tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post4496041295626787029..comments2023-06-27T02:47:36.624-05:00Comments on Life in the Parsonage: Help Me Out HereSarah@Life in the Parsonagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03129742817309651806noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-25820672528527143942009-04-08T13:11:00.000-05:002009-04-08T13:11:00.000-05:00My brother had a Norwegian girlfriend foreign-exch...My brother had a Norwegian girlfriend foreign-exchange student in high school - we would always make up sentences for her to say because it was so fun listening to her accent! :) I have a friend now that is from Ireland, and it's super fun trying to talk like her....I'm still learning. We can't wait to hear you, Julie!!! Maybe you should post a video of Julie talking - can she e-mail you something that you post for us? We will seriously eat it up. Good call.Amiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14773294926954943053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-57247619321079383432009-04-07T16:22:00.000-05:002009-04-07T16:22:00.000-05:00ohgoodness! I love the way you talk! I have a sout...ohgoodness! I love the way you talk! I have a southern accent and I am always trying to correct it...heehee the whole 10 tin pen pin thing! more times than not i come off sounding like a complete idiot! ha!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03303188939513373104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-19055289879592689582009-04-07T15:54:00.000-05:002009-04-07T15:54:00.000-05:00I have now bugged Julie with an admonition to call...I have now bugged Julie with an admonition to call you. She seems delightful.2nd Cup of Coffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05478944775613602625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-16184167682821243132009-04-07T15:16:00.000-05:002009-04-07T15:16:00.000-05:00You are so right. I always thought I didn't have a...You are so right. I always thought I didn't have an accent until I moved away for college and everyone made fun of me for the way I said, "no and snow and joe and go..." You get the idea. <BR/><BR/>Brianna <BR/>from wisconsinBriannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00804327383991322577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-4761163357136219982009-04-07T08:55:00.000-05:002009-04-07T08:55:00.000-05:00This is true, I've thought about moving somewhere ...This is true, I've thought about moving somewhere else just so I could have an accent! hehe!ShelliGibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04983574936250623982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-36375380495317720752009-04-07T06:31:00.000-05:002009-04-07T06:31:00.000-05:00For Julie - I can't wait to hear your accent and h...For Julie - I can't wait to hear your accent and hear about all of the fun you are going to have in Iowa. It will be like visiting somewhere else! Embrace it!Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13115749319432311393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-12856454639414201852009-04-06T19:38:00.000-05:002009-04-06T19:38:00.000-05:00Love this post. I just told my hubby that I now k...Love this post. I just told my hubby that I now know the reason he makes fun of the way I talk (because he is secretly jealous). HEEHEE. He is a Midwesterner (from Iowa, just like you) and I am from the good ol' South. He just told me he married me because of the way I say "purple".Tamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251899293225822676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-77607332745696751262009-04-06T18:23:00.000-05:002009-04-06T18:23:00.000-05:00YES!We love and envy those things we will NEVER ha...YES!<BR/><BR/>We love and envy those things we will NEVER have. As an Illinoisian (no, at this moment I'm not really proud of that title), I have ALWAYS wished I had an accent. Sadly, it will never be!<BR/><BR/>Julie, love the accent - appreciate the accent - embrace the accent! You have no idea what kind of attention you will get with in the Midwest ;}Jeanettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931348749257836425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-84097615339827979452009-04-06T18:03:00.000-05:002009-04-06T18:03:00.000-05:00Oh my gosh you are SO right! I live in Missouri (i...Oh my gosh you are SO right! I live in Missouri (in case you hadn't figured that out by now) and we are the most boring accented people ever...and apparently we make up words like accented. ;)<BR/><BR/>One time on a family vacation these two women who sounded really southern heard my mom and I talking in the bathroom and they said we had awful accents. I wanted to kick them in the teeth. Those southern belles were the ones with the accent! NOT me! hahaha<BR/><BR/>Best of luck with Julie, and on your video, you sounded totally un-accent like me. :)Kodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04752268343784867005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-33704922608458384172009-04-06T17:15:00.000-05:002009-04-06T17:15:00.000-05:00This is not a word I thought I would ever use abou...This is not a word I thought I would ever use about Julie, but I was wrong! Julie is the best English (or do you say American?) speaker in our grade, so she's only SHY! (wow, I've said that Julie is shy) xDAudhildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01281989921197796857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-36116432391735381172009-04-06T17:11:00.000-05:002009-04-06T17:11:00.000-05:00Sarah . . . even though we midwesterners don't hav...Sarah . . . even though we midwesterners don't have an accent persay, we always find it EXTREMELY easy to take on one! You will be talking just like Julie in no time!