Local words or phrases that you hate

[KaLyn]

I think all 9 of these word rhyme.

Yep!

 

[Owlpost23]

Outside of Chicago here-there's an area that says phrases like "Youse goin wit us tooda Jewels???".Absolutely awful. Oh and it's THE Jewel.

 

[KBoopaloo]

All the dialect differences have me laughing (they always do!) and reminded me of this quiz:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?_r=0

I am sure it has probably been posted here before but if you haven't tried it, you should. Mary/Marry/Merry and Don/Dawn all come up! It was 100% accurate for me - I am all New Englander.

 

[KaLyn]

All the dialect differences have me laughing (they always do!) and reminded me of this quiz: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?_r=0 I am sure it has probably been posted here before but if you haven't tried it, you should. Mary/Marry/Merry and Don/Dawn all come up! It was 100% accurate for me - I am all New Englander.

That's a neat little quiz! My results were dead on. Pittsburgh all the way!

 

[FINFAN]

I didn't get through all the posts, so sorry if already mentioned~
I find myself very irritated when I hear anyone say
" 'Mericuh " or " Muhrca "~ It's AMERICA...4 syllables, show respect for all 4.

 

[mumto3girls]

I can't believe I didn't think of the biggest one for me--my name. My first name is Cheryl. In my part if the world, Western PA, most people pronounce that Shirl, like it is a one syllable shortening of Shirley. It should be two syllables-- Cher--yl with the second part sounding like il. I've never had anyone outside of this area say it wrong, but lots of people here do. I'm sure I have a pained expression on my face every time I hear it.

 

[KatheeME]

While it is not local the word "awesome" grates on my nerves! It's way over used and when I hear an older person, like myself, using it, it just seems strange.

"wicked" for very is another one, though I do find myself saying it without even meaning to! LOL

 

[KatheeME]

I am with you on the R thing. I am going to add youins to the list. Its like nails on a chalk board to me.

Here we drop the R lol!

 

[KatheeME]

What's wrong with the last two phrases you mentioned? Perhaps I am showing my ignorance, but they sound pretty ordinary.

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They are not grammatically correct.

 

[JanaDee]

Mary rhymes with hairy and dairy
Marry rhymes with Harry and Barry
Merry rhymes with very and berry

All of those words rhyme.

 

[skw444]

I dated a guy from New England that couldn't stand how I would refer to my mom's and dad's sisters as "ants". He pronounced it proper "aunt" (rhyming with flaunt). He said ants are insects, not relatives. This was several years ago and I still hear him correcting me each time I pronounce it "ant".

When was in 2nd grade, I moved to Massachusetts and I had a teacher "correct" me when I pronounced Aunt as ant. She told me that "ants" were bugs on the ground and that an "aunt" was my relative.

 

[APiratesLifeForMe2]

When was in 2nd grade, I moved to Massachusetts and I had a teacher "correct" me when I pronounced Aunt as ant. She told me that "ants" were bugs on the ground and that an "aunt" was my relative.

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He was from MA!

 

[msjprincess]

For all the people that say Mary, merry and marry. How do you pronounce. to me they are 3 distinct sounds. I'm trying to figure out which one of them you all are saying.

 

[KristaTX]

It's nearly impossible for any of us to convey our pronunciations in writing. The closest I can come is to say they all sound like "mare-ee", with mare being pronounced as in the horse. Or like the word "airy". Just change the consonant sound at the beginning and you have cherry, berry, bury, Barry, dairy, fairy, ferry, carry, Kerry, Carrie, Larry, Harry, Terry, Sherry, nary, very, wary. The part after the initial consonant sound sounds the same in all those words to me.

 

[asta]

All the dialect differences have me laughing (they always do!) and reminded me of this quiz:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?_r=0

I am sure it has probably been posted here before but if you haven't tried it, you should. Mary/Marry/Merry and Don/Dawn all come up! It was 100% accurate for me - I am all New Englander.

Amazing! The quiz came up with two cities for me - the city where I have lived most of my adult life and the city near where I grew up. After looking at the maps as I answered the questions I don't know how it came to these answers. They were all over the place.

