<p>Just want to report that our 6 year old African Grey has added “roll tide” to her list of calls!</p>
<p>Another inadvertent BAMA fan.</p>
<p>Back to work now. No more nonsense :)</p>
<p>^^^With or without an authentic Dixie drawl? :)</p>
<p>That’s right…</p>
<p>The cheerleaders do tend to have a bit of drawl, so when they say it, it’s Roll Tiiiiide (with a soft d)</p>
<p>I love regional accents. The spice of life. When I arrived in East Lansing, Michigan to attend grad school at Michigan State, I was checking out at the super market and the cashier said to me, “Hey, you’re from California, aren’t you? Southern California.”</p>
<p>I was floored. I never thought I had an accent (and trust me, du-u-u-de, I don’t have that caricatured “Valley Speak” patois we’ve all heard parodied on TV and in the movies).</p>
<p>Roll Tiiiiide!</p>
<p>People always know I’m from Southern California because I talk fast and make contractions out of words that aren’t… LOL Didja gonna wanna etc</p>
<p>^^^Gotcha.</p>
<p>Oh, MY! I fear its just a plain ol’ California accented “Roll Tide” …the cheer leaders might not even recognize it!</p>
<p>^^^Good enough for government work, I say! Why don’t you make a YouTube video of your parrot belting it out and let us know when it’s online :)</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>LOL…it will be a big hit for all the Tide fans! :)</p>
<p>I’ll give that a go in a couple of weeks when the school year is over. I fear she doesn’t perform well on demand but will try to share! She does have a crimson tail!</p>