I'm from Pennsylvania originally, and people make fun of me for saying "water" differently.
I pronounce it "wooder".
Forest - Farest
Orange - Are-ange
Creek - Crick...unless I'm reading it I say creek.
And I say soda...not coke or pop. It's SODA!!!
Do you say "you guys" - "ya'll" or what?
I say you guys, or ya's.
Sometimes I feel like a parrot because people are like "say dog, say cat, say this" etc. I live in Texas now and I've kinda lost my Philly accent...
I'm sure I say more but I'm kinda out of it tonight. If I think of more I'll add some.
2007-03-20 21:30:06 · 13 answers · asked by Wendy 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I'm originally from Minnesota but live in a military community in Okinawa, Japan... SO - most of the friends I make pick out my accent very quickly. I believe Minnesotans tend to extend their long O's, and if the "O" is in the beginning of the word the rest of the word goes fast.
Forrest - Fo(hhh)rrrest
Orange - O(hhh)rrrange
Creek - Creek
POP!!! Not coke or soda... IT'S POP!
It's you guys... ya'll cracks me up...
I get the same thing - say this, say that... it's funny.
They usually want me to say words with the long-O sound and for some reason I always say the word, "BOAT".
2007-03-20 23:33:53 · answer #1 · answered by THATgirl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am very Southern and a heap of what I say makes the folk from up north take notice and a lot are drawn to it because it is a plain language with zillions of variations.
2007-03-21 04:35:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in New Jersey, so my accent is probably alot like yours was. I also say soda. I pronounce radiator like rad de ator and I pronounce dog like dawg.
2007-03-21 04:35:33 · answer #3 · answered by jrsygrl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
While in the USN, I was my homeport in Alemeda, CA, just north of 'Frisco. (What a culture shock!) Anyway, there was this exchange of words constantly:
"Where are you from?"
"New Jersey."
"Oh, you mean New Joisey?"
Perhaps, spelling insruction is not too effective out west!
2007-03-21 04:43:17 · answer #4 · answered by LuckyJack 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not American, so the things we say are pretty jumbled up, mostly because we were a British colony back then.
2007-03-21 04:33:24 · answer #5 · answered by sugarscamp 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The big one that i get caught on alot is Wash like i am doing the wash i say it like wursh.
Also Oil i say like OL
2007-03-21 04:34:33 · answer #6 · answered by Cereal Killer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hrmm...when i say naked...i say it like nekkid
i say Sodie...hehee though never pop or coke...sometimes soda.
and i say ya'll....and i'm kinda ghetto so sometimes i'll say stuff like "i'm finna go to the store".
and for some reason...people love it when i refer to women as "broads".
2007-03-21 05:15:31 · answer #7 · answered by Hooligan 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Minnasotah, Dontch ya know!
2007-03-21 05:47:46 · answer #8 · answered by fresh goddessDenver 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Once I guy I worked with was laughing at me each time i would say "us", he said it sounds like "a*s" it was embarrassing
2007-03-21 05:18:58 · answer #9 · answered by Laura Palmer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I say oink with my belches. Two birds with one stone. To hell with'em.
2007-03-21 04:38:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