Why Some of Y'all Talk Funny

[RJKarl]

They also forgot that the CT/MA/RI area calls hoagies grinders. They also call shakes frappes.

 

[bojanglefunk]

WalMarks & KMarks is my favorite. I've definitely used "the devil is beating his wife" all my life. I also use SunDrop generically, mostly because it is the only soft drink worth drinking. If I ask for a SunDrop and they don't have it then it isn't worth asking for another type of soft drink..at that point I say sweet tea.

I don't think this is using SunDrop generically, that's specifying the actual drink. Using it generically is like "I want a coke" "oh, what kind of coke?" "a Dr Pepper." You are just ordering a SunDrop and switching to tea if they don't have it.

 

[WakeandBake]

"Caw-fee" for coffee in the south too

 

[lbE08]

"Caw-fee" for coffee in the south too

...opposed to what?

 

[bojanglefunk]

"Caw-fee" for coffee in the south too

Ah yeah and "Qu-off-ee" up north. (with the QU-OFF pronounced as one sound)

 

[WakeandBake]

...opposed to what?

"Coh -fee" is what I say

 

[deacondamo]

roof and hoof were overlooked in that map. I say "roof" but my dad's side said "ruff"

These words do not rhyme to me. Roof rhymes with spoof and hoof rhymes with ruff.

 

[bojanglefunk]

"Coh -fee" is what I say

Yeah there is a definitely difference between Cah-fee and Caw-fee.

 

[ImTheCaptain]

like Kofi Annan..?

 

[HailToTheDeacons]

yeah, that wasn't new to me... i did laugh that it made this survey, though, because it's so far off the mark from "sunshower" and people who've never heard it were probably thinking "w.t.f."

Yup. I actually said 'what the fuck' when I saw that.

"nabs" for a pack of Lance Toastchee crackers. Also called "4 corners" but never hear that anymore.

My BIL comes from a very Southern family. His favorite snack is a pepsi and a pack of nabs.

 

[WilmingtonDeac]

I don't think this is using SunDrop generically, that's specifying the actual drink. Using it generically is like "I want a coke" "oh, what kind of coke?" "a Dr Pepper." You are just ordering a SunDrop and switching to tea if they don't have it.

Point taken.

 

[HailToTheDeacons]

Yeah there is a definitely difference between Cah-fee and Caw-fee.

That sounds like a Boston accent to me (Park the car in Harvard Yard).

 

[bojanglefunk]

That sounds like a Boston accent to me (Park the car in Harvard Yard).

Ah yeah I can see that too, not what I was going for though. I think its more some people put a lot more "w" in it (I do).

 

[Deacfreak07]

Who was axing these questions?

 

[WakeandBake]

These words do not rhyme to me. Roof rhymes with spoof and hoof rhymes with ruff.

yeah I didn't type tht out the way I meant to. Meant to say some people rhyme roof with hoof.

 

[DeaconCav06]

I'm with everybody on Mary/merry/marry and pen/pin being the same.

BUT DONT YOU UNDERSTAND CAV THAT ONE SOUNDS LIKE THIS WORD AND ONE IS LIKE THIS WORD EVEN THOUGH ALL THE WORDS RHYME WITH ALL THE WORDS?!?!?!?!?!

 

[P4nthers11]

I feel so validated that my pronunciation of syrup is not crazy. I never thought about it until coming down south and everyone thinking it was odd. I couldn't recall if it was a jersey-wide thing.

 

[KickballDeac]

What about 'egg' and 'leg'? Apparently I say them incorrectly, pronouncing them 'aig' and 'laig'. Do most people say 'ehg' and 'lehg'?

 

[awakeandready]

What about 'egg' and 'leg'? Apparently I say them incorrectly, pronouncing them 'aig' and 'laig'. Do most people say 'ehg' and 'lehg'?

I definitely say them the 2nd way.

That reminded me of bagel, though. Some people say "begel".

 

[WakeandBake]

What about 'egg' and 'leg'? Apparently I say them incorrectly, pronouncing them 'aig' and 'laig'. Do most people say 'ehg' and 'lehg'?

ehg and lehg.

and Meh-gan, not May-gan