Soda, Pop or Coke? Or something else?

[insoin]

Well since Pepsi pays the bills, I say Pepsi LOL. But till they started paying my bills I would say Soda. However; here in the good ole Louisville KY area, you hear Coke all the time from folks. Yes I had to say folks, it is KY after all.

 

[MonorailMan]

I lived in East Texas the first 8 years of my life. Other than when I am on the phone with my aunt (who sounds just like Dolly Parton) I have compltely dropped the accent EXCEPT for pronouncing restaurant as you noted adn pronouncing pen and pin the same and tin and ten the same (both with the "i" sound)--I cannot do that without a very concious effort

That drives me nuts. (I'm a pronunciation freak.) I can understand a deep southern accent, but "pen" would be pronounced "peh-yun", not "pin". And over the past decade, especially in pop music, the word "feel" has become "fill". And I can't begin to tell you how many local commercials here have people saying the word "especially" as "ex-peh-shully". Grrrrrrrrr! There is no "X" in that word!

 

[PghLybrt]

That drives me nuts. (I'm a pronunciation freak.) :

I would drive you nuts! When in my element i have a full on yinzer accent!

(Thats Pittsburghese)

 

[MonorailMan]

I would drive you nuts! When in my element i have a full on yinzer accent!

(Thats Pittsburghese)

Accents are fine. It's when people mispronounce words or add letters that were never there.

For example....Bobby Flay pronounces "chipotle" as "chih-poh-tuh-lay". Where'd the 4th syllable come from?

 

[PghLybrt]

Accents are fine. It's when people mispronounce words or add letters that were never there.

For example....Bobby Flay pronounces "chipotle" as "chih-poh-tuh-lay". Where'd the 4th syllable come from?

We tend to drop instead of add.

instead of "and that" it is more "n-at"

 

[MonorailMan]

We tend to drop instead of add.

instead of "and that" it is more "n-at"

That seems to be more slang, though. Slang is fine.

 

[torsie24]

Monorail man - you crack me up!! This is THE most entertaining thread I have come across in a long time!

Here's one for you all, which as a brit I never understand....

We get the American Herbal Essences ads over here. Do you all not pronounce the 'h' in 'herbal'? Or is it just the advert?

 

[rpmdfw]

Accents are fine. It's when people mispronounce words or add letters that were never there.

For example....Bobby Flay pronounces "chipotle" as "chih-poh-tuh-lay". Where'd the 4th syllable come from?

Mexico

 

[MonorailMan]

Monorail man - you crack me up!! This is THE most entertaining thread I have come across in a long time!

Here's one for you all, which as a brit I never understand....

We get the American Herbal Essences ads over here. Do you all not pronounce the 'h' in 'herbal'? Or is it just the advert?

Oh boy. That's a big ball of complexity. I know the British tend to pronounce the "h"........and oddly enough a fairly large percentage of Americans do as well. I personally don't. That confuses me as well. I think the word "herb" or herbal" is one of those free-for-all words that people just pronounce however they want. It's a wild card, if you will.

Mexico

 

[DVC~OKW~96]

No aitch in herb/al is the French influence. I grew up saying erb/al...

Innit funny? The cat ran acrost the street. Those are two from my old 'hood (Maine and parts northeast).

 

[PghLybrt]

That seems to be more slang, though. Slang is fine.

We will take it as slang, outside of PGH that is!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ln9wtnaQG8&feature=related

Here is a little video that demonstrates what I am talking about. I am sorry that it is a bit older and not updated with this years Steeler songs.

 

[OrlandoMike]

How do you pronounce roof? (As in over your head?)

In Northwest Ohio you make the dog barking sound!

And how about a 12 inch sandwich?

Sub? Hogie? Grinder? Or as they say in Dorchester....Spukie!

 

[MonorailMan]

No aitch in herb/al is the French influence. I grew up saying erb/al...

Innit funny? The cat ran acrost the street. Those are two from my old 'hood (Maine and parts northeast).

I've heard so many people use the term "acrost" over the years that it doesn't even register on my anger meter any more.

We will take it as slang, outside of PGH that is!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ln9wtnaQG8&feature=related

Here is a little video that demonstrates what I am talking about. I am sorry that it is a bit older and not updated with this years Steeler songs.

Is the accent really that strong in Pittsburgh? It almost sounds a bit like "Chicagoian". All I know about Pittsburgh is that it's hard to navigate when trying to find IKEA.

How do you pronounce roof? (As in over your head?)

In Northwest Ohio you make the dog barking sound!

And how about a 12 inch sandwich?

Sub? Hogie? Grinder? Or as they say in Dorchester....Spukie!

I grew up saying "roof"....but down here they tend to say "ruff".

As for the sandwiches, it depends on where I'm going. If a restaurant advertises "hoagies", I'll say "hoagies", and the same goes for "subs" and "grinders". We have places that specialize in all three, so it's hard to choose. If I were sitting at home and thought about calling someone to go out to get one........I'd probably be tempted to call them "subs".

 

[zulemara]

i grew up in ohio....pop.

Lived in boston....tonic.

And now live in florida....soda.


Personally......i call them "mixers"!

win

 

[NHdisneylover]

That drives me nuts. (I'm a pronunciation freak.) I can understand a deep southern accent, but "pen" would be pronounced "peh-yun", not "pin". And over the past decade, especially in pop music, the word "feel" has become "fill". And I can't begin to tell you how many local commercials here have people saying the word "especially" as "ex-peh-shully". Grrrrrrrrr! There is no "X" in that word!

Sorry--I would drive you bonkers then. I disagree with you though--it IS an accent and not just a mispronounciation. The south has many different accents (easily idenifiable to those who hear them a lot) and this quirk is how it is done in East Texas while many other parts of the south do strech it into pe-yen as you point out(personally I grew up wishing I had a Gergian accent which I thought was so much prettier)

Accents are fine. It's when people mispronounce words or add letters that were never there.

