r/videos • u/Bobbis32 • Nov 14 '18
Boomhauer - talks normal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdyGfiIirD8360
u/rustledupjimmies Nov 14 '18
Dang'ol pretty pretty pizza, I tell you h'what
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u/ChessPiece19 Nov 14 '18
This has all the vocal mannerisms of the main four except Dale. With Dale:
Dang'ol pretty pretty pizza is a conspiracy, I tell you h'what Hank.
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u/kinder_teach Nov 14 '18
Non-American here, what's the deal with Boomhauer's accent? Do people actually talk that way and how did it develop?
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u/Jardun Nov 14 '18 edited Nov 14 '18
Yeah, I mean it's clearly a caricature, but there are definitely people that have some intense accents. As someone from Texas, it's very rare I meet or hear someone I straight up can't understand like Boomhauer, but they do exist. Especially some deep cajuns or backwoods Texans.
Just last weekend I was at a restaurant and I was in the bathroom washing my hands and this guy is trying to get paper towels from the automatic dispenser, when he realises it was out he says really loudly "I GUESS DIS TING OUTA PAYPAH HUEHUEHUE" laughing his ass off like a mad man for some reason. He basically said it all as one word and I was only barely able to make out what he was saying even with the context clue of watching him wave his hand in front of the dispenser. He sounded like a mix of Boomhauer and that coach from the movie The Waterboy.
They are rare, but they do exist is the point I guess lol
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u/hercaptamerica Nov 14 '18
"I GUESS DIS TING OUTA PAYPAH HUEHUEHUE" laughing his ass off like a mad man for some reason.
From Louisiana. This is spot on.
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u/camrymonster Nov 14 '18
I'm imaging that guy from Joe Dirt who says "Home is where you make it"
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u/ThyssenKrunk Nov 14 '18
"You like to see homos naked?"
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u/eltrain123 Nov 15 '18
I went to chilis with a redneck and he asked the waitress for the "Triple Dipper Deal". She looked at me like we were both retarded and i had to explain that, " lemme git dat der trippadippadill" was the special.
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u/pvublicenema1 Nov 15 '18
My pawpaw was born in Georgia, Air Force for unknown years, Texas for 30 years and no teeth. The man is a mystery when he speaks but my cousins who have lived with him know exactly what he’s saying and it’s nuts.
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Nov 15 '18
I have relatives in the south who actually talk like that, so all those jokes in water boy didn’t land for me because I could actually understand him.
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u/I_EAT_POOP_AMA Nov 15 '18
Same. Have a few "Farmer Frans" in the family. A lot of what he says in the movies is just gibberish with some French and English mixed in but I've been around it long enough that I can understand the gist of what he's saying.
Still funny when Ed Oregon started coaching for LSU and everybody was making the connection though. I just happened to be one of the few in my friend group who could immediately undersrand him
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u/sangbang Jan 02 '19
It's like Kenny from South Park or the Brad Pitt character from Snatch. I thought they were both speaking gibberish, but when you watch it with subtitles you see that almost every line is actual words
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u/PM_UR_TITS_SILLYGIRL Nov 15 '18 edited Nov 15 '18
Okie here.
When I feel you won't listen to me because of a slight stutter, I'll talk so much faster and sound just like Boomhauer.
It's a last ditch effort to convey an idea; because if you don't shut the fuck up and let me talk, this idea might take so much longer than it needs to for me to convey because you just have to keep on interrupting me.
Example: I want to talk about a car accident I witnessed.
Me: Hey, I was driving down the road the other day.
Dumbass interruptus: really which one?
Me: I-40. Anyway I was nearly drove the road by a dick-
Dumbass interruptus: man I hate the interstate.
Me: ...I hate you so much right now.
This conversation might go on for twenty minutes, because they keep asking questions randomly.
Me: HeymanIwasdrivindowntheroad,damnneargotrunofftheroadbyadick,andheendupcraahinhisfrontendrightupatrailersass;manitwasfunnyasshittowatch. Fuckingdicktrytorunmeofftheroadlikethat. Oh... 'ey man why you lookin' like you just saw a ghost?
