Talkin' like a Browncoat

POSTED BY: alex21
UPDATED: Thursday, December 29, 2005 09:00
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IAMALEAFONTHEWIND

Tuesday, December 27, 2005 5:40 AM

I'm from the south as well and they already talk like folks in the 'verse, so some of it is natural (I grew up in Alabama and Texas, so I've covered the old south and the wild west to boot), but I have purposfully replaced Goddamn with Gorramn to help me cut down on the swear words. Ruttin' also finds it's way into the vocab - same basic idea. I don't really say shiny that much; it's still too awkward, but I do find it a mighty likable word.

"I don't wanna explode."

ROLAND19

Tuesday, December 27, 2005 7:48 AM

Yeah, I find myself using 'gorramn' quite a bit. Here's the weird (sad) part -- I'm an English major. D'oh.

GORBA916

Tuesday, December 27, 2005 8:10 AM

I work in the web industry aka internet. Sometimes I call the Internet, the Verse. :)

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O Serenity, O Serenity! Where art thou Firefly?
Deny thy networks and refuse thy box-office totals;
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I'll no longer be a Capulet....

CHRISTHECYNIC

Tuesday, December 27, 2005 3:34 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Roland19:
Yeah, I find myself using 'gorramn' quite a bit. Here's the weird (sad) part -- I'm an English major. D'oh.

I can imagine no better reason to learn an accent, dialect, or simple word by word linguistic corruption

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Thought I should add:
I'm from Maine, so the "g"s were already gone about half the time anyway. (You southerners think you have exclusive rights to a lack of g, gorramn snobs.)

About the only way we don’t talk here is the way you see us talk in movies, though I suppose there are some exceptions to that far north of civilization, I just don't go there often (ever.)

PEULSAR5

Wednesday, December 28, 2005 6:15 AM

I work as a 911 Emergency Operator so the phrase "I'm guessin you werent burdened with an overbundance of schoolin" gets said a LOT.

GRAYFURY

Wednesday, December 28, 2005 3:05 PM

I say Shiny and Gorram on a regular basis... In a storewide e-mail I sent out recently, I noticed AFTER it was sent that I refered to a previous e-mail as a "wave" D'oh.

"Smellin' alot of IF comin' offa' this plan!"

SHINYPARASOL

Wednesday, December 28, 2005 8:27 PM

I've just recently gotten hooked on Firefly, so I haven't started saying things out loud yet. I am getting to the point where I think to myself in terms from the 'verse. Shiny is a particular favorite.

SHINYPARASOL

Wednesday, December 28, 2005 8:28 PM

Sorry. I didn't mean to double-post. My computer is acting up a bit.

DANIELFYRE

Thursday, December 29, 2005 5:19 AM

I try to use shiny as much as possible but it doesn't feel natural yet, I think it will. Gorram is gonna take some work though. I do find myself randomly quoting the show though. Today for example my friend was lookin at somethin at the mall and he was gonna stop again to look at it and I just naturally said "Keep walkin preacher man..." Also there was a quiet moment where my friend and I were just standing there staring off into space (we're not stoners I swear) and I just randomly said...and we shall call this land...this land...and we both bust out laughing, anyway I used shiny a few times today but again not as natrual as some other things. I use Frack from Battlestar Galactica pretty easily (its much better 'cause its not as bad as the actual word and no one ever questions it). But yeah that's pretty much the extent of my browncoat speech.

-Dan

Ain't that just shiny? (yes add one to the tally)

SERYN

Thursday, December 29, 2005 9:00 AM

in a similar way, after watchin the extended gag reel that other day - everybody find that post and watch it, takes a while to load but don't be put off, 'tis heaven sent - I found my self using Nathans 'frick', actually the words were 'frickin'frick-fricketyfrick'

I think its replaced 'fek' in my affections.

the other day I found myself yelling 'oh! look at the pretties' accross the shop.

I've also started mumblin 'baboons ass crack' at the idiot customers, in english or chinese, depending on how well I think they can hear...

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"She's a mite whimsical in the brainpan."

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