 

[KaLyn]

For all the people that say Mary, merry and marry. How do you pronounce. to me they are 3 distinct sounds. I'm trying to figure out which one of them you all are saying.

For me, a Pittsburgher, they are all pronounced like Mary had a Little Lamb.

 

[DeaverTex]

For all the people that say Mary, merry and marry. How do you pronounce. to me they are 3 distinct sounds. I'm trying to figure out which one of them you all are saying.

For me, Mary and merry rhyme, even though the mouth feel is a little different. I suppose it won't help to say that they rhyme with "very", will it?

Marry has a different vowel sound. Much more of an "a" sound than the other two words. I won't even try to give examples, because it wouldn't help at all.

My mother, who admittedly was always trying to act a little more sophisticated than she really was, pronounced the name Mary with a long "a" sound, just like "fail". So did her mother, and for the same reason. Maybe they thought it sounded posh that way.

As for what the OP asked, my only gripes about local dialect is specifically Austin, where they butcher perfectly pronounceable Spanish street names for no good reason.

Manchaca >> Man-shek
Pedernales >> Per-duh-nal-ees. (With a very nasal sounding "a".)

I also hate "ax" instead of "ask", but I've found that to be based on background more than on region.

And I cringe when I hear something like "we carried Mama to the store". They mean that they gave Mama a ride, but I always get the image of a sedan chair, or maybe a fireman's carry.

 

[Robinrs]

Seen when the correct word is saw...aaahhhh!! Ok I have to stop before I have to puncture my own eardrums.

That's not regional, it's IGNORANT!

Like some pp have already said, "I seen it" instead of "I saw it" just kills me every time I hear it. And it's quite common in these parts. I also hate "pitcher" instead of "picture." Apparently some of you can't stand "y'all." And I've always wished I could use it (especially instead of cringeworthy "you guys") - it just doesn't fly/sound natural in a Wisconsin accent!

Conversate. It's not a word. The word is converse, and it makes people sound extremely unintelligent.

Drives me INSANE! Judge Judy mentioned it was now being added to the english language, should NOT be, it is so WROOOONG!

There is a big difference between Don and Dawn.

There is also a clear difference between mary, merry and marry for us.


I found this youtube clip that tries to explain the differences....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LulbKb5fOgc

I'm sitting here talking to myself lol.

Don
Dawn

Barry
Berry

Marry
Mary
Merry

Each group of words sound identical to me.

For me, Mary and merry rhyme, even though the mouth feel is a little different. I suppose it won't help to say that they rhyme with "very", will it?

Marry has a different vowel sound. Much more of an "a" sound than the other two words. I won't even try to give examples, because it wouldn't help at all.

My mother, who admittedly was always trying to act a little more sophisticated than she really was, pronounced the name Mary with a long "a" sound, just like "fail". So did her mother, and for the same reason. Maybe they thought it sounded posh that way.

As for what the OP asked, my only gripes about local dialect is specifically Austin, where they butcher perfectly pronounceable Spanish street names for no good reason.

Manchaca >> Man-shek
Pedernales >> Per-duh-nal-ees. (With a very nasal sounding "a".)

I also hate "ax" instead of "ask", but I've found that to be based on background more than on region.

And I cringe when I hear something like "we carried Mama to the store". They mean that they gave Mama a ride, but I always get the image of a sedan chair, or maybe a fireman's carry.

I don't see how any of those words rhyme I'm We need to have a audio side of the DIS!

As for regional faux pas in Georgia... no one has enough time to listen to all of the ones that give me the hives...

 

[JVL1018]

My mother, who admittedly was always trying to act a little more sophisticated than she really was, pronounced the name Mary with a long "a" sound, just like "fail". So did her mother, and for the same reason. Maybe they thought it sounded posh that way. .

LOL, that IS how you say Mary.


www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C4kUvCina4

 

[KBoopaloo]

When was in 2nd grade, I moved to Massachusetts and I had a teacher "correct" me when I pronounced Aunt as ant. She told me that "ants" were bugs on the ground and that an "aunt" was my relative.

I must confess that "ant" for "aunt" hurts my ears. LOL