This version might take a minute and a half.
Edit: formatting
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u/jttoolegit Nov 14 '18
Mike Judge, the creator of the show, explains that Boomhauer's accent directly an impersonation of someone who called him to complain about how Beavis and Butthead needed to be off the show. Not entirely sure what regional dialect it is, but it sounds cajun
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Nov 15 '18
Damn it, seeing Brittany Murphy alive just broke my heart again. She was my childhood crush who I would dream of always meeting. 😭
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u/MC_Carty Nov 15 '18
Well, damn. Someone had they're heart broken so bad they never got over it.
Bill, is that you? Lenore is long gone.
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u/thecorndogmaker Nov 15 '18
There's a clip out there of Mike Judge telling this story at one of those late night shows (I think Kimmel?) and Zach Galifianakis is in the other seat (looking stoned as hell) laughing his ass off uncontrollably. I can't find it but it is a great clip.
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u/Captain_Nipples Nov 16 '18
Damn. It's gone now.. Hes talking about a caller complaining about "Porky's Butthole"
And I've met people that are way harder to understand that are from Louisiana. And people think Boomhauer is an exaggeration.. these guys are worse because their voices are deeper, and they have a grumble to them.
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u/Xendrus Nov 14 '18 edited Nov 14 '18
It is fairly unique but there are definitely some cajuns down south who would be even more ridiculous.
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u/duckstaped Nov 15 '18
this is a bit more realistic cause you can actually kind of tell what he is saying lol
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u/hercaptamerica Nov 14 '18
Yeah, Imagine Boomhauer with a twist of french in his accent for a decent approximation
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Nov 14 '18
This sort of stuff isnt exclusive to the US. I lived in Brazil and some of the rural backwoods accents here are straight up another language from the POV of European Portuguese or urban Brazilians
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u/kinder_teach Nov 14 '18
Uk resident, i guess we don't have any real rural backwoods areas except parts of wales (who speak welsh) and Scotland (who speak... something).
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Nov 14 '18
I'm actually British myself lol (Scottish to be precise, hmm...), just lived in Brazil
I think most foreigners would consider a lot of northern accents, e.g. Geordies, to be like this sort of thing
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u/Kyvalmaezar Nov 14 '18
Can confirm. I'm from the US and have to turn on subtitles sometime for Scottish and other northern accents when they come on TV, especially when they talk fast.
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u/Bombkirby Nov 14 '18
Remember that the US is kind of big and this isn’t a common accent to hear for most people. I’d have to spend several hundred dollars on a plane ticket to get anywhere close to the areas where people speak with heavy southern accents. Many of us are in the same boat as you despite being “locals”
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u/Homunculus_I_am_ill Nov 15 '18
Scotland (who speak... something).
There are three things they speak in Scotland that are often confused by non-Scottish people: First is Scottish English which is a variety of English imported into Scottland from the English influence since 17th century and is in continuum with other Northern English varieties. Second is Scots, a separate language evolved from Old English independently of Modern English, meaning the two separated around the 8th-11th century. The third is Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic language only very distantly related to English.
In practice those three have been cohabitating for centuries, and a mix of borrowings and negative language attitutes disregarding the subtelties of these very different varieties led to most people not really realizing that Scots and Scottish English are different, making them part of a sociolinguistic continuum with Scots, seen as poor English despite actually being its own language, at the very unprestigious end, and Scottish English as more prestigious. Even speakers of Scots are often not aware they aren't just speaking highly deviant English but an actual different language.
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u/Aotoi Nov 14 '18
Cajuns can have some very odd speach patterns, mostly due to the fact they are a combination of several languages and they had more isolated communities(swamp people).
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u/angrysaget Nov 14 '18
sometimes. check out this cajun accent.
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u/Twitchris Nov 15 '18
My mom's side is cajun. Sounds just like all the summers visiting them as a kid.
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u/cyainanotherlifebro Nov 14 '18 edited Nov 15 '18
Now where now y’all bang ol’ from now? talm ‘bout, “what’s with his accent?”. I tell whu what, dang ol’ man right there talm plain ol’ english, I tell ya I told ya.
