a grip” suit you better? I went to college in San Diego and I could never fully adopt it.
So funyy…I say “a grip” and didn’t even think those were something special. I grew up in SoCal and went to college in San Diego.
haha loved the video! it’s so funny that you mentioned you never say pop….because that’s all we say up here in western new york! you would never hear anyone saying soda or anything of the like lol! it’s so interesting to see how other people pronounce things and how things are known by different words depending on what part of the country you are in.
so funny, i thought the most bizarre thing you pronounced was “emphasis” and “syllable”– i have never heard anyone pronounce the words like that in my life! I’m born and raised in the Pacific NW (Seattle) and never think of us having a very distinct accent– so it’s fun to see how different you guys talk in the south. I would say 99% of the people here say pop instead of soda… and i think for rain when it’s sunny out, most people would call that a “drizzle” or “sprinkle” or “it’s sprinkling outside” here. “Sprinkle” is probably more appropriate and common here. “Drizzle” is probably more for when it’s gray outside– which is 99% of the time.
those were jokes!!!!!!!!! I don’t really say them like that
ha!!!!!! okay, thought that was a little strange haha
OMGosh! Too funny! I’m from NY and we say potato bugs, sun showers, and POP! I worked in a restaurant for YEARS and was reprimanded from a customer for saying soda
And Kath, your breakfasts always look fab-u-lous!! Just curious . . . about how much time do take each day to whip up such a gourmet feast and where does your inspiration come from? Cooked pears with maple and orange zest? Nice.
Maybe 20 minutes MAX. I am too hungry in the morning to wait for things to bake or do much more than assemble. Pancakes/ french toast are my max time breakfasts!
Cute video! I didn’t think you guys pronounced any of the words from the list different than I do (I’m from Chicago) but just generally when you speak I can hear a Southern accent. And the only terminology I would choose differently was pop! Soft drink is ok, but definitely pop not soda
What a yummy looking breakfast and super fun video!! I laughed so much. =)
You guys are adorable. Love the video! The other day I googled camel crickets because I didn’t know what they were. Biggest. Mistake. Ever. Gahhh! I feel your pain!!!
Great video!!! You guys were so great! I’m glad the answers ‘y’all’ had were the same ones I mostly had! I’m like Matt, never knew sun shower had a name to it!
You guys are super cute. To a Californian, your accents are very southern- soft and syrupy. I love it!
As a linguist, you know that I loved this. You definitely say “y’all” I promise
I had never heard “rolled” before and you say “lawyer” the way my mother does.
I never said “y’all” but now I do. I don’t know why Boise would do that to me?!?! I think I write it more than say it though.
The devil beating his wife…? I’ve never heard that in all my days! We don’t call it anything special in Missouri – but I’d be sure to look for a rainbow if that was happening. I don’t think either of you have an especially “southern” accent – maybe on a few words but nothing extreme. I have a good friend from S Carolina and she’s a southern belle through and through – I love her dearly! One thing I noticed she says differently is that when you want to turn something off, like a light or the stove she says, “cut it off”. You and your hubby make a darling couple!
That was such a cute video!
I’m late in getting to this (I don’t read blogs until the end of the day), but try gargling a little bit of baking soda dissolved in water next time you have garlic breath. Baking soda gargle worked wonderfully for me recently (I was sick and ate a clove of raw garlic a night, several nights in a row, for the natural antibiotic properties…I know…but it worked!).
You guys are so cute! And neither of you sounded like what I expected, which is so interesting. You said that you went to college with quite a few people from Canada, though I’m not sure exactly where. Do you guys think that Canadians have a distinct accent? I ask because I’m from Alberta and I always wonder what people from the South think I sound like.
Definitely! It’s kind of like those big north states
you guys are too cute, this was fun to watch
I remember thinking you had a little bit of an accept when i met you!!
I really enjoyed your accents video! I even paused Gossip Girl to watch it.
You and Matt definitely have Southern accents. I never really associated Southern accents with lower intelligence (as Matt mentioned). I always found the accent very warm, sweet and welcoming.
I’m from New Jersey, and am always hearing Jersey and New York accents, so the Southern accent sounds nicer on the ears sometimes.
Looking forward to some more vidoes!
So cute. I’m from Maryland, and I say “the devil’s beating his wife” too!!! I couldn’t believe none of the other blogger videos said this. I had never heard of a sun shower. And I grew up saying tennis shoes, until I went north to college and everyone called them sneakers.
Have you ever had “stuffed ham”? It’s a southern/Maryland thing that most people have never heard of, but it is the one meat I miss around the holidays (since I’m a veghead).
Haha! I say y’all, soda, and coke. But my need to write in proper English keeps me from writing “y’all” or “coke” very much.
I’ve never heard of the sun being out when it’s raining, let alone a term for it!
For a born and bred Texan, I don’t have much of an accent compared to others, but when I get around people with heftier drawls, or if I go to the city, or if I’m feeling tired, silly, or excited, it comes out more.
I love these vlog series going around with all the bloggers – as an Aussie I’ve never actually picked up the difference between all the US accents though I can pick out the totally obvious differences e.g. New York accent vs Southern accent…but interesting to hear the regional differences. Some things which I thought were ‘universal’ English aren’t (though totes obvious when I hear it) e.g. shopping cart – we say trolley. The devil beating his wife is a completely foreign concept!
This is a great post. I am Dutch, living in Scotland UK and always enjoy hearing different accents from everywhere. Some people here say I sound Scottish, some say Irish, some say that I have a vague Dutch accent (been here for a while) but I’ve also been mistaken for Swedish (maybe that’s the pale skin and blonde hair..) or they think I’m British but just can’t place where exactly from. It’s odd how different people have different ideas! I love twangs, accents, dialects, whatever you want to call it. Here, the word for soda is “juice”. At first I really didn’t get it when my husband told me we needed to get juice and went straight for the Diet Coke.. One of the many examples! Anyway, you two are a lovely couple!
I had my husband, who is from South Carolina, do this last night and his answers were very similar to yours and Matt’s – especially the devil beating his wife. I’d never heard that! But apparently, my husband says it.
I for some reason never put two and two together with you being from the south – I was surprised by your bit of southern drawl! You guys are super adorable together.
I was raised in the suburbs of Chicago and used to have a bit of the nasally accent, but 5 years in central Ohio, the land of the neutral accent perfect for broadcasting, and I am losing it. It kind of makes me sad!
Love love love your video. I can hear a teensy bit of an accent in both of you, depending on the words, but definitely not a strong NC accent. A lot of my family is from there and they say some crazy things
I’m SO glad to find others that embrace “y’all,” it IS so convenient to use. We always called them granddaddy long legs. I just looked up that they are actually called Harvestmen. Never heard that in my life. Also, I’ve definitely heard of the devil’s beating his wife, but I have never ever heard of a sunshower. Looked like you had a lot of fun with this!
To my northern ear you both have accents! But I am sure compared to others they are not as strong, I mean, I could understand you at least. I like southern accents more than some others.
I’m so behind on my blogs, but I just watched your accent vlog and loved it! I’m from Knoxville, TN and I have to say the “Devil’s Beatin His Wife” thing made me laugh. That’s what my family always said about rain when the sun’s shining so I’m glad we’re not the only ones! My mom also says buggy for the term shopping cart. I used to until my midwestern husband shamed me out of it
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