okay, this will prove where you're from

[kelownagirl]

I saw Fargo - I don't think we sound ANYTHING like the people in that movie.

Roguedog - where in BC? Been to Kelowna?

About the word "about" - I was in a mall in Spokane. A lady came up to me and asked me if I wanted to participate in a survey. I said "About...?" She said "Never mind, you're from out of town." I had no idea we said it wrong...

[roguedog]

Hey Kelowna,

Been to Victoria, Vancouver.. and a few times just taken the trans-can over to alberta over to jasper (LOVE jasper), edmonton, banff, calgary... One of my favorite trips. just gorgeous country.. or as you all put it "gods country"

I always have an itch to do this trip around the fall.

I've also explored campbell river and then on over to nootka sound. another beautiful trip.

of course have gone up to whistler (drove up in a friggin storm.. yes from california)

wanted at one point to just drive across canada but the winter was coming in and thought i'd better not get stranded up there.

never been to kelowna though.. wouldn't mind exploring the okanagan valley for the wines that are popping up there.

oooh.. getting that itch again....

[roguedog]

HEY! You're IN the Okanagan Valley!

[bmccasland]

That's a Southern accent you've got there. You may love it, you may hate it, you may swear you don't have it, but whatever the case, we can hear it.

Just because I'm currently living in the southern US, the locals would beg to differ on my accent, they say I have a midwestern accent. For me mary and marry are the same but merry is different, and I wasn't given that option.

I love taking these things 'cause I was raised in the military. Always have problems with the "where are you from?" question. Do they mean where do I currently live, where did I live last, or where did I grow up? I usually answer, "the Air Force".

As for local vernicular - in New Orleans one "makes groceries" instead of going grocery shopping. Sort of a direct translation of the french. The other that just grates my nerves - people "axe" questions. As in "can I axe you something?"

[IFjane]

currently[/COLOR] living in the southern US, the locals would beg to differ on my accent, they say I have a midwestern accent. For me mary and marry are the same but merry is different, and I wasn't given that option.

I love taking these things 'cause I was raised in the military. Always have problems with the "where are you from?" question. Do they mean where do I currently live, where did I live last, or where did I grow up? I usually answer, "the Air Force".

bmccasland - I have always had the same problem. I was born, raised & still live in VA - raised by a mother who was from South Carolina. However, my whole life people have asked if I am from Philadelphia! Mom says it was because I grew up outside a military base & was taught by Navy wives - most of whom, according to Mom, were Yankees

According to the survey, I have a midland accent - or lack thereof!

[Haudlady]

This explains it!

My result? "The Midland."

I am born, bred, and raised in New England... both of my parents are also native New Englanders...

Yet, somehow, people say I don't sound like I'm from here... or they say "no, really, where are you from originally?"

[eofelis]

This explains it!

My result? "The Midland."

I am born, bred, and raised in New England... both of my parents are also native New Englanders...

Yet, somehow, people say I don't sound like I'm from here... or they say "no, really, where are you from originally?"

As a native New Englander (Ipswich, MA), I got the same result.

[LBTC]

HEY! You're IN the Okanagan Valley!

And so am I! about a half hour further north than kelowna

Let us know when you're coming to visit!

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~