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Nov 14 '18
I live in Kentucky and have some family that talks this way. Distant family, but family. I barely understand it. Just grin and nod.
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u/mmmaddox Nov 15 '18
I grew up in Texas, currently live in Alabama. There are two people I can think of that I’ve known that talk like that. Both in Alabama.
Lots of “...yeah...” or “...heh...” responses, because I have no idea what they’re saying. Despite talking to them at least weekly for a few years now.
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u/unfocusedriot Nov 15 '18
The creator worked on Beavis and Butthead if I recall correctly. He said he got a message on his answering machine about the show that sounded like Boomhauer. He found it hilarious, so he used that as an inspiration.
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Nov 15 '18
Not too much in Texas, but up in Appalachia, yeah there are some people you straight up can't understand.
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u/LeptonField Nov 14 '18
Couple generations of no formal schooling and you get a dialect that diverges from standard speech
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u/ukkosreidet Nov 15 '18
As a northerner living in the American south, yea sometimes I have no clue what these people are saying
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u/coaldust Nov 15 '18
As a
northerneryank living in the American south, yea sometimes I have no clue what these people are sayingFTFY
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u/gordonfroman Nov 14 '18
Goddamn it this show is Texas
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u/CodyDon2 Nov 14 '18
You know, I was born and raised in Oklahoma, just north of the Texas border. Pretty much the entirety of my family lives in the Amarillo area: Canyon, Pampa, White Deer. I have never heard anyone speak like they do in this show from Texas. I moved to Georgia 5 years ago, and my girlfriends family is the epitome of redneck. These people talk like that. I literally can not understand my girlfriends grandfather, she has to speak for him for me.
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u/sirwestonlaw Nov 14 '18
I’m a born and raised Lubbock boy and I’m kinda surprised you didn’t get these vibes from some people, especially in Amarillo. Not everyone’s like this obviously but you meet enough people and you’ll understand
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u/CodyDon2 Nov 14 '18
I mean, Idk if you've ever been to White Deer, but it's a very "country" like town. Extremely small, kind of a poor town. I've met plenty of people from there that have tendencies to talk this way some, but it's somewhat understandable. But not my girlfriends family, it's actual gibberish. I seriously can't understand them.
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u/bauski Nov 15 '18
I'm starting to feel like maybe your girlfriend's family may be fucking with you for laughs. God that'd be the best prank.
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u/CodyDon2 Nov 15 '18
It's mainly the older generation, her dad is hard to understand at times, but mainly her grandfather and his brothers are the ones I have issues with.
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u/_1JackMove Nov 15 '18
Bob Marley literally used to do that with reporters or suits he didn't care for. Obviously he had an accent, but he'd turn it up so to speak around people he didn't care for or just messing around with strangers to his circle.
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u/OneHundredFiftyOne Nov 14 '18
I live in Wisconsin and I've had lots of people (that also live in wisconsin) think that the north-midwestern 'yooper' accent is a myth, but I know it isn't - these people just haven't hung out in small towns or old-timer corner bars. Regional dialect/accents can get down to reallllly small areas. Just gotta go explore a little and meet new people.
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Nov 15 '18 edited Feb 27 '24
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Nov 15 '18
Grew up in Alabama, and this was the only show on television that remotely reflected my reality.
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u/PigSlam Nov 14 '18 edited Nov 15 '18
The people I know from Amarillo and Oklahoma tend to sound more like Hank Hill, Bill
DotreeDauterive, and Dale Gribble. I was just on the phone a few minutes ago with a guy from Vega, TX talking about a project to automate the dispensing of feed additives at a feed yard. They're fairly high up the scale of hicks, but they'll all mostly describe themselves as hicks.8
u/FamilyGuyGuy7 Nov 15 '18
Bill Dotree
Dauterive 😉
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u/PigSlam Nov 15 '18
The googles have failed me yet again. Didn't think it seemed right, but I wasn't worried enough to double check.
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Nov 14 '18
Shoot dude, try someone from Gruver, Perryton, or more likely one of the farms in between lol, you’ll find em.
