Are we speaking the same language?

[93Devil]

Could I hear any difference between the way you say pin and pen?

Yes, but many Pittsburghers will put malk on their cereal.

 

[Shoeless Joe]

Could I hear any difference between the way you say pin and pen?

Yes. It's "pin" and "ink pin"

 

[buckweaver]

Yes, but many Pittsburghers will put malk on their cereal.

So is that pronounced MOW-k or MALL-k?

 

[Bodie_Broadus]

I was trying to say Norfolk around my brother, who lived in DC for a number of years, and he kept telling me if you're not cursing you're saying it wrong.

Still hear people say Nor-Folk, not Nor-**** all the time though.

 

[93Devil]

Yes, but many Pittsburghers will put malk on their cereal.

So is that pronounced MOW-k or MALL-k?

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

Have you or anyone you know ever written a poym?

 

[Big Circus]

I was trying to say Norfolk around my brother, who lived in DC for a number of years, and he kept telling me if you're not cursing you're saying it wrong.

Still hear people say Nor-Folk, not Nor-**** all the time though.

And if you're a native, it's NAW-****.

 

[Mystery Meat II]

I was trying to say Norfolk around my brother, who lived in DC for a number of years, and he kept telling me if you're not cursing you're saying it wrong.

Still hear people say Nor-Folk, not Nor-**** all the time though.

And if you're a native, it's NAW-****.

Indeed it is, though surprisingly few people say it properly even there. Transient population, I guess. Definitely a different pronunciation than the ones in England or Nebraska.

 

[Riptide]

Faucet or spigot?

 

[Batman]

I was trying to say Norfolk around my brother, who lived in DC for a number of years, and he kept telling me if you're not cursing you're saying it wrong.

Still hear people say Nor-Folk, not Nor-**** all the time though.

And if you're a native, it's NAW-****.

Indeed it is, though surprisingly few people say it properly even there. Transient population, I guess. Definitely a different pronunciation than the ones in England or Nebraska.

Locals in Nebraska actually pronounce it "Nor-fork."
According to local legend, they wanted to name the town after the north fork of whatever river is nearby. The people doing the paperwork back east thought it was a typo, that they wanted to name it after the city in Virginia. So it went in the books as "Norfolk." The locals, however, went with their original intentions and still call it "Norfork."

 

[Batman]

One thing that drives me nuts around here is that any word that ends in -ower is pronounced "ire" such as power = pire or tower = tire.
I also laugh because where my wife grew up in North Carolina, the stuff that comes out of your faucet is called "war-ter" and a make of car named after an Indian chief is a "Pony-ac"

Translating Southern to English can be a lot of fun ...

Jeet yet, Sam? Or are y'all fittin' to head?

 

[Jake_Taylor]

One thing that drives me nuts around here is that any word that ends in -ower is pronounced "ire" such as power = pire or tower = tire.
I also laugh because where my wife grew up in North Carolina, the stuff that comes out of your faucet is called "war-ter" and a make of car named after an Indian chief is a "Pony-ac"

Translating Southern to English can be a lot of fun ...

Jeet yet, Sam? Or are y'all fittin' to head?

M R ducks

M R not

M R too

C M wangs

L I B, M R ducks

 

[Riptide]

Dang. You is rat.

 

[Bubbler]

When I lived in Louisville, I went to Kroger shortly after my move and the checkout lady asked if I wanted a "bascart"? I had no idea what she was talking about. Then I saw a bunch of signs near the shopping carts that said "bascart".

 

[pressboxer]

Faucet or spigot?

Tap

 

[Key]

Oddest linguistic quirk I've heard is in the Cincinnati region, and I've heard this no place outside of Hamilton, Butler, Warren and Clermont counties in Ohio: When someone wants you to repeat what you just said, they say, "Please?"

In many parts of the South, people say "Do what?" when they want you to repeat something. Even if you didn't ask them to "do" anything.

"What color is that car?"
"Do what?"

Also, in southern Jersey, they pronouce creek as crik.

 

[Huggy]

Any of you Yanks saw "AWEnt" instead of "aunt"?