On that note I love that people in fancy establishments like to serve frappés and haughtily correct people that it's pronounced "frap". But find no irony in the fact that their forté is making milkshakes and not English.
The real question is how do you pronounce cwm? Or Vedauwoo?
cwm as "coom" is pretty standard I think, but Vedauwoo has a few pronunciations. A friend of mine grew up in eastern Idaho and he informed me that the locals pronounce it vuh-dow-oo, so that it ends oo (not woo).
The two that bugged me the most as a kid were wash pronounced "warsh" ....
Don't confuse those who "warsh" their hands before eating with speakers of English. My Mom's family is from Eastern Kentucky, and I needed about two days acclimation before I could understand my cousins.
Try these:
"Paw Paw, carry me down to the Piggly Wiggly. I wanna get a tote sack fulla taters. Oh, and Meemaw want us ter get some maters and a six pack of R.O.C. Co-Cola."
The two that bugged me the most as a kid were wash pronounced "warsh" ....
Don't confuse those who "warsh" their hands before eating with speakers of English. My Mom's family is from Eastern Kentucky, and I needed about two days acclimation before I could understand my cousins.
Try these:
"Paw Paw, carry me down to the Piggly Wiggly. I wanna get a tote sack fulla taters. Oh, and Meemaw want us ter get some maters and a six pack of R.O.C. Co-Cola."
Honest.
For my money, Boston wins the weird dialect contest hands down. Cleansa's? Seltza machine? Let alone cah pahk. I visited a lwobsta pound that last time I was down there. I can' even imagine what they might use for climbing terms.
The two that bugged me the most as a kid were wash pronounced "warsh" ....
Don't confuse those who "warsh" their hands before eating with speakers of English. My Mom's family is from Eastern Kentucky, and I needed about two days acclimation before I could understand my cousins.
Try these:
"Paw Paw, carry me down to the Piggly Wiggly. I wanna get a tote sack fulla taters. Oh, and Meemaw want us ter get some maters and a six pack of R.O.C. Co-Cola."
Honest.
For my money, Boston wins the weird dialect contest hands down. Cleansa's? Seltza machine? Let alone cah pahk. I visited a lwobsta pound that last time I was down there. I can' even imagine what they might use for climbing terms.
They also are the genesis of the terms "wicked" and "kid" for those two abominations the entire town should be napalmed. Although that has nothing to do with pronunciation...
Route is pronounced as root as it originates from the Anglo-French word 'rute'.
Fuck that shit. The American pronunciation of the capital of Vermont and the French pronunciation of the city of the same name in France couldn't be more different.
At this point, I should point out that "shit" is properly pronounced "sheyet" or "shight" as it is in Scotland and in other, less civilized countries.
Hoot, Mon!
But how the hell does one say "Scotland" properly? I swear those kilt-wearin', pasty-skinned gingers can't even say their own country name without it sounding they have marbles in their mouths. And they're some of my best friends!!!
The two that bugged me the most as a kid were wash pronounced "warsh" ....
Don't confuse those who "warsh" their hands before eating with speakers of English. My Mom's family is from Eastern Kentucky, and I needed about two days acclimation before I could understand my cousins.
Try these:
"Paw Paw, carry me down to the Piggly Wiggly. I wanna get a tote sack fulla taters. Oh, and Meemaw want us ter get some maters and a six pack of R.O.C. Co-Cola."
Honest.
I thought it was pronounced Are-A-See and don't ya have ta have a Moon Pie with that?
The two that bugged me the most as a kid were wash pronounced "warsh" ....
Don't confuse those who "warsh" their hands before eating with speakers of English. My Mom's family is from Eastern Kentucky, and I needed about two days acclimation before I could understand my cousins.
Try these:
"Paw Paw, carry me down to the Piggly Wiggly. I wanna get a tote sack fulla taters. Oh, and Meemaw want us ter get some maters and a six pack of R.O.C. Co-Cola."
Honest.
I thought it was pronounced Are-A-See and don't ya have ta have a Moon Pie with that?
R.O.C. east of the Big Sandy River... Are-A-See west.
It's simple, really.
I feel the need to recognize that my uncle went down into some very dangerous mines in order to provide for his family. I laugh at the language, but definitely not the man.
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