<BR/><BR/>Julie - just be yourself!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-58430399168080143812009-04-06T16:30:00.000-05:002009-04-06T16:30:00.000-05:00I love any accents. I'm southern, I even love sout...I love any accents. I'm southern, I even love southern accents. <BR/><BR/>Someone told me my accent was so cute and precious. Dang it I was going to sheek and sophisticated that day.Kaye Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149963938177172532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-29801129529803452652009-04-06T15:41:00.000-05:002009-04-06T15:41:00.000-05:00You are sweet. I love, love, love accents and try ...You are sweet. I love, love, love accents and try my best to mimic them...but cannot do so very well.Angela Nazworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13949844180291293484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-26181725373254689482009-04-06T12:47:00.000-05:002009-04-06T12:47:00.000-05:00accents show that you have been beyond the corn fi...accents show that you have been beyond the corn fields.. and allow us to dream of far off lands :)melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09910975341934139920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-17932138588459247782009-04-06T12:45:00.000-05:002009-04-06T12:45:00.000-05:00Accents are a spice of life, Julie! I talk like a ...Accents are a spice of life, Julie! I talk like a boring Midwesterner. I wish my voice had a little more spice! Be proud of that lovely accent of yours!Rach@In His Handshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01580213373580431141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-77141161205161617332009-04-06T12:17:00.000-05:002009-04-06T12:17:00.000-05:00Julie, accents are AWESOME. And I should know -- I...Julie, accents are AWESOME. And I should know -- I have the BEST one around, LOL! ;)Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16791257181990955117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-88754158711313165612009-04-06T11:34:00.000-05:002009-04-06T11:34:00.000-05:00I'm another Midwesterner who adores accents. If I ...I'm another Midwesterner who adores accents. If I could do it without getting weird looks, I would adopt a new accent every day of the week, just to make life interesting.<BR/><BR/>Also, here's something to think about for those of us who have "TV voices." I have cousins who live in Ireland. When they came to the U.S. a few years ago, the cousin my age barely spoke with a brogue, while his father's was so thick, it was hard to understand what he was saying. I asked Colin why that was and he said, "Oh, I'm talking with an American accent so you can understand me. I've been told it's pretty good." <BR/><BR/>Cracked me up. I had never considered an "American" accent. But of course, accents being what they are, we have one too.Kelly @ Love Wellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18037513409301217473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-20904242789718780752009-04-06T11:26:00.000-05:002009-04-06T11:26:00.000-05:00Sarah is right. We love accents and mothers are a...Sarah is right. We love accents and mothers are always right!!!!!lol<BR/><BR/>My 2 teenage daughters are always trying to talk with a foreign accent. They just think that's the coolest thing. So see, you'll be cool just by talking here!Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662751045378148853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-36163507848788457772009-04-06T10:58:00.000-05:002009-04-06T10:58:00.000-05:00Thursday a Polish lady was taking my blood. Her e...Thursday a Polish lady was taking my blood. Her english was rough to say the least and I could of listened to her for hours!! We love accents, even us country bumpkins!Patrice and Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961959014212195011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-59197688159473913202009-04-06T10:46:00.000-05:002009-04-06T10:46:00.000-05:00I'm voting for a video of her talking. I am from ...I'm voting for a video of her talking. I am from the Midwest as well and I've always been told that I have a "TV person" voice. I guess, if I think about it, that's about right. We are audibly boring. (no offense, Sarah, but I can say it since I guess I'm just like you).<BR/><BR/>So, most CERTAINLY you shouldn't get rid of the accent. As a matter of fact, thicken it up a little bit. Then take a video and let Sarah post it for us. So we all can have minutes of repeat fun.Huse Yo Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18004838935064378063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-26787640213426803452009-04-06T10:21:00.000-05:002009-04-06T10:21:00.000-05:00Yes, Julie, EMBRACE the accent!! And when people ...Yes, Julie, EMBRACE the accent!! <BR/><BR/>And when people stare at you when you talk, it's not because they think you're weird... they are just CAPTIVATED. Am I right? I'm right.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05180469252649028425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908185560435429588.post-75390819432053625602009-04-06T10:13:00.000-05:002009-04-06T10:13:00.000-05:00Julie, honestly we will ADORE you if for no other ...Julie, honestly we will ADORE you if for no other reason than the fact that you have an accent!<BR/><BR/>But I am pretty sure you will be a wonderful addition for numerous other reasons as well!<BR/><BR/>Call Sarah! She wants to talk to you so badly she is making us all crazy(er):-)Sarah M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07504580998498244803noreply@blogger.com