I'll tell you some

[Englishlanguage]

I've listened to it again and I have noticed that at 3:19 and 4:24 he really seems to say I'll tell you some and at 6:06 he says Lemme say some, here.....I wanna...I wanna say some. Could you check it out, please?

[engee30]

Originally Posted by Englishlanguage

I've listened to it again and I have noticed that at 3:19 and 4:24 he really seems to say I'll tell you some. Could you check it out, please?

I'm not a native speaker of English, but he only seems to be saying I'll tell you some on 3:19 and 4:24; in fact, he is saying Let me tell you something and I'll tell you something, respectively.

[Delmobile]

Englishlanguage, although the comedian is slurring his speech (to enhance his depiction of Mr. Bush as not very bright and, possibly, a little bit inebriated) I'm afraid there are folks in Texas and the rest of the Southern US who speak with that accent or one even less intelligible.

And he does sound amazingly like Bush.

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by Englishlanguage

There is plenty of these videos on youtube. You just have to search it a bit.
I also listen to this kind of videos in order to improve my listening skills but I'm having some trouble.

Say:

There are plenty of those videos on youtube. You just have to search a bit. I also listen to this kind of video [in order] to improve my listening skills, but I'm having some trouble.

Originally Posted by Englishlanguage

Is Texan accent really like that or is he stressing it?

George Bush's accent is, I think, pretty typical of Texans. (I have a couple of nieces from Texas.)

(In Texas they say y'all. Example: "What y'all gonna have?" (Spoken by a waitress to restaurant patrons.)

In Texas they pronounce oil as all (as in ball). Example: "I got some oil (all) on my ball." (Spoken by a bowler.)

~R

[Englishlanguage]

You know, when I was a kid, I used to live in Houston before I moved to Italy. And my mother always tells me I had such a strong accent.
It is funny that now I cannot fully understand the accent I used to have.
This really makes me angry sometimes.

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by Englishlanguage

You know, when I was a kid, I used to live in Houston before I moved to Italy. And my mother always tells me I had such a strong accent.
It is funny that now I cannot fully understand the accent I used to have.
This really makes me angry sometimes.

My sister and one of my nieces live in Houston. (What a small world!)

You must have been quite young when you left, and that is why you didn't retain your accent. (Peerhaps your accent reminded you of pleasant memories of that place, and that is why you wanted to hold onto it.)

~R

[Englishlanguage]

Originally Posted by RonBee

My sister and one of my nieces live in Houston. (What a small world!)

You must have been quite young when you left, and that is why you didn't retain your accent. (Peerhaps your accent reminded you of pleasant memories of that place, and that is why you wanted to hold onto it.)

~R

Yes I agree. You're absolutely right! I've always been attracted by its accent. Sometimes when I think about my past, I really feel as if I had lost something.
However the problem is that I arrived in Italy when I was 5 and from then on I refused to speak English. When my parents tried to make me speak it I always answered "We're in Italy and I'm not gonna speak English here!".

That's also why my English is not quite like a native speaker's. It could seem odd, but I was a native-speaker even though I'm not any more.

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by Englishlanguage

I've listened to it again and I have noticed that at 3:19 and 4:24 he really seems to say I'll tell you some and at 6:06 he says Lemme say some, here.....I wanna...I wanna say some. Could you check it out, please?

I hear these variants:

somethin'
someth'n'
some'n'
some'm'

[RonBee]

I agree with Cas.

~R

[Englishlanguage]

Now that you have told me, I can hear he says something after that some'... but it's not that easy for me to hear it and I don't always notice it.

Thank you