Ungyuns/Onions

[KristaTX]

What this thread is showing is the odd thing about this pronunciation. It doesn't seem to be a northern/southern thing, which I have noticed before when I've heard a handful of TX/OK people say it, but also non-"southerners" on TV, etc. It isn't the norm, but it happens in lots of places. It's almost more a family thing or spotty but widely spread regional thing. Some families add the g, and some don't.

 

[snapppyd]

I've never heard that before. Also, I think this thread is going to turn ugly, people will get sensitive when "their" accent gets on someone's nerves.

 

[jakenjess]

I think pretty much every single Mainer does.

I've lived in Maine my entire life and have never heard it pronounced with a G!

 

[Liberty Belle]

Do you mean they say the first syllable to rhyme with "rung" or with "grunge"?

 

[disykat]

Oh, that might make more sense! I was picturing a hard "g," It's easier to picture someone saying it with a soft "g."

 

[KristaTX]

Do you mean they say the first syllable to rhyme with "rung" or with "grunge"?

Rung. Hard G. UnGyun.

 

[KristaTX]

Well, what I just posted makes it sound too loud. It's a sort of quiet hard G. Ungyun. Not Unjun.

 

[design_mom]

I would have thought the answer was "of course not," but I guess I do have kind of a G sound in it. It's a quick/quiet blend between the two syllables. To get rid of the g-sound completely, it sounds like two different words to me. un. yun.

Hmmm, I've never noticed that people say it different ways. I'll have to listen from now on.

 

[Shagley]

My MIL says warsher. I have no idea why you'd add an r to that word.

Is your MIL from central Illinois? A lot of people from this area add r's to words. I have a friend that lives in Washington, IL and I always tease her about living in "Warshington" because so many people pronounce it that way. She hates that!!

I don't know anyone that adds a "g" to onion though!

 

[Mom_Rides]

My MIL says warsher. I have no idea why you'd add an r to that word.

My mom and my grandma both say that! My sister and I always say Ok let's go WARSH the dishes followed by hysterical laughing on our part and eye rolls from our elders whenever we have family dinner.

 

[BadgerGirl84]

I've never heard onion pronounced that way and I've been all over the country and have done a lot of traveling in Texas.

But that said, I have a Wisconsin accent and everyone in Texas laughed when I said the word "about."

 

[Pamlur]

There was a Cajun cook on television several years ago, his name was Justin Wilson. That is how he always pronounced onion.

 

[kimblebee]

I've never heard onion pronounced that way and I've been all over the country and have done a lot of traveling in Texas.

But that said, I have a Wisconsin accent and everyone in Texas laughed when I said the word "about."

Try being Canadian

 

[Sabeking]

My mom and my grandma both say that! My sister and I always say Ok let's go WARSH the dishes followed by hysterical laughing on our part and eye rolls from our elders whenever we have family dinner.

My grandma said it like that too! My MIL says sofer for sofa.

 

[surfergirl602]

I've lived in Maine my entire life and have never heard it pronounced with a G!

Everyone in my area does. So weird.

ETA: But I'm from down east maine, where you can't understand anyone anyway.....

 

[SpecialK]

Is your MIL from central Illinois? A lot of people from this area add r's to words. I have a friend that lives in Washington, IL and I always tease her about living in "Warshington" because so many people pronounce it that way. She hates that!!

I don't know anyone that adds a "g" to onion though!

It's not just central Illinois, it's farther north too! I grew up in Chicago and my best friend's mom who also grew up here always said warsh for wash, as well as melk for milk and wahl-et for wallet.

I know two people who say ongyun for onion. Drives me nuts.

 

[ohiomom28]

It's not just central Illinois, it's farther north too! I grew up in Chicago and my best friend's mom who also grew up here always said warsh for wash, as well as melk for milk and wahl-et for wallet.

I know two people who say ongyun for onion. Drives me nuts.

My grandma said warsh too!

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[ohiomom28]

Same here. I thought maybe French (like New Orleans?) - oignon.

The one I hate is tinnis for tennis. Shannen Doherty says that - I think she's from somewhere in the south.

I think both tinnis and tennis sound the same...

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[Ember]

Living in Australia I've gotten used to hearing words pronounced differently. But the ones that always get me are the French words. The say "fête" as "fAte" with a heavy accent of the long "a" sound. This and "fillet" pronounced as "fill-ate" get me every time. Hearing these spoken, to my ear, so incorrectly is like fingers on a chalkboard. Generally I adore the accent, though, and I'm totally not trying to be down on it.

 

[marcyinPA]

I think my dad does- my family is from NH. I've lost my accent, but my dad still has his. He also sticks an "r" on the end of words like "idea" is "idear", and he says "gaz" for "gas"...I've gotten used to it, but my kids still giggle about it!