For example....Bobby Flay pronounces "chipotle" as "chih-poh-tuh-lay". Where'd the 4th syllable come from?

Okay, I have a simple name to pronounce: Hadley Had and Lee. 2 basic syllables that anyone who grew up speaking English should be able to handle. I am forever meeting people who are convinced that my name has three syllables and rhymes with NatallieMy third grade teacher never did get it right once (I didn't care much for my third grade teacher).

Personally the northeastern accent of droppong Rs from the ends of words (that thing in the night sky is a "stah") and then for good measure adding them to the ends of other words (you have a good "idear") cracks me up.

Monorail man - you crack me up!! This is THE most entertaining thread I have come across in a long time!

Here's one for you all, which as a brit I never understand....

We get the American Herbal Essences ads over here. Do you all not pronounce the 'h' in 'herbal'? Or is it just the advert?

I do jnot say the "h"--I think it is regional right along with coke/soda/pop/etc.

How do you pronounce roof? (As in over your head?)

In Northwest Ohio you make the dog barking sound!

And how about a 12 inch sandwich?

Sub? Hogie? Grinder? Or as they say in Dorchester....Spukie!

I eat a sub, hogie or grinder depending on where I am going or living. They are all slightly different. A roof has the same oo vowel sound as the word booth.

 

[DVC~OKW~96]

How about creek? Do you say crEEk, or crick?

Is a grinder something you eat or something you muster on? How about those vending machines that dispense food and candy items? Are they vending machines or gedunk machines?

Is it Gawd or Gahhhd? Fawg or Fahhhg? My brother still says hutdog for hot dog. Frawg for frog (frahhg).

Is it a chimney or a smokestack? Aluminum or al loo minnie um?

Regional accents are many in this vast country. Same as with Europe if you think about it. We don't necessarily change languages but we do have very distinctive accents and colloquialisms by which people can be identified.

I grew up saying, "ayuh." Don't much say it now, but do write it once in a while. (My Grandmother used to say oncet in a while...).

 

[zeitzeuge]

Accents are fine. It's when people mispronounce words or add letters that were never there.

For example....Bobby Flay pronounces "chipotle" as "chih-poh-tuh-lay". Where'd the 4th syllable come from?

When it comes to the word Chipotle, I just pronounce it like the Jack in the Box commercial. Chipoodle.

Accents huh? I grew up in Nebraska so I had more of a midwestern accent which is close to Minnesota and the Dakotas. Pronouncing hard R's and O's. Met this guy once a while back during my work travel days, in Minnesota. SO cute. Then he opened his mouth and he sounded like he came straight off the movie Fargo. I couldn't get past the high pitched whiney accent. You betcha!

Now that I've been in Texas for 17 years and raised with parents from the South, I have noticed a slight twang. You can't help from picking it up.

It only took me a couple of months before I was fixin' to go here or fixin' to do that. Partner on the other hand was born and raised here. He's as twangy as they get.

 

[rpmdfw]

When it comes to the word Chipotle, I just pronounce it like the Jack in the Box commercial. Chipoodle.

Accents huh? I grew up in Nebraska so I had more of a midwestern accent which is close to Minnesota and the Dakotas. Pronouncing hard R's and O's. Met this guy once a while back during my work travel days, in Minnesota. SO cute. Then he opened his mouth and he sounded like he came straight off the movie Fargo. I couldn't get past the high pitched whiney accent. You betcha!

Now that I've been in Texas for 17 years and raised with parents from the South, I have noticed a slight twang. You can't help from picking it up.

It only took me a couple of months before I was fixin' to go here or fixin' to do that. Partner on the other hand was born and raised here. He's as twangy as they get.

Oh yeah. After a week of living in Texas I'd picked up "howdy" and "y'all". I managed to avoid the "fixin to" thing, though. Not sure why.

I always got a kick out of people saying "I'm fixin to get ready"

 

[PghLybrt]

Is the accent really that strong in Pittsburgh? It almost sounds a bit like "Chicagoian". All I know about Pittsburgh is that it's hard to navigate when trying to find IKEA.

It can be in the city. Not so much in the burbs.

What do you mean Pgh is hard to navigate to Ikea!!!! 3 turns and I am there!

 

[jenn&nelsonrego]

How do you pronounce roof? (As in over your head?)

In Northwest Ohio you make the dog barking sound!

And how about a 12 inch sandwich?

Sub? Hogie? Grinder? Or as they say in Dorchester....Spukie!

I prounounce it Roof... no dogs...

Sandwich? Grinder...

How about creek? Do you say crEEk, or crick?

Is a grinder something you eat or something you muster on? How about those vending machines that dispense food and candy items? Are they vending machines or gedunk machines?

Is it Gawd or Gahhhd? Fawg or Fahhhg? My brother still says hutdog for hot dog. Frawg for frog (frahhg).

Is it a chimney or a smokestack? Aluminum or al loo minnie um?

Regional accents are many in this vast country. Same as with Europe if you think about it. We don't necessarily change languages but we do have very distinctive accents and colloquialisms by which people can be identified.

I grew up saying, "ayuh." Don't much say it now, but do write it once in a while. (My Grandmother used to say oncet in a while...).

creek
a grinder is something i eat...
vending machines...
Gaahhhddd, and Fahhhg, yet it is frog... weird that I do pronounce that frawg...
chimney
aluminum

I am guilty of dropping my R's on some words and adding them, arbitrarily, to others... Chowder, nope Chowdah... My city: Fall River, nope Fall Rivah... But I do have idears, instead of ideas... and back to the soda, pop, coke thing... sometimes it is soder....