Words

Message 2296 of 4549

After moving from New England to Ohio, I noticed how different we pronounce words.
Quata or Corter?
Cold or Code?
Car or Caa?
Then theres other words like roof. Is it rewf or do you pronounce it like you would a cow's hoof? Root? What about Route? Is it rewt or rowt?

posted by ValentineBaby

Corter, not quata
car, not caa
Crick, not creek
Wawsh, not waush
Cuba, not cubar
Coke, not pop/soda
Grocery Cart, not a buggy

That'll get you started

posted by RobtC
over 2 years ago

You think that's bad- I moved from the northeast to the deep south- almost a whole different language down here.

posted by fogbound
over 2 years ago

RobtC, it's neither crick or creek to me. It's a brook. I've stopped saying warsh. Still say quata and in Ohio it's pop but it'll always be soda to me. Also in Ohio a pocketbook is a book that fits in your pocket. A grocery cart in Ohio is a grocery carriage back east.

Fogbound, when I'm in TX or NC everyone knows I'm a yankee as soon as I open my mouth.

posted by ValentineBaby
over 2 years ago

In NV a Grocery buggy or carriage is a cart! I like buggy though.