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I did it- after a little encouragement I have posted my “Voice Meme.” Tanit-Isis did it on her blog a year or so ago, and it was brought back yesterday by the lovely Lady Katza. After hearing Leila of Three Dresses and Seeds of Three I thought I would give it a whirl.
First, I would like to say I HATE being on camera. (So funny coming from a girl who majored in Theater when she went to college.) But it is true. I felt like a big old doofus… BUT I did it anyway. Secretly I kind of liked it! Shhhhh…
A little background on me… I was born in Hawaii, spent 2 years in Australia (first 2 years of my schooling) and have spent a majority of my life in California with a brief stint in Texas when I was 18. I am very interested in listening to how others say these words and answer the questions- which are as follows!
List of Words:
Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught
List of Questions:
What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?
What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
What do you call gym shoes?
What do you say to address a group of people?
What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?
What do you call your grandparents?
What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
What is the thing you change the TV channel with?
And let me know what you think!? Do I sound like all the other Californians out there?
-Laurie
Sew Exhausted 
You are sooooo in trouble for New Or leeeeeeeeans!! hahahahaha!! 🙂
Hahaha… I knew it! I wanted to fake it but I actually feel stupid saying N’awlins! So New Orleeeeeeans it is!
So fun to hear your voice! And I guess we can forgive the New Orleans, since you say pecan right. 😉
Whew! Thanks! 🙂
I can’t wait to listen! I don’t have much time but I just wanted to set the record straight! I didn’t come up with the meme and I really don’t know who did—but it sure is fun somehow. 🙂
Haha… Well you know- “Rumor had it…” I did a quick little edit- but I still referred to you! Hope that is ok! It was fun- but I still felt like a dweeb! I need to practice more in front of the camera…
Love hearing your voice here. I’m glad you got talked into participating.
I’m so glad you uploaded your video! I think you sound Californian. Tho I didn’t hear a lot of “totally”. haha
Like, I mean, totally… you didn’t hear me throw a bunch of those terms in?
I’m gonna have to listen again…maybe I’m immune to them after living there for so long. 🙂
I thought you did great! It’s been fun seeing all of these pop up on blogs.
I’d say you sound like the Californians I’ve worked with. Your accent is just subtly different than most of the people living around me – I probably wouldn’t think about where you are from in a normal conversation.
I also majored in Theatre and HATE myself on camera! That’s why I’m crew. I’m really good at avoiding cameras. =)
Yey Laurie! I was so excited to hear you voice and see you, as you know I am such a huge Laurie fan. You’re the sweetest and I love your accent.
Aww Clare… its nice to know I have a fan!
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Really enjoying this project, so cool to hear other people. I’m still trying to figure out what we call that rain in the sunshine thing too. This is especially galling as we’re in “summer” Bank Holiday weekend and it’s been raining all day!
You sound completely normal to me. I was born and lived in California all my life, but people think I have a southern drawl. So normal to me may not be normal. Ha! I lived in Chico (Northern California) for a while and they pronounced almond without the “L”. So, how do you say almond?
I say almond WITH the L… 🙂 I think I sound pretty normal too! Haha!
I say almond with the L! Interesting! I did not know that! I am going to have to pay more attention when I drive through California!
Hey, this is you!! So great to hear/see everybody. I had no idea you were from Hawaii and went to school in Australia. So cool. (It’s ‘pop’, not soda. LOL. It’s so funny how we all have our ‘words’ for something so familiar, isn’t it?)
Fun to hear your voice! I’ve been living in California for more than 15 years so I hear a lot of similarities in your pronunciations. But a couple things are definitely different – likely because I grew up in upstate New York. 😉