Maybe he's from South Mexico?

Bahahahahaha!

I crack me up :)

That is so funny. You type an awesome representation the accents around here!

You need to hear my family. I have a cousin who can take a full 30 seconds to pronounce "expedition" which is the kind of automobile they have...and she is 10!

I just can't laughing. Your husband. You gotta luv h'm.
At a family reunion several decades back, someone told my mother that spoke with an accent. She turned to me and asked, "Do I have an accent?" I said."No. Do I have an accent?" Soon everyone at our table was asking each other whether or not they spoke with an accent.
Hmm, guess you had to be there. It was funny at the time.

I married a yankee and when I moved him back to Texas he couldn't understand anyone. But after 3 years, he's getting an accent of his own. (He's almost a full blown redneck.)

I'm a born and raised Yankee, but living in TX for a couple years has given me a southern accent (decidedly not redneck, though). My Northeastern accent does come out in full force when I'm angry, though. Oh, and when I say "Good, how are you?" according to my husband. I think he's just crazy.

Thats too funny.

haha does he say "i reckon", "over yonder", and "ya'll"? becuase without those, it's only imitation southern. i would know because i have been stubbornly resisting all forms of southern dialect for 10 years living in virginia, and i do NOT say those words.

here's the true test.

Does he say Wednesdee
or
Tuesdee
or how about
Saturdee

Because I do.

When he says "yonder", like, "I see sum cows ovur yonder" (over there)..

THEN you know. :)

Just make sure he never says "I'm fixin' ta go ta town."

I love your blog! Its hilarious – a great antidote to a boring work day. I understand the accent problem completely. I have family from the south (I’m from New York), and I can barely understand them. It’s a completely different language down south. I’m sure they feel the same about my Yankee accent though.

Thanks for the laughs!

I'm southern, and i say ya'll and fixin and huh (all drawn out) and a whole bunch-a-other words that come so natural to me, i cant single 'em out.

Hey- and we huuuunt and fiiiiiiish too!
We live for hun'tn season and fishin' on the river.

What else is there? I think your husband sounds like a mighty fine man!

Hey, I'm Canadian (French and Irish) and I sometimes say y'all.

And?
I love Merle Haggard.

Okay, embarassing confessions time OVER.

I aint got nuthin' against MURRRL, seriously, he's great. I only got sumthin' against my MEXICAN husband talking like a southern'r.

BECAUSE HE'S MEXICAN!

Please do not dis Merle. I love that man and would have his babies. They wouldn't be cute but they would come out singin' jail songs.

Find out if your hubby is saying ya'll or you'all. I hear lots of people "faking" an accent and this is their fatal mistake. It is never you'all it is ALWAYS ya'll.

My ex-inlaws used to call potatoes, "Taters". That pretty much constituted divorce right there. Dumb okies. Not all Okies are dumb but they are the ones giving the rest a bad name.

Ok, last time...

I AM NOT DISSING MERLE. I AM DISSING MY FAKE ACCENTED MEXICAN BORN IN MEXICO HUSBAND.

Oh and D? Thanks for reminding me, he TOTALLY says "taters".

I still wanna know if you got any beans to come out of his ass??

(I didn't think you were dissing Merle-- I just get jumpy when anyone else from our generation has even heard of him. My parents were going to name me after one of his songs. I'm not sure how lucky I am that they didn't) I think it's hilarious (if somewhat disturbing) that Tony is doing this accent. Is it ALL THE TIME? Or just with the Southern folk? And has he ALWAYS done this, or is it a new thing? Because it might be time for an intervention.