Struggling to understand different regional dialects in the USA

Chris Morales23 said:Hey analoglynx23, did you actually grab that nickname from the guy in STARGATE? 😁

Nah, just some older Kowalski I know.

My immediate thought was Tennessee Williams's Kowalski 🤷, what a damn Stargate 😕.

Melissa Castillo said:My very first thought was Tennessee Williams's Kowalski 🤷, given what a cursed show 😕 Stargate is.

Look, Stargate is easily my favorite sci-fi franchise, both the original 1994 movie and the series itself... Regardless, if you haven't actually sat down to watch the films or the shows, you might not realize it, but that Kowalski guy had a pretty significant role in there, which is why I was asking 😁

analoglynx23 said:you mean since the last time we actually settled the heartland? 😉

That could mean a whole bunch of different things, so I haven't a clue. 😁

Melissa Castillo said:My first thought was Tennessee Williams's Kowalski 🤷, just like that damn Stargate 😕.

Sit down, this is actually pretty good.
It isn't exactly perfect—honestly, most of the blame lies with one specific character from the book, and later in the movie—but I feel like hardly anyone has actually sat down to read or watch it.

It’s honestly just hilarious watching people from the UK get all worked up talking... I sit there watching and listening, and I truly can't believe how much they're actually saying that makes absolutely zero sense to me 🤣
People from the Midwest and those folks from Ohio are right up there on my list for being just as tough to follow as the British...

And you know, we have that expression about "paying the price," which can mean getting into a huge blowout argument, or it could just mean facing some serious consequences...

Sometimes I’ll catch one of those cooking shows on TV, and every few minutes someone will mention adding some kind of "Kapula," just dropping the word left and right while the chef tosses some random white bits into the pan... you can't even tell if it's garlic, onions, or something else entirely... I actually had to go look it up online to figure out what on earth they meant by "Kapula" 🤣

It was just onions, by the way.

I also finally figured out what "crackling" means the other day... 🤣 Man, I love that word. It’s just such a great term. Honestly, it sounds a hundred times better than saying something is "savory" or "tender." A hundred times.

You think trash? What kind of trash? 😕

Honestly, I feel like being a Kapula is just basic decency at this point. It’s become so universal that it’s honestly weird if someone hasn't picked it up yet.

🤦 yeah, whatever, man.

Look, I'm from Washington, D.C., and nobody around here says "Kapula"... maybe you think that's just common slang or something, but personally, I'm sorry, it just doesn't fly with me...

Even where I’m from, we don't use that specific slang, so I know exactly what you're talking about—I've been aware of it since before middle school. Look, "Kapula" is a much more widespread term; it isn't just some niche thing used in California. Besides, there's this whole trend of pushing regional dialects into the mainstream media instead of sticking to standard American English. They bombard us with this stuff constantly, so you really should have run into that word by now.

Look, I honestly have no clue where else I would’ve picked up that word besides just hearing it on some random cooking show on TV—which, by the way, is something I never, ever watch... In my family, or even among my friends and people I know, nobody calls an onion a "kapula," and you won't find anyone calling it that at the grocery store, or in any kitchen, or at a single restaurant in the whole country.

Please don't try to lecture me or make such a big deal out of something so trivial... You heard about those weird little things, great. Here's your gold medal, I guess.

So, you’re basically a statistical anomaly then. (Don't take it personally)

some stats on Kapula! 🤣

Between people from the islands and those Highlanders, man, I just can't wrap my head around it. One time I was stuck in a hospital room with this Braćanin guy who wouldn't shut up for even a second—I couldn't understand a single word he was saying. Honestly, I had more luck communicating with a Czech dude. 😁