June 20, 2013, 18:14
bethree5Accent map oddities
This is kind of fun. I'm from the little bluish smudge in central-western nys (which we call the southern tier--we like to ignore the downstaters) which insists on pronouncing everything as though we were from the midwest.
June 20, 2013, 20:11
KallehThat is so interesting. I've found that often I pronounce many things differently from the rest of Illinois, such as
crayon. With all four pronunciations of
pecan, and going over and over them, I found that I don't even know how I pronounce it! Some words I hadn't known people pronounced differently, such as
lawyer. I have never said
pop. While the map is varied on that for Illinois, I seem to be a off the charts for that one because I say
soft drink. I say
roundabout (apparently unusual for Illinois), though that may be due to this board. I just read about the "other" for sub sandwich the other day -
grinder. I'd never heard that before the article I recently read. I've also not heard of
sunshower before. The
mary, merry, marry situation shows that most of us in the U.S., including those in Bellville, Illinois (CJ), pronounce them the same. I recall that argument on OEDILF, and CJ insisted he says all three differently.
Very interesting, Bethree!