My friend was visiting this weekend. She’s from California which means she doesn’t have much of any kind of accent. I guess it was the lack of Southern drawl that threw me off. We were in the kitchen enjoying a cup of tea and she walked past me to throw something in the garbage.
She returned to her chair and said, “Do you bathe often? Do you like vanilla?”
I’m quite alarmed. What? Do I stink? I thought she knew I took a shower just the night before. “Uh, yeah, pretty much every day. Ya know, I just took a shower last night. But I don’t like vanilla scented soaps. They sort of make me nauseous. Uh…do I stink? Does my hair look greasy?”
It’s her turn to look perplexed. “No, you don’t stink. I just wondered of you liked to bake because I’ve made my own vanilla extract and it’s really good.”
Light bulb goes off.:lightbulb: Oh! “I thought you asked if I bathed, not baked, often.”:happy2::happy2::happy2:
:happy2: :happy2: :happy2:
I guess we know now that you bathe. And not to give you vanilla soap for Christmas.
Comment by Marilyn — June 4, 2007 @ 7:58 am
Too funny!
Comment by Rhonda — June 4, 2007 @ 8:24 am
:happy2: :happy2:
I’ve lived in the south for 20 years now and I still don’t get some of the phrases. Every once in a while I’ll run into someone and I swear they’re speaking another language. It’s pretty rare though. At the moment I’m raising 2 very southern girls so…
Kira
Comment by Kira — June 4, 2007 @ 8:52 am
Yeah, Marilyn, no vanilla soap. :mrgreen:
Rhonda, we’ve laughed and laughed over it.
Aw, Kira, you’ve got GRITS (Girls raised in the South) :thumbsup:
Comment by Jennifer — June 4, 2007 @ 10:29 am
Well, if they’d slow down and learn to talk right this wouldn’t be a problem!
Comment by Kimberly — June 4, 2007 @ 11:00 am
Here’s one for you. I used to work for Southern Living magazine customer service. I would have people call from the North, and comment “my, you sure have a southern accent”. Hello, you did call Southern Living not Northern Living. Don’t ‘cha think it would sound just a little funny is if I sounded like a person from the north saying “Southern Living”? :happy2: I always said “thank you”.
Comment by Ginger — June 4, 2007 @ 11:36 am
LOL, Kimberly and Ginger. :devil:
Comment by Jennifer — June 4, 2007 @ 4:46 pm
That’s so cute! I’m interested in seeing how our Southern accents go over in Scotland. Or if I’ll be able to understand them.
Comment by Danniele — June 5, 2007 @ 10:08 am