Bringing Up Bates "Lawson's New Love and the Boutique's New Digs"
- Erin, Chad, and Brooklyn show off the old camper that they recently purchased. It’s a major fixer-upper, and they are looking forward to gutting it and doing a complete renovation.
- “I don’t love, love the idea of tent camping, so when he was like, ‘Let’s renovate a camper,’ I was all on board for that,” says Erin.
- Kelly discusses I Love You Day 2021 with Gil, Lawson, and Nathan. They do a FaceTime call on the family group chat and end up deciding on an animal theme. “…We love to bring all of our 101 opinions to every family decision,” says Zach.
- It’s moving day for the Bates Sisters Boutique. They are leaving Zach and Whitney’s property and moving into their new storefront. Erin, Whitney, and Carlin supervise the operation, and they bring their employees by, as well.
- “I think the employees are just as excited as us right now because the layout is just going to be so much easier to get things done efficiently,” says Carlin.
- Lawson has been traveling a lot, but he is home now and enjoying spending time with his dog, Duke. He plans to send the dog to three months of training. In other news, Lawson will be bringing his girlfriend, Tiffany, to I Love You Day.
- Jackson is recovering from a snowboarding injury that he sustained on a family ski trip in Colorado. He hit a patch of ice while attempting a 360 and snapped both arm bones. He landed in the hospital with 13 screws and two metal plates.
Such a sweet program! I enjoyed this episode and will watch it again tomorrow. Does anyone know if Lawson works in California?
ReplyDeleteTiffany is in California. He might have some jobs lined up, but I’m guessing it’s more Tiffany ♥️ than employment.
DeleteAnyone else cringe every time Kelly Jo said “ideers”? Katie said it too! Is it a TN thing? Gil used the actual word “idea”. Maybe it’s the teacher in me, but I’ve noticed it in other words at times, too. Michael says “gettin” instead of getting, so wondering if these are things that are said in their region? I’m from the Midwest, and those things aren’t said around here.
ReplyDeleteIt’s colloquial. I find it endearing. How people pronounce words bothers me much less than obvious bad grammar.
DeleteThink is a tennessee/southern thing,have a aunt from tennesse who says gettin too instead of getting,some words she says different from us from cali
DeleteOh goodness. It’s a regional thing. Different accents. British and Scottish people say things differently even though most Americans might not notice. They’re from the south. How you’re raised is how you speak normally. If Kelly’s parents said Ideers and Gil’s didn’t that’s probably why. The kids probably talk more like their mother since she homeschooled them and was around them more
DeleteYes, definitely a southern thing. While I am from the Midwest originally (I no longer reside there), my grandparents are all from the south. While some of my family speaks the same way Midwesterners do, others very much speak in a southern dialect. It’s honestly comforting and endearing to me. However, I can certainly understand that, if you’re not used to it, it could be strange or even annoying. Perhaps just try to remember that every region and every country have different ways of doing things and, for that region, it’s normal and rarely offensive.
DeleteYes, it’s regional. Some around that area do speak more distinctly “southern” than others as you even see many variations of it in this family.
DeleteA teacher would know that different places might just have a different vernacular.
DeleteYes it bothers me too, I'm not a teacher but loved English class in H.S. and would've made a good English teacher. Mispronunciation like this makes people in the rest of the country believe southerners are uneducated! (I'm in Louisiana) it's always bothered me that Kelly Jo is a TEACHER herself yet doesn't speak correctly. Trace said ideers also. The family also says "weddin' " that drives me crazy. They don't enunciate. And i LOVE this family no mistaking that!
DeleteI LOVE Southern speak, as well as other regional accents from around the world. If we all spoke perfect grammar when having fun and conversing, life would be so boring!
DeleteInterestingly, my very grammar-oriented high school AP English teacher was British and ended certain words with the “er” sound, as I have noticed some regions of England tend to do. So, instead of “Hannah.” she would say “Hanner;” and instead of “idea,” “ideer.” I found it endearing and she certainly was highly intelligent and well-spoken! It was just her accent.
I think their TN accents and colloquialisms are adorable. I can think of examples off the top of my head from Maine, New York, New Jersey, Minnesota, Georgia, and Pennsylvania. I think our society has become so judgmental and so lacking in understanding that people can be different from us without being wrong.
DeleteWhat bothers me is when the use bad grammar. When they say "me and Katie went to town" instead of "Katie and I went to town" You wouldn't say "me went to town" when using the singular so why would you say it when using the plural? Also when including another person in the phrase you are suppose to place the other person first in the sentence rather than yourself. Maybe their homeschooling curriculum doesn't emphasize grammar, but how do they get away with it in college?
DeleteAnd the Duggars pronounce the g in "ing" (at the end of words) with a hard g sound, and they say "whenever" instead of "when". Both sound odd to me, being from the Midwest, but apparently it's an Arkansas thing.
DeleteRegional patterns of speech and pronuniciation are common. Remember the movie "Fargo"? I grew up in that "yah, you betcha!" neck of the woods. While the movie exaggerated things a tad, it was not too far from how many of us talk who've lived here our whole lives. It comes from our Scandavian roots, a bit watered down with each
Deletegeneration. When I went to college, it was quite the melting pot of speech patterns! (My German friends referred to groups of others as, "Yoose guys".) Regional dialects are common in other countries, too.
I'm from east tn and they are the only people I've ever heard say ideer. I promise we don't talk like that. Yeah we have an accent and talk country but ideer is just plain ridiculous.
DeleteIm from California and say "gettin". I was raised with southern parents including a southern stepmother. Thats most likely where i learned it. I also say "axe" not "ask".
Delete@10:39am. I cring too. People in WV say it too.
DeleteWill someone 'in the know' please tell me why it is ok for Lawson to be jetting around the country unchaperoned? What happened to that rule in this family. It seems none of the females, married or not are allowed at the grocery store alone yet the boys seem to 'travel' extensively by themselves.
ReplyDeleteYes, I too, cringe when Kelly said "AH-DEARS" instead of "ideas". Her English grammar in general is awful. A southern, well-educated person does not annunciate like she does.
ReplyDeleteYou mean enunciate? 😄
DeleteYeah. If she “annunciated” that would really be something.
DeleteMaybe she simply exaggerates her accent???
DeleteLots of the country have accents; including me from MA. It’s fine everybody…don’t be so hard on Kelly!
DeleteMy brother-in-law was a Texan, a college professor of computer science/mathematics, and as smart as they come. I remember him saying, "FIxin' to go, or fixin' to do this", among other regional expressions. The first time I heard him ask for "ahhhs, instead of "ice", I had no idea what he was talking about. He had to clarify by saying he meant frozen water. BTW, a well-educated and foremost a KIND person knows better than to put down other people for any reaosn.
DeleteI thought the Bates sisters boutique was going to be a walk in store. It looks more like a big warehouse to me. Also I am from the South and I certainly don't talk like they do. Not all southerners slay the English language.
ReplyDeleteAnother project for Chad?
ReplyDeleteYes, and it was Chad's idea.
DeleteThere's a word for people who find fault with others in the way they speak, dress, physical appearance or other unimportant superficial matter. It's called a SNOB and there's only one way to pronounce it.
ReplyDeleteNailed it, 10:08!
DeleteTonight's show ended with "In Loving Memory of Thomas John Pitcher." What is his relationship with the Bates family or with the show.
ReplyDeleteHi Mimi,
DeleteTom was the husband of Betty Jo/Meema, Kelly's mom. He recently passed away. :(
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