Are YOU a Tootle Puffer??

[USMCotaku]

I have never had anyone complain about my sweet southern accent most people find it charming

That's because you don't have a southern accent... You have a southern dialect

 

[AndriaD]

That's because you don't have a southern accent... You have a southern dialect

I have a southern accent... I rarely speak in southern dialect. Other than "y'all", I speak standard English.

Andria

 

[USMCotaku]

I have a southern accent... I rarely speak in southern dialect. Other than "y'all", I speak standard English.

Andria

di·a·lect

a regional variety of language distinguished by features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation from other regional varieties and constituting together with them a single language
Dialect | Definition of dialect by Merriam-Webster

Dialect isn't limited to vocabulary. Your pronunciation is a result of your location, not from learning English secondary. Technically, Australian, cockney, British.....are all dialects of the English language, where French and Spanish people (for example, can insert any nationality) are speaking with accent.

 

[blivey]

That's because you don't have a southern accent... You have a southern dialect

I don't use southern phrases, vocabulary, or grammar. I have a southern cadence and drawl. Definitely not dialect. I'm not buttering biscuits unless it's in the kitchen.

From the Oxford Dictionary-
Dialect or accent?
A common mistake is to confuse a ‘dialect’ with an accent, muddling up the difference between words people use and the sounds they make, their pronunciation. If vocabulary and grammar are being considered alongside pronunciation, then ‘dialect’ is a reasonable term to use. But often, when claiming to discuss a dialect, someone will concentrate just on pronunciations. If what is being spoken about are sounds alone—that is, accent—then the area of language study is rather pronunciation, or phonology.

 

[USMCotaku]

I would bet dollars to pennies you use more local terminology then you think
Sent with one hand, the other is busy vaping.

 

[Katya]

Her she is!!!!!

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The one and only!!!!

I love her!

She is fun but she can never find her puffer. She is what I call a high maintenance puffer partner.

Well, get her another puffer! Right away!

She deserves it!

 

[Katya]

Well Tootle Puffers, 'tis my birthday today and I'm looking forward to browsing round the interwebby vape shops and treating myself to some more goodies

 

[Katya]

I'm celebratin with ya! 3 years smoke free today!!!

Congratulations, Deb!

 

[Maytwin]

Thanks to all you Tootle Puffers for all the birthday wishes (spoken in a perfect South of England accent)

 

[gt_1955]

You have to love google. Here you go

• An accent is the way that particular person or group of people sound. It’s the way somebody pronounces words, the musicality of their speech, etc.
• A dialect describes both a person’s accent and the grammatical features of the way that person talks.

I have no idea what mine is but I talk good

In Oz, it's a twang not an accent or dialect

 

[57chilicat]

Well I messed up! Happy ANNIVERSARY MUD! But since I messed up I hope you had a happy birthday too! Whenever it was!

 

[5cardstud]

I messed up too.
Happy Birthday to all you birthday people and happy anniversary to all those with vaping anniversaries.

 

[Robert Cromwell]

In Oz, it's a twang not an accent or dialect

It is often a dwawl in the states.

 

[clnire]

I messed up too with celebratory wishes. Happy Birthday to those and Happy Anniversary to others. Most important, I wish you all many more!

 

[mudram99]

Morning everyone.

This tootle puffer is ready for the week.

Some mighty fine tootle tools you got there

 

[Robert Cromwell]

EVERYONE have a happy day!

 

[mudram99]

This one too!

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DP what's the wrap (man bling) that looks spacey/Star Warsie?

 

[mudram99]

That's a reflection on the degradation of our language skills

Watch it gunnie! Don't make me beat you with a dead armadillo!

 

[mudram99]

Ok USMC & Andria, let's not let this dialect thang turn into a water heater type dialog!

 

[440BB]

In some regions of the United States, water heater is pronounced "still"