more regional dialect discussion

In reply to logdog:

Man, I grew up just north of Wilkes Barre in kane. We pronounced it Wilkesbar.

In reply to Dusterbd13:

Thats the weird thing. Ive heard all 3 from native Wilke-Barreians.

Here in Lexington we have a road called Chinoe. You'd think that might be pronounced something similar to the khaki-type pants, right?

Nope, it's pronounced "shin-o-way".

No wonder visitors get lost.

In reply to logdog:

as a pixburgher who has had to work and travel through the area, I've had no clue to it's real pronunciation. Honestly, seemed more to do with the color of the collar of the person talking to. White collar types tend to go Wilkes Bar, blue collar more Wilks Barry.

Of course, we have that argument about Latrobe. Some natives will say Lay Trobe, others Luh Trobe.

Coyote. Do you say kiy-o-tee or kiy-yote?

I lived in Montana long enough to pick up the Western pronunciation: kiy-yote.

Appleseed wrote: Coyote. Do you say kiy-o-tee or kiy-yote? I lived in Montana long enough to pick up the Western pronunciation: kiy-yote.

I pretty much pronounce it how Wile E. Coyote does in the one or two Roadrunner shorts in which he speaks. I figure that's definitive enough.

Appleseed wrote:

mtn wrote:

Appleseed wrote: It's fun to hear non-natives make Illinois plural. Ill-in-noy, not Ill-in-noise.

Also fun with how we pronounce Des Plaines. You'd assume that since we get our state name correct that we'd get the town/river correct, but nope. Leave the esses in there.

Or Joliet. Nothing French in our pronunciation. Joe-Lee-Et.

Or the other pronunciation--Jolly-ett.

I was trying to enunciate it, but yeah, that's Jolly-ett.

cmcgregor wrote: I live in Billerica. It's already a weird town name, but to the locals, it's Bill'ricka (said quickly with no emphasis).

My Friend lives in Billerica. At first I thought to pronounce it bill-er-ica, fancy like. Whe I hear a local say it, I initially wondered "who the berk is Bill Rica?"

Damn, I could go for a roast beef and fried pickles from Liberty Bell.

NickD wrote: And I asked my friend the one day why he called them "ink pens" but didn't say "lead pencils"

Because pen and pin are pronounced exactly the same in some parts of the south, so they have to say "ink pin" or "pig pin" or "stick pin" to differentiate what kind of freaking pin or pen they are talking about.

I still mock my wife relentlessly for this, as well as her pronunciation of hill and heel, which also sound exactly the same.

We have Topsail island. Named after the Top Sail on a sailing ship, it is of course pronounced Topsoil, just like the stuff you grow grass in.

Anyone from a long time Chicago family? My 83 year old Father in Law always say's 'Melk' for milk, I've questioned him and been told that's how they said it where he grew up. Anyone else heard this?

Aouund here they pronounce Don and Dawn the same. Drives me crazy.(it is a very short drive.)

I had a cousin that lived around the Atlanta area while growing up. Her pronunciation of road and ice had like three syllables.

Adrian_Thompson wrote: Anyone from a long time Chicago family? My 83 year old Father in Law always say's 'Melk' for milk, I've questioned him and been told that's how they said it where he grew up. Anyone else heard this?

I've heard that one a lot, drives me crazy.

Adrian_Thompson wrote: Anyone from a long time Chicago family? My 83 year old Father in Law always say's 'Melk' for milk, I've questioned him and been told that's how they said it where he grew up. Anyone else heard this?

Long-time Chicago family here with both south and north side roots. Yes, I've heard Melk, but it isn't as pronounced and has leveled off through the years.

You'll also hear "Ellinois" instead of Illinois.

spitfirebill wrote: I had a cousin that lived around the Atlanta area while growing up. Her pronunciation of road and ice had like three syllables.

My mom swears that she grew up being horrible at math because her teacher in Southern Indiana would make "ten" a 2 syllable word (tay en), while "power" was "par". She could deal with the tay en, but couldn't find "par" anywhere in her books to figure out what the hell he was talking about.

KyAllroad wrote: ...pronounced something similar to the khaki-type pants...

You mean like kuh-hay-kee right?

mtn wrote:

Appleseed wrote:

mtn wrote:

Appleseed wrote: It's fun to hear non-natives make Illinois plural. Ill-in-noy, not Ill-in-noise.

Also fun with how we pronounce Des Plaines. You'd assume that since we get our state name correct that we'd get the town/river correct, but nope. Leave the esses in there.

Or Joliet. Nothing French in our pronunciation. Joe-Lee-Et.

Or the other pronunciation--Jolly-ett.

I've got an uncle, who is a fluent French speaker and a bit of a pretentious, self styled Francophile, that moved to Des Plaines about 5 years ago. I find it highly amusing that he defaults to the Americanized pronunciations of all those places.

Here in Row Dilun a lot of people call loam "loom." (I need to get a truck load of loom for my yahd). I'm a native and heard it all my life, but that still drives me crazy.

I was on a business trip in NC a few years ago and my colleague from there asked if I wanted to stop at a road side stand and get some "balled" peanuts. I found out they were boiled peanuts.

Newark: 'New-Ark' = Delaware

Newark: 'Nork' = NJ

Gary wrote: I found out they were boiled peanuts.

Be honest. You found out they were delicious.

Brett_Murphy wrote: Be honest. You found out they were delicious.

I tried boiled peanuts when I was in North Carolina and wasn't impressed...in the Midwest we would say, "Well, that's different."

stuart in mn wrote:

Brett_Murphy wrote: Be honest. You found out they were delicious.

I tried boiled peanuts when I was in North Carolina and wasn't impressed...in the Midwest we would say, "Well, that's different."

Why on earth would you boil peanuts?

Appleseed wrote: Coyote. Do you say kiy-o-tee or kiy-yote? I lived in Montana long enough to pick up the Western pronunciation: kiy-yote.

It's kiy-yote in Colorado.

Also, "dee-cal" vs "dekal". That one just sounds weird to the opposing tribe.