Okay, I'm wondering how people in certain areas pronunounce some words?

Question

For orange, do you pronounce it or- range or ar- range?

Florida, is it Floor- i-da or Flar-i-da?

Forest, is it for-est or far-est?

Another is syrup. Would you say sir- rup or seer- rup?

Please respond and put where you are from, thanks.

Answer 1

I'm for the south and love it!!!

Or-range
Floor-i-da
For-est
Sir-up
These are extra...
Car-mel
Pa-ja-mas
Yall not you guys
Coke not soda or pop
Have a good evening!

Answer 2

I say or-range, Floor-i-da, for-est, sir-rup, and I'm from San Diego, California. In reality, there are probably many more variations that just those however, but regional pronunciation is fun, isn't it :) (I'm a linguistics major, I get excited about strange things)

Answer 3

Orange: Or-range

Florida: Floor-i-da (though i sometimes drop the 'i' sound)

Forest: for-est

Syrup: Sir-rup

I'm from upstate New York. But if you go down to long island then many people say the words opposite of how i said 'em. or atleast, people that i know do (half my family lives there)

Answer 4

Or-range,
Floor-ida,
For-est,
Sir-rup.

I grew up in Washington, currently living in Idaho.

BTW, my brother pronounces it "Warsh-ing-ton", but I pronounce it "Wash-ing-ton". Don't know how that happened. Also, my husband is a native of north Idaho, and he pronounces "bag" as "bayg", and "drag" as "drayg". Also, he says things like "These clothes need washed" instead of "These clothes need to be washed".

Answer 5

I am from Montana, but also lived in the Midwest and California.
Floor i duh
Four-ist
Sir- up

Now the interesting part is that My husband is from the Gulf coast Long beach and New Orleans.
Our fun words are:
Can't-- I say it: can-t He says it: cain-t
The name Jerry: I say Jair-ee He says Jur-ee
Louisiana: I say Lou- ee-z-anna He Says Looz- yanna

Interesting how different we speak.

Answer 6

I was born and raised in California, U.S.A.
I pronounce the words you gave in these ways:
or-range
Floor-i-da
for-est
sir-rup

Very interesting. You must be doing a research paper on language, huh?

Answer 7

or-range
floor
for
seer
from Southern Ohio

Answer 8

its just normal englush dude, only people from the south or east coast man have accents
i say or-range,floor-ida, for-est, and seer-up
im from argentina....wat a weird question.....

Answer 9

This type of survey has already been done in a....uh....TAD more scientific way! See:
http://cfprod01.imt.uwm.edu/Dept/FLL/linguistics/dialect/maps.html
If you want specifics for your question on "Florida," etc, see here:
http://cfprod01.imt.uwm.edu/Dept/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_11.html

Answer 10

ar-range
floor-i-da
for-est
sir-rup

Floor-i-da