the sign says exit (x) yet american's say "eggsit", oh wait maybe it's just the ones who live in new york, is it? i've lived here in NY for 22 years so that's where i have heard it.
2006-06-10 12:55:42 · 6 answers · asked by blue 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Either pronunciation is correct. Common usage in North America is "eg zit".
2006-06-10 12:58:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 15⤊ 0⤋
I was born and raised in northern Indiana (close to Chicago) and my husband is from central Indiana. We both say exit, but pronounce many words differently. His parents say "warsh" not wash, "collar" not color, and "seement" not cement. Also the odd ball of calling a green pepper a mango!
Although particular regions may say certain words and vowels distinctly, it also matters where your parents are from! My children spent the first few years of their lives in a foreign country and spoke English as a second language. Their dialect and pronunciation is different from everyone else in Indiana! When they speak the foreign language they also speak it in the local dialect of where we lived.
In the end it is based on alot of factors!
2006-06-10 13:32:33 · answer #2 · answered by carrie p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in Kansas and was born and lived in Iowa my whole life I say Exit. America has so many dialicts and they dialicts go all over the country that it is just the way they speak.
2006-06-10 13:01:21 · answer #3 · answered by Mrs. Mac 4 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh piss off with your stereotypical, generalizing self, we have plenty of that already here, get a hobby and let it go!
2006-06-10 13:01:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2006-06-10 12:57:29 · answer #5 · answered by wayne 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
your point is?
2006-06-10 13:00:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