Say What, Now?: The Accent Vlog

A few posts back, the lovely Raven from A Momma's Desires and Pacifiers commented on my Anti-gluten post. I had to laugh when she was talkin about how awful diet 'POP' is for you:

Diet pop=poison absolutely!!

Pop?! (My little shug pie Boeger from Michigan says Pop too!) How precious! And I got to thinkin ... I have to admit, one of my favorite things about watching other people's vlogs is to see how they talk. Not just their accents, but their word choice. I am from North Carolina, but have lived briefly in VA and in SC. I must say, when we moved to Lynchburg, VA from rural, small town, Roxboro, NC, I got made fun of A LOT for the way I talked - well, mainly by this one kid named Richard. He was not nice. His favorite thing was to trick me into sayin "quarter" because it came out like "quartah". Jerk. Don't worry. I am over it now. I like my voice and the way I talk. So, there. 

Anyhoo -  I have been tryin to get up the nerve to "vlog" - so I figure, why not try this little dialect vlog project out? (Especially since I have more zits right now than I've had literally ever, and I'm goin' off two hours of sleep - thank you Mucinex D for the "lay awake and stare at the wall and listen to your heartbeat" effect.) I have avoided 'vlogging' because I imagined I would feel completely ridiculous. And, I did, but here it is.

I am actually writing this on Sunday night - but will not post until tomorrow for the following reasons: 

1) The hubs will be at work and I will be here by myself and hopefully feel less dumb while making "the vlog". 

2) I'll need a gazillion tries I'm sure to get it right done at all. Then I'll need another ten days for it to upload to Youtube.

3) I don't have on any make up and my hair looks like shiz-natti, and at least tomorrow, I'll put some on and fix my hair, and cross my fingers. It's bound to be better than what I'm workin wit right now. 

4) I feel silly already. But, it's high time to get over it. Lord knows I've seen other people online lookin farrrrrrr more stupid talkin about stuff that I wouldn't dream of tellin people about or assumin that they give a flyin rat's anus about. 

PS - here's the "script" - I came across this on Bluegrass Belle, though many people have done it before.

"The words":

Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both (Hey Cori!), Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught

"The questions": 

* What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
* What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?
* What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
* What do you call gym shoes?
* What do you say to address a group of people?
* What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?
* What do you call your grandparents?
* What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
* What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
* What is the thing you change the TV channel with?

So, here it is. Hate it or love it. At least it's over. Now I can cross "vlog" off my bucket list.
 
1) I say some combination of "Ummm" and "Ahhhh" a lot. Sorry.
2) Due to inexperience and the fact that I didn't want to do this over, there is a lot of the the room in the background.
3) The speed of the audio and the movement of my lips doesn't match perfectly. Aggra-va-tin!!!
4) My favorite is the awesome facial expression that is frozen in time before the video starts. Oh! And - the apparent Spotted Skin Disease. Nice:




Happy Monday!