Linguistics Student Maps Out Us English Differences

[ToJesusMyHeart]

This thread suddenly reminds me of

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx2zLgdkJpk

 

[Apotheoun]

Around here you will often hear it pronounced as "bin".

That seems to be how most people in the Bay Area pronounce the word been.

[Byzantine]

This thread suddenly reminds me of

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx2zLgdkJpk

 

You're a nightmare, honestly. :)

[ToJesusMyHeart]

You're a nightmare, honestly. :)

What's the issue, stan? 

 

Let's not start a HP debate. I just like the characters and this scene. :)

[WillT]

My dad was from Missouri (which he pronounced as Missourah) and always used the word soda; while my mom was from Michigan and used the word pop - although by the 1980s she had started calling carbonated beverages soda pop.

My grandmother is from Missouri and also pronounces it that way. It must be common in certain parts of the state. She also says "warsh" instead of wash.

[ToJesusMyHeart]

My grandmother is from Missouri and also pronounces it that way. It must be common in certain parts of the state. She also says "warsh" instead of wash.

Some people say "idearrr" instead of 'idea' and I don't understand where these invisible R's are coming from?!

[TheresaThoma]

warsh vs wash :hehe:

My Gramother (from PA) calls it a warsh-cloth. Quite amusing in my mind. 

[DiscerningCatholic]

My grandma says gare-bage instead of garbage... 

 

I have a friend whose grandparents say "torlet" and "winder" instead of "toilet" and "window." They also call their daughter Miranda "Mer-rane-da"

[Byzantine]

What's the issue, stan? 

 

Let's not start a HP debate. I just like the characters and this scene. :)

 

Uh, stan?

 

I'm sorry if you ended up crying in the lavatory during the Halloween feast :(

[ToJesusMyHeart]

.............................who told you?

[WillT]

warsh vs wash :hehe:
My Gramother (from PA) calls it a warsh-cloth. Quite amusing in my mind.

My grandmother even says George Warshington. :)

The extra r at the end of a word happens a lot around here, too. I think it's a southern thing mostly.

[Nihil Obstat]

My grandmother even says George Warshington. :)

The extra r at the end of a word happens a lot around here, too. I think it's a southern thing mostly.

My fianceé's mom says it a lot. She is from Maine. You will also hear it a lot in many forms of British English.

[Byzantine]

.............................who told you?

No one told me. I saved you from a troll, remember?

[ToJesusMyHeart]

No one told me. I saved you from a troll, remember?

:love: