[Magdalen] Speaking of the Carolinas...

[Jon Egger]

When Philip was learning to fly, he noted that in Alaska when people were
leaving to Canada or to the US they were 'going outside."

Grace and peace,
brud

On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sometimes, Jon.  I've said that, but only in jest.  This area has another
> set of expressions that I cannot spell, but the sound like 'been-yuh' and
> 'come-yuh.'  In the earliest days after the schism, I addressed our
> congregation often with the words, "At Good Shepherd, there are no
> 'been-yuhs' and no 'come-yuhs'.  There are just us and we are all 'here!'
> and part of the same family.  We are Good Shepherd!  Thanks be to God.'
>
> Ginga
>
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 6:59 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > One of the elderly but active woman at Old Trinity, is a lector on one
> > Sunday a month.  She has a beautiful North Carolina, despite the fact
> that
> > she was born in Montana!  Her lilting voice is a joy to hear.
> >
> > A priest I know did a wedding (for an old friend, you know how that is)
> in
> > Charleston. Hanging around at the small church for the reception, in
> > speaking with folks in attendance, when he told them where  he lived
> (KCMO)
> > People would say "Oh, you're from off!"  Is that an expression South
> > Carolina uses for people not from SC?
> >
> > Grace and peace,
> > brud
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 6:07 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > David, South Carolina accents vary across the state.  The further into
> > the
> > > upstate from Charleston you move, the more 'North Carolina' you will
> > > find...but with SC's very own distinctions.  People in the Pee Dee area
> > and
> > > people from Columbia and others from Greenville all speak with a
> Southern
> > > accents but not the same ones.  Charleston, on the other hand, has a
> > > dialect unto itself.  Wikipedia has a good description;
> > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina
> > >
> > > Truth is, as more people move to the South and South Carolina, one does
> > not
> > > hear so many 'pure' accents these days.  Just in our small church we
> have
> > > families from Chicago, Michigan, NY, VT, VA, etc.  One of our members
> > has a
> > > heavy Charleston accent and I have a smidge...my father was born and
> > raised
> > > in Charleston and his mother was of French Huguenot descent.
> > >
> > > And, to Sibyl's article, I would love to do excavation at an archetural
> > > site.  One is being done locally at the 1750 English Church ruins built
> > as
> > > part of the Church Act of 1706.  An entire settlement grew there with
> > 1800
> > > residents in its hay day.  On the Ashley River, the highway to
> Charleston
> > > for the plantations.  St. George's English church's bell tower still
> > stands
> > > but everything else is lost.  Digs to find the foundation have been
> going
> > > on for years, as have those to identify the village buildings and
> > homes.  A
> > > tabby fort remains more or less intact on the river banks.  General
> Swamp
> > > Fox Marion from time to time fought for the colonies in the fort.
> > >
> > > History, including that beneath the ground, is fasinating to me.
> > >
> > > Ginga
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 8:41 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> > > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Over and beyond the obvious flood problems for which we all pray
> > > > will be resolved, I've been interested in the interviewing of the
> > > > residents
> > > > on the national news programs.
> > > >
> > > > I had in mind that the typical South Carolinian had a deep southern
> > > > accent more akin to South Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi.
>  Instead,
> > > > they sound much more like natives of North Carolina with which I  am
> > > > familiar (brother lived in Cary, NC in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill
> > > > area).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > David Strang - whose sister-in-law from Evansville, IN sounds much
> > > > more like the the Alabama natives than South Carolina  natives.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>