# What do you call the hippy dippy art teacher new age chick drawl? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 26, 2009, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-hippy-dippy-art-teacher-new-age-chick-drawl/497646 "2009-05-26T03:18:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-hippy-dippy-art-teacher-new-age-chick-drawl/497646/21 "2009-05-26T15:00:28Z")
Examples: Mr. Van Dreesen of BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5IswrbAiLU) Ms. Alordayne Grotke of Disney’s RECESS [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffbjy8vhyiQ) (Yes, that is Allyce Beasley.) ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-hippy-dippy-art-teacher-new-age-chick-drawl/497646/22 "2009-05-26T16:38:48Z")
Lissener, if you love this accent you should come on over to Vashon Island. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-hippy-dippy-art-teacher-new-age-chick-drawl/497646/23 "2009-05-26T17:40:42Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I have a co-worker exactly as described in the OP. > > And her name is Tish. Swear to God! My name is Tish. I just had to say that, since we Tish’s aren’t that common. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-hippy-dippy-art-teacher-new-age-chick-drawl/497646/24 "2009-05-26T17:58:21Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Real story: Once, when my wife was maybe four months pregnant, she came over for some occasion and said to me, head tilted just as you describe, in that faux-sincereity voice, “Soooooooooooooo, do you put your head on her belly every mooooorning and say `Bless you baby, be well my child?'” > > Me: No. (Seriously, who the fuck does that?) > > Her: Uhh… oh. > > Me: The baby doesn’t speak English yet. What your kid wasnt concieved in America? Learn the language or leave the country already 🙂 If you speak it slowly and loudly it helps 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-hippy-dippy-art-teacher-new-age-chick-drawl/497646/25 "2009-05-26T18:10:49Z")
I would call it supercillious. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-hippy-dippy-art-teacher-new-age-chick-drawl/497646/26 "2009-05-26T18:12:43Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > My name is Tish. I just had to say that, since we Tish’s aren’t that common. Hmm… if you’re in Madison, I’m in trouble. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-hippy-dippy-art-teacher-new-age-chick-drawl/497646/27 "2009-05-26T18:41:57Z")
Oh yes, this just described the mom of one of my friends…the insincerity of the whole manner is what’s most grating. Upon meeting for the first time: “Hi, I’m Gargoyle, nice to meet you.” “Ohhhhh myyyyyyy. I am sooooo stunned to finally meeeeet youuuu” _I get grabbed in a full-body hug that goes on far too long_ In reality, I could tell right away that my name was immediately forgotten, and I would never (thankfully) become in any way close to her. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-hippy-dippy-art-teacher-new-age-chick-drawl/497646/28 "2009-05-26T18:57:48Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > My name is Tish. I just had to say that, since we Tish’s aren’t that common. You’re much more of a “Monstro” to me. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-hippy-dippy-art-teacher-new-age-chick-drawl/497646/29 "2009-05-26T19:11:29Z")
Oh yeah! Don’t say OK, you say it Ummmm Kaaaay? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-hippy-dippy-art-teacher-new-age-chick-drawl/497646/30 "2009-05-26T19:25:11Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > What your kid wasnt concieved in America? Learn the language or leave the country already 🙂 Actually, no, she wasn’t. Neither was I! 😉 (I just noticed that since I let my subscription lapse my location isn’t displayed.) That reminds me of another story about that woman, though, which is similar to Gargoyle’s. When she met my best friend at our wedding party, she gave him the whole insincere “oooooh it’s WOOOOOOONDERFULLLLLL to meeeet yoouuuu” and shook his hand for, I swear, three full minutes, all while regaling him with how woooonnnnderful it was to meet him, and how she’d heard sooooooo much about him, such as the fact that he was my best friend, he was from California, he was my best friend, he was from California, and he was from California. Seriously, that’s all she could have known, but she made it last three minutes. The funny part was watching my bud’s face. He went from a friendly smile, to an uncomfortable smile, to a forced and uncomfortable smile, to a rictus of terror, to clearly debating to himself whether it would be worth it to chew off his own arm to escape. His discomfort was obvious from thirty feet away, but she did not notice. Or did not care. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-hippy-dippy-art-teacher-new-age-chick-drawl/497646/31 "2009-05-26T19:44:00Z")
I, too, know exactly what you mean. These people speak to everyone as if they are speaking to a bright 2-year-old. Slow, measured, calm, no big words. I think they believe that it sounds enlightened and wise (and perhaps they’ve picked it up from a therapist, or watched too much _Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood_ when they were kids), but I find it infuriating. As another data point, I find that these same people are often two or three notches overdressed. Scarves and knit hats when it’s 55 out, long sleeves when it’s 90, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-hippy-dippy-art-teacher-new-age-chick-drawl/497646/32 "2009-05-26T19:57:02Z")
