It’s HARRRRIBLEEEEEEEEEE… « I forgot where I was going with this….

Ok so remember I said there are words that I have trouble saying? Last night Steve alternated between utter bewilderment and laughing his ass off because I couldn’t say HORRIBLE. It started while we were laying in bed. We both usually unwind for a few minutes by playing games on our phones.

<click, click click>
Me: Oh that was horrible!!!!!
Steve: Horrible.
Me: Horrible?
Steve: No. Horrible.
<click click click of video game playing>
Me: Ok.
<more clicking of keypads>
Me: Horrible? (still checking)
Steve: NO A! H-O-R-R-I-B-L-E! It’s an OOO sound!!!
<click click click>
Me: Horrible?
Steve: NO!!!!!!! Horrible!
Me: Really? Because I thought I had it that time.
Steve: <Giggle. Sigh.>
<click click click click click>
Me: (hopeful) Horrible?
Steve: BWAA HA HA HA NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Horrible! Why is that so hard for you?!?!
Me: Damn. I thought I had it that time.
<click click click click click click>
Me: Horrbile.
<silence>
Steve: Sigh. Noooo.
<click click click>
Me: Damn. I was feeling really smug that time. I thought I had it.
Steve: Really? You thought you had it.
Me: yes. Sigh. Horrible?
Steve: NO! Were you feeling smug?
Me: um yeah. You Californians talk weird.
<click click click click click>
Me: Horrible? This time I know I’ve got it!
Steve: Uh. No. You don’t. Horrible.
Me: Horrible?
Steve: HORRIBLE.
Me: Horrible?
Steve: YES!!!!!!! Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
<click click click click>
Steve: It’s not going to stick, is it?
Me: Sigh. Probably not.

Ron Says:
October 5, 2007 at 11:48 am

LOL!!! I know this game. My wife and I play this game a lot. My wife is from Puerto Rico and spent a few years in North Carolina. That makes for some interesting conversations. “We’re gong to the cavin in the woods.” B’s, V’s, it’s all the same.

Tell Steve to beware though… After only a few years I find that it’s my words that are the ones that are slowly changing. :-O That truly is hor-ee-blay…

Sabrina Says:
October 5, 2007 at 12:29 pm

what can I say. My pronunciation has an accent. and will always have it. As spanish is my native lenguage.. :P.. but is kind of funny how the same words are pronounced different from city to city Is teh same in spanish by the way .. Just tell steve your Horrible has your own signature.

Sabrina Says:
October 5, 2007 at 12:31 pm

By the way i will be my father in law birthday and this time I’m really out of ideas..he is in Mexico but i will have visits that can give him the present when they go back to Mexico.. I really need ideas if you have any.. ANY.. and it need to be also that can be packed and you know how airports deals with luggage.. HElP!!!!!!

Ree Says:
October 5, 2007 at 12:51 pm

Wait, I still can’t get past the “play games on our phones” part. Gawd, you guys are geeks.

Apparently, I say collar wrong. And roof. Because I don’t say it like “color”. Or Ruf. But this is MY issue, not Mr. Hot’s right? I’m the one that can’t speak.

Yea, right. :-b

imhelendt Says:
October 5, 2007 at 2:41 pm

Ron- He won’t give up the California accent for the Louisiana one. He claims Californians are the only ones WITHOUT an accent. Sigh. He might go Madonna on me and turn British though….

Sabrina- Yes the same word is pronounced completely different across the US. It’s annoying.

Send somethign that he can’t get in Mexico!

Ree- LOL! We’ve IM’d each other while in the same room. You don’t even want to know. And we’re playing the same game too. lol.

Collar is supposed to sound like color? Sigh. I say it Collah. R is rarely pronounced. Try drawers. I say drawz. lol. What kinda dork says DRAW-ERS? You took some west by gawd virginia with you. LOL!