# Is this woman from Georgia (USA) drunk or high? Her accent is nearly incomprehensible **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 26, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-woman-from-georgia-usa-drunk-or-high-her-accent-is-nearly-incomprehensible/797359 "2017-09-26T17:19:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-woman-from-georgia-usa-drunk-or-high-her-accent-is-nearly-incomprehensible/797359/1 "2017-09-26T17:19:03Z")
It’s from minute 9:00 to 10:00 in [this vid](https://youtu.be/QHR1cGN_5OA). Even the reporter misheard her. I immediately thought she was slurry drunk from some other state. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-woman-from-georgia-usa-drunk-or-high-her-accent-is-nearly-incomprehensible/797359/2 "2017-09-26T17:27:34Z")
At least she’s happy drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-woman-from-georgia-usa-drunk-or-high-her-accent-is-nearly-incomprehensible/797359/3 "2017-09-26T18:05:01Z")
Since there is no way to answer this factually without a breath or blood test, let’s move it to IMHO. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-woman-from-georgia-usa-drunk-or-high-her-accent-is-nearly-incomprehensible/797359/4 "2017-09-26T18:06:43Z")
She has an accent, but that’s only part of what makes her hard to understand. Drunk, high, mentally ill or mentally challenged, it’s hard to tell. ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-woman-from-georgia-usa-drunk-or-high-her-accent-is-nearly-incomprehensible/797359/5 "2017-09-26T18:08:50Z")
If it was muted I would have guessed she was drunk. Without the video I would have guessed she was drunk. With both I would have guessed she’s drunk. But it wouldn’t terribly surprise me to find out she wasn’t. Some rural Georgia accents do sound a lot like that. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-woman-from-georgia-usa-drunk-or-high-her-accent-is-nearly-incomprehensible/797359/6 "2017-09-26T18:15:55Z")
I don’t know, but I like her! That’s my kind of woman, right there! 😃 By the way, I’m the guy that originally posted that John Potter “sex toys” video (starts at 6:32) to YouTube, and it got a bump from a poster here on the dope that sent it viral and on all the late-night shows. My claim to fame! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-woman-from-georgia-usa-drunk-or-high-her-accent-is-nearly-incomprehensible/797359/7 "2017-09-26T18:30:04Z")
Link to thread at the time: > **[Hilarious news blooper this morning (Probably Safe For Work)](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=763266)** > > Couldn’t sleep and was up waaaay too early. Caught this on the local news channel. I love Andi's (the female anchor) reaction! :D It was **Smeghead** with the assist. Thanks again, man! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-woman-from-georgia-usa-drunk-or-high-her-accent-is-nearly-incomprehensible/797359/8 "2017-09-26T18:56:22Z")
Drunk and stupid. Not necessarily in that order. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-woman-from-georgia-usa-drunk-or-high-her-accent-is-nearly-incomprehensible/797359/9 "2017-09-26T19:02:27Z")
I honestly though she seemed to be partially deaf, and possibly a bit disabled. But, of course, that might be a temporary disability due to chemical alteration. Seems weird to use her for the segment, though, if it is drugs. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-woman-from-georgia-usa-drunk-or-high-her-accent-is-nearly-incomprehensible/797359/10 "2017-09-26T19:05:03Z")
Her husband seems to be similarly afflicted. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-woman-from-georgia-usa-drunk-or-high-her-accent-is-nearly-incomprehensible/797359/11 "2017-09-26T19:05:28Z")
I’m going to guess some sort of opioid. She just doesn’t seem to have the unsteadiness that you would expect with that level of slurring. Could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![rainy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@rainy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-woman-from-georgia-usa-drunk-or-high-her-accent-is-nearly-incomprehensible/797359/12 "2017-09-26T19:49:16Z")
I’m going with drunk…and she’s very practiced at being drunk. Funny thing is, I didn’t have any trouble understanding her. But then again, I’m not very far from Rabun county, Georgia, and I have a good bit of experience with drunkinesse. -rainy ---
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-woman-from-georgia-usa-drunk-or-high-her-accent-is-nearly-incomprehensible/797359/13 "2017-09-26T21:40:21Z")
I’m going with a speech impediment + a strong accent. She may be drunk as well, but who am I to judge? ---
**Author:** ![Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-woman-from-georgia-usa-drunk-or-high-her-accent-is-nearly-incomprehensible/797359/14 "2017-09-26T21:47:47Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > …I’m the guy that originally posted that John Potter “sex toys” video (starts at 6:32) to YouTube, and it got a bump from a poster here on the dope that sent it viral and on all the late-night shows… So do you want a medal or a cookie? Cookies taste better but they don’t get the chicks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dstarfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dstarfire/32/5762_2.png) [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-woman-from-georgia-usa-drunk-or-high-her-accent-is-nearly-incomprehensible/797359/15 "2017-09-26T22:49:59Z")
Just a friendly tip: If you click the share link on a yt video, you can get a link for a specific time IN that video. ---
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-woman-from-georgia-usa-drunk-or-high-her-accent-is-nearly-incomprehensible/797359/16 "2017-09-27T16:42:46Z")
Heroin. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-woman-from-georgia-usa-drunk-or-high-her-accent-is-nearly-incomprehensible/797359/17 "2017-09-27T17:16:21Z")
Excuse me, but I speak Cracker… S GA accent with a meth lilt. She even seems to be getting some mouth sores. ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-woman-from-georgia-usa-drunk-or-high-her-accent-is-nearly-incomprehensible/797359/18 "2017-09-27T18:31:23Z")
Drunk.