In the uncut interview with Mark during the conversation about going to Walmart and the movies in the $5.00 bin that Dylan wanted to buy, at approximately 11:37 Mark says: "so he threw those in, which is one of the movies we
would watch the night, you know, we were together."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGEwCBPy90w&feature=youtu.be
He is mixing past with present and saying that there was more than one movie they would watch that night (or planned to watch that night?). He doesn't say they actually watched it. Unofficial poll, do people here talk in this manner? (I would have said "so he threw those in, and one of those was the movie we watched that night." I wouldn't have said "together" because, well, duh.)
Maybe I hear odd where it's just a speech pattern difference.
The speech patterns we hear while growing up sometimes become so ingrained even if living in a completely different area of the country, as an adult, it is hard to rewire our brains to talk appropriately.
I am a southerner. Some southerners mix tenses and are even know to create their own words.
We do it all the time. It is not a big deal and makes for a memorable, unique person. It is who we are!:great:
Doesn't MR have family in NC? One would assume he grew up there, thus the speech patterns of mixing past and present tense. Other oddities in his speech which have been pointed out here at WS - to me they are normal -:floorlaugh: IMO, as a southerner, reflect directly on a southern heritage. :twocents:
ubm from your quote above
at approximately 11:37 Mark says: "so he threw those in, which is one of the movies we would watch
My interpretation of this statement, FWIW, is, in his mind, as he is talking, he is reflecting on being in Walmart, D is picking out the movies - the movies they
would watch later. Later is the word he left out. Leaving out words, IMO, is another side effect of a southern heritage. Although MR's speech is not alarming to me, I can see others POV.
the movies they
would watch:
Upon reflection of the moment in Walmart when the movies were being picked out, they had not been watched yet, "would watch" is perfectly normal to say. MR was retelling as a reflection of a moment in time. At that exact moment in time, the movies had not been watched. He could not say and we watched, because his telling of the event is when they were inside Walmart, picking out movies. (which would be watched, later or later, they would be watched)
Another thing about southern people is we beat around the bush and eventually answer the question which was
"Unofficial poll, do people here talk in this manner?"
YES,
some people do. Namely people who have been exposed - poor thangs - to Southern speech. :blushing:
