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[jonbon]

We always tease my DH (who grew up in NY) because he says "ahrange" and "Flahrida" instead of "orange" and "Florida." 

[faeriemoon]

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@jonbon wrote:

We always tease my DH (who grew up in NY) because he says "ahrange" and "Flahrida" instead of "orange" and "Florida." 

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Ok; I say ahrange.  

[mstyrion 1]

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@Moretofollow wrote:

Raised in Ca and always said rowt for route and root when pertaining to what comes out of the ground.  Ant for aunt.  Neither and Either with long e unless I want to sound like a pompous a**,  would never pronounce that with a long i.  

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IMO the only way you can sound like a pompous a** would be to say that your pronunciation of a word is the only way to say the word. This is a big country with dozens of regional accents.  No one should be made to feel they are somehow lacking if they say root instead of rowt or ayg instead of egg or nither instead of neether. 

Accents are charming and interesting and it would be a very sad thing if we all spoke in a Stepford accent manner.

[LilacTree]

How about "forward" and "fowood?"  I say forward, but I hear many leave both "r's" out.

[Marienkaefer2]

Language is a fluid thing. 

And because it is part of human life, it is as varied as there are human beings.  And that's what makes it all interesting.

If you have learned or speak other languages, you will know that there are many dialects and pronunciations in every language.  Sometimes they are by region, by city, by town. 

My grandparents came from a small village in the Italian Alps, and people in the town just on the other side of the hill spoke slightly differently.

Someone from Vienna, Austria is going to pronounce words differently and use different words than someone from Innsbruck, Austria, than someone from Berlin, Germany, and so on.

And yet, it all comes under the category of "German."  (Although, my family says they are speakers of  "Austrian," and I have the Austrian dictionary to boot.) 

[sailor_moon]

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@Sooner wrote:

One other thing I've noticed is that a lot of older people in the south say "Diddy" for "Daddy."  It isn't an African American thing, think Puff Diddy, but crosses all races.  

And if they are going to drive you to town, they'll "carry" you to town! 

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@Sooner, maybe they're really saying "daddy" but it sounds like they're saying "diddy".

[sallybusky]

@Sooner: IS THERE another pronunciation for 'poor'?? Now you've got me wondering if I've been saying THAT wrong all my life!!! I only say poor as in door. It rhymes with floor...and more.  (Hey, that works on two levels....) 

These kinds of threads are my favorite. I love words, and people aren't fighting.

[Lila Belle]

My poor sounds more like "pore."

[stevieb]

For me, the first could be either... the second is route, though I suppose you could root around among the wires...

[sallybusky]

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@MacDUFF wrote:

@Suhse

Pssst...Suhse.  You can correct the title of your thread by going to your original post, clicking on the 3 dots on the upper right of said post, and editing it.  A new feature when the boards changed.  

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No, no...she can't change it now! Let's make it a new word: prawn-see-AYE-shun (noun) the practice of mispronouncing a word (2017) "Due to her pronnciation issue, Mandy lost on Wheel of Fortune by saying 'bar' instead of 'bear.'"