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So. Much. Garlic. Woe is me.

Hoping lots of lemon water will help. Do you guys have any suggestions?

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Perhaps some French toast will help. The French eat a lot of garlic, don’t they?

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Assembled with granola, coconut, nature’s sprinkles and Justin’s Maple Almond Butter!

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One and a half slices for each of us – yummmmm!!!

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May I Present: Kath & Matt’s Accents!

 

Still working on that garlic..

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  7. 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.

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  10. 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!

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  19. 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!

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  21. hi sweetie!
    LOVED the video!
    I think I have a farm girl accent. 😀 I say paJAMas and CRAY-on and New OrLEANS. hehe

    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

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  23. 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.

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  24. 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.

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  27. 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.

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  29. 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?

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  31. I loved this video. You guys are adorable. I would love to hear Karen make a video if she has such a southern accent!

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  33. 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!

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  40. 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!!

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  43. 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!

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  46. 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 🙂

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  47. 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!

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  48. Chew on some fresh parsley and eat an apple. Something about the apples acids and enzymes help neutralize the garlic!

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  49. 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 🙂

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  50. 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.

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  60. 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.

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  62. 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.

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  64. 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!

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  65. 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.

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  66. 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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  67. 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…

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  72. 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!

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  74. 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! 🙂

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  77. 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!?

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  78. 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!

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  80. 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!

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  83. 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 …

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  84. 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.

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  85. 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….

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    • 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

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  86. 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!”

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  88. 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.

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  95. 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

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  96. 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!). : )

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  97. 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! 🙂

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    • 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!

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  98. 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!

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  99. 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!

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  100. 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!

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  101. 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

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  103. 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!

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  105. 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!

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  109. 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!

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  111. 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.

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    • 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.

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  113. 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.

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  115. 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 🙁

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  118. 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.

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  119. 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.’

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  120. 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.

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  121. 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.

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  123. 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.

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  127. 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?”

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  130. 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.

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  131. 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.

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  132. 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.

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  133. 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.

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    • 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!

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  134. 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 🙂

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  136. 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!!!

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  137. 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!

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  139. 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.

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  140. 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!

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  142. 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!).

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  143. 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.

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  145. 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!

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  146. 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).

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  147. 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.

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  148. 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!

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  149. 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!

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  150. 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.

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  151. 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!

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  152. 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!

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  153. 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.

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  154. 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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