Drawl, brogue, accent, stutter

References to the way a person speaks


16 comments:

Sylvia said...

And the southern girls with the way they talk,
they knock me out when I'm down there

California Girls ~ Beach Boys
(and later David Lee Roth)

Ashlee said...

I can tell you're lying because when you're replying,
Stutter, stutters, stutter, stutters


Stutter
Joe

Sally said...

I'll get a terrace apartment
Better get rid of your accent

"America" from "West Side Story"

HoosierNan said...

The only boy who could ever move me
Was the sweet-talkin' son of a preacher man.

--Not sure the artist; "Son of a Preacher Man

Ellen (nursescrubs) said...

Pardon my southern accent
Pardon my southern drawl
May sound funny
Ah, but honey--
I love y'all!

(Matt Malneck/Johnny Mercer)

By the way, this is Johnny Mercer's 100th anniversary year!

Katie said...

I keep my grammar well rehearsed,
correct each stutter, every slur,
come on and have your way with me.

Taking Back Sunday

Sandra Dodd said...

If that's the way you been mindin' me corn
I'll do it myself in the m- m- m- m- morn my love,
I'll do it myself in the morn.

"The Stuttering Lovers"

Katie said...

His accent sounded fine to me, to me

Vampire Weekend "Oxford Comma"

snowhere said...

Jimmy with the girls was just a gawk,
Stuttered every time he tried to talk,
Still, that night at eight
He was standing at the gate,
Stuttering this song to K-K-Kate.

"K-K-K-Katy", Geoffrey O'Hara

Sarah said...

And mix it all up with some down home southern drawl ya'll
You got your YEE HAW!

Jake Owen

Sandra Dodd said...

I was born of Geordie parents
One day when I was young
That's how the Geordie dialect
Become my native tongue

"I Wish They'd Do it Now," a vaguely dirty little song

Ellen (nursescrubs) said...

K-K-K-Katie,
K-K-K-Katie,
You're the only g-g-g-girl
That I adore

(a very old--c. WWI--"nonsense" song)

Ellen (nursescrubs) said...

I meant to say, it's the continuation of Snowhere's entry, too! I hit the "enter" button just too darn f-f-f-fast!

Deborah McCarthy (Sydney) said...

When little eefin' Annie talks
It always comes out this way
Ee, ah, oo, ee

Little Eefin' Annie - Joe Perkins

Sandra Dodd said...

Come back to Texas
It's just not the same since you went away
Before you lose your accent...

"Ohio," Bowling for Soup

Bob Collier said...

Well, no-one's ever seen what I mean, from the age of n-n-n-n-n-thirteen.
We've all been caught in a mouth trap, so join with us and do the st-st-st-st-st-st-stutter rap.

Stutter Rap, Morris Minor and the Majors.