Pronunciations of different words
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Maleficent0241 wrote: »I'll leave this quiz here. This thread is reminding me of it! It was based on linguistic research or something along those lines. It's fun to look through all the other options... Definitely never heard some of them before!
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?_r=0
I grew up in Tor-on-o so that's pretty close.
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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?_r=0
Apparently, I'm most likely to be from Honolulu,Freemont or San Jose. Hmm, I was born and raised in South London!0 -
MrsBooBear wrote: »http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?_r=0
Apparently, I'm most likely to be from Honolulu,Freemont or San Jose. Hmm, I was born and raised in South London!
I'm amazed something could get it that wrong, better not try it myself hahaha
http://youtu.be/SjO1BXzZLpE0 -
Lol!0
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I heard someone pronounce orange as "arnge" once.0
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Oh, I hate that @Kitship I think it's an east coast thing... similar to "har-ible" (horrible). My mom says it like that. I say crayon like "cran".0
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sink = zinc
wash = warsh
hollow = holler
by the way, i took the quiz and it nailed my location to (mostly) Missouri0 -
Sandwich = sammich
Sh1t = Sheet0
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