This might be fun for a Fun Monday roundup of folks' accents.

I got this from the blog Just Another Day on the Prairie - and her 'about me' section is a real hoot.
 

Why do we say something is out of whack?    What is a whack?

Kit over at Gizzard’s and Calf Fries did this little video (A Wife Speaks) meme concerning the way we pronounce words or what kind of an accent we have so I thought I’d give it a shot seeing as I have a webcam now.  Feel free to participate and let me know how funny I DO look and sound.  I know my words and mouth don’t work at he same time and it wouldn’t upload the whole thing.
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
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?

video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=j2wY6q65xko

Fun Monday - Ari asks us to tell our favorite sound - and our least-favorite sound.

Topic for Jan. 24: What is the most beautiful sound in the whole world? Once you've told us that, give us the flip side, too: What is the sound you dislike the most?

Babies laughing with each other:
I love to watch the two or three toddlers who attend my local Friends Meeting (Quakers). They are able to watch the silence pretty attentively, but then begin echoing each other's comments and hooting back and forth at each other, until their mom or dad takes them down to the playroom. Here's some prime baby-watching video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a2DAkhZaZY


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSfi8OU4m3I

with a cute dog - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KTLKyXnBR4&feature=bf_prev&list=PLC6AD00F07FEB3692&index=29

laughing toddler:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXXm696UbKY


My least-liked sound:  retching and throwing up.
Here, I'll reference Tosh.O, since he regularly features throw-up segments on his show on the Comedy Channel. However, most of those kids are so drunk that the agony and effort of a real throw-up scene aren't really seen. (I'm sure we all have our own examples of grownup throw-up . . . when's the last time you had the flu . . . or food poisoning? . . . or . . .

Fun Monday - Let's get up and dance

Ari's topics for this month have been totally absorbing and inventive. How about this one for today:  "I asked everyone to post a link to a music video or song that specifically makes you want to get up and dance. I did say a, as in singular. But I couldn't settle on just one."
I had the same problem, after rambling through YouTube's offerings from MoTown and from classic rock. Good times!
I did get stuck listening to Punjabi sad songs when I was looking for the perfect dance tune (Punjabi). That beat always gets me up and dancing.
And here's another infectious song: Tightrope by Janelle Monae. It's at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwnefUaKCbc
But because my favorite was embargoed from embedding, I fell back to this good ol' country dance hall favorite:  Boot Scootin' Boogie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvZjkYdza8o