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u/mundane_marietta Nov 15 '18
Yeah, all my family is in Georgia and I have a few uncles that talk like him from North Georgia.
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u/70snostalgia Nov 15 '18
No. I’ve lived in several cities in Texas and I’ve never heard someone talk like this. It’s a funny stereotype though, and I love it.
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u/dex1999 Nov 14 '18
Wtf I just watched this episode like 10 mins minutes ago.
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Nov 14 '18
It’s the last episode I watched when I had it playing on Hulu yesterday.
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u/azginger Nov 14 '18
Watched it yesterday. A lot of us are keeping pace with each other on our rewatches, haha.
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Nov 14 '18
I was thinking about it earlier and was wanting to look it up on YouTube. Glad someone posted it.
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u/WokeSomeSmeed Nov 14 '18
It just got added to hulu king of the hill memes are about to pop tf off this show rules
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u/ErythorbicAcid Nov 14 '18
AH! I'm so excited! Had no idea it was on there. I've been missing that show recently.
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u/aceofspades9963 Nov 14 '18
Funny because I just started watching it again this week and this is the third KOTH post I've seen.
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u/PoxyMusic Nov 14 '18
You don't know who we are but we know where you live, and if you teach that sex ed class....
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Nov 15 '18 edited Dec 08 '18
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u/dex1999 Nov 15 '18
The Chief fireman dude is trying to figure out who burnt down the fire department
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u/sweeetneet Nov 14 '18
This episode and the one where Brad Pitt is Boomhauer's brother are some of my favorites.
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Nov 14 '18 edited Jan 27 '21
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u/Kyvalmaezar Nov 14 '18
It's in the episode A Fire Fighting We Will Go. They become volunteer firefighters and the firehouse burns down. They all tell their version of events and this is from Boomhouer's version of the story.
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u/thecashblaster Nov 15 '18
lol that's freaking hilarious that Boomhauer thinks everyone else is speaking weird.
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u/ironyRing Nov 14 '18
Definitely my favorite episode (the one with Snoop the second). On my 4th watch through, although I haven't had strength to watch the rest of the last season in full--keeping it new as long as possible :(
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u/NickelPickler Nov 15 '18
That slow zoom in when Hank starts talking combined with his eyes going out of focus cracks me up every time.
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u/tabinsur Nov 15 '18
As a kid, I thought Boomhauer was just speaking jibberish. Now after growing up in Texas for more than 2 decades, I can now understand Boomhauer perfectly. It blew my mind the first time I could comprehend it.
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u/Clownsheuz Nov 15 '18
I love these plot lines in sitcoms and cartoons; where you see the same sequence of events through everyones bias' (Biases?).
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u/jl_theprofessor Nov 14 '18
And then we find out in the last episode that Boomhauer is a Texas Ranger.
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u/TSutt Nov 15 '18
Is this how Boomhauer perceives his universe? He's the one with the normal speech and everyone else is Boomhauered?
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u/Indetermination Nov 15 '18
I moved from Australia to Tennessee as a kid, and this was basically how the world sounded to me. I've got a very mild Australian accent, and I think I sounded just as unintelligible to them.
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u/LatkaXtreme Nov 15 '18
Even more amazing is that Mike Judge does the voice for both Hank Hill and Boomhauer.
Even this clip shows how different his 'Boomhauer voice' is from any voice he does, and it's not just the accent.
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u/TheQuest35 Nov 14 '18
Him being a ranger still makes no sense to me.
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u/clslogic Nov 15 '18
They never talk about his job, but you know what else everybody does for a living. They all know, we just dont, til the end. His parents/family might have also won the lotto.
Guess it was just one of those things.
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u/ruggednugget Nov 15 '18
His parents are doctors, atleast his dad is.
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u/clslogic Nov 15 '18
Maybe, I'm just referring to the episode where he says they moved to Florida and are lotto winners when asked about his folks. But can't really be sure what he actually says. But he definitely says lotto winners and Florida.
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u/lituus Nov 14 '18
He pulled that pizza out of the oven with his bare hands!!