> [@Ichbin\_Dubist](#): > > I, too, know exactly what you mean. These people speak to everyone as if they are speaking to a bright 2-year-old. Slow, measured, calm, no big words. I think they believe that it sounds enlightened and wise (and perhaps they’ve picked it up from a therapist, or watched too much _Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood_ when they were kids), but I find it infuriating. > > As another data point, I find that these same people are often two or three notches overdressed. Scarves and knit hats when it’s 55 out, long sleeves when it’s 90, etc. But in a weird way, right? Like, a scarf & a knit hat, but no coat. I know the type…there’s one who is a librarian at my local library. If I have to ask for a book, she gazes at me as though it was the most fascinating request she’s ever had. I’ve always wondered what would happen if I asked her to find me the latest Ann Coulter book. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-hippy-dippy-art-teacher-new-age-chick-drawl/497646/33 "2009-05-26T19:57:57Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > And how do they all sound like this? What’s the model for this specific behavior? Can it really have emerged, parallel evolutionlike, identically in so many different women? Well, you could say the same thing about the stereotypically “gay” voice, which seems to cut across generations and geographical boundaries. I always wonder if such things are innate or cultural. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-hippy-dippy-art-teacher-new-age-chick-drawl/497646/34 "2009-05-26T22:19:10Z")
Not to necessarily blame it on the '60’s (as tempting as that is), but could it have something to do with acid trips from years gone by, in which they had a guide who carried on like that, and/or they themselves were serving as the guides for others, who benefitted from those vocal mannerisms and relentless eye contact and hand-holding? Caveat: pretty much everything I know about acid trip guides is from **Flirting With Disaster** , so YMMV. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-hippy-dippy-art-teacher-new-age-chick-drawl/497646/35 "2009-05-27T00:34:42Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Well, you could say the same thing about the stereotypically “gay” voice, which seems to cut across generations and geographical boundaries. I always wonder if such things are innate or cultural. Well, except that a stereotypically gay voice is specifically feminine; the model for that is obvious. What’s the model for this insincere concerned tone? ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-hippy-dippy-art-teacher-new-age-chick-drawl/497646/36 "2009-05-27T00:45:13Z")
> [@The\_Scrivener](#): > > Not to necessarily blame it on the '60’s (as tempting as that is), but could it have something to do with acid trips from years gone by, in which they had a guide who carried on like that, and/or they themselves were serving as the guides for others, who benefitted from those vocal mannerisms and relentless eye contact and hand-holding? > > Caveat: pretty much everything I know about acid trip guides is from **Flirting With Disaster** , so YMMV. 😃 Nope. Don’t blame it on the drugs. The women described are just pushy & too effusive. The OP blames it on their “hippy” background, but some Southern church ladies exhibit the same behavior–with different fashion choices. Joss Whedon is pretty liberal but one of those women appeared in “Dead Man’s Party”–from the 3rd season of _Buffy Vampire Slayer_. After having to kill her lover Angel to save the world–just after he regained his soul–Buffy had fled to LA. After she returned, her mother & friends felt a bit of resentment that she’d left, but pretened they were simply glad to see her. So a welcome home gathering turned into a huge party attended by every doofus high school kid in Sunnydale. And Pat showed up. Floating in dressed in every ethnic cliche, she’d met Buffy’s mom at book club & felt the need to “share” with Buffy just how broken up she’d been. Then she nattered on endlessly about all her classes & activities–was she an aging trust fundie with a really small trust fund? Quite annoying. She was killed by a zombie, then possessed by a zombie demon. Buffy finally killed her again with a shovel through the eyes. And her Mom & friends were glad that things were back to normal in Sunnydale. Still–I’d rather be one of “those” woman than be Carol Stream… (except for the bit about being zombified…) ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-hippy-dippy-art-teacher-new-age-chick-drawl/497646/37 "2009-05-27T01:00:52Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > They all make everyone they know watch [_What the #$_! Do We (K)now!?\*](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399877/) Practically every time someone comes in asking for that movie, I can guess who recommended it. (Me: “It’s in Documentaries, under Religion/Philosophy, because we don’t have a Bullshit section.”) Oh, damn. I freakin’ hate this movie. In college I (using help from wonderful folks on this board) gave an unexpected 5-minute mini-presentation, complete with notes, demolishing the movie, after our hippy dippy psychology prof showed it to the class, complete with a warning that if we were likely to feel threatened by such a movie we didn’t need to watch it. To her credit, she apologized for having shown it to us and thanked me for the presentation; to her discredit, she hadn’t watched it before showing it to us. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-hippy-dippy-art-teacher-new-age-chick-drawl/497646/38 "2009-05-27T02:38:51Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > Sounds like Equipoise or Zoe, your pick. Somehow I missed this. Thanks again, Carol Stream, for reminding us of what a cunt you are. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-hippy-dippy-art-teacher-new-age-chick-drawl/497646/39 "2009-05-27T02:52:24Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > In personal interactions she is precisely as you describe; every word out of her mouth is telling you that she is concerned and feels your pain and wants to give you a big ol’ hug and yet not a word of it, not a syllable, is sincere. It’s all veneer. She puts on a show of being friendly to everyone, of being the ultimate earth goddess kindly woman of power who;ll use your power to make the world a better place, but she is in fact conniving, ferociously elitist, and a world class skinflint. Read “People of the Lie” by M. Scott Peck. ---
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