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Post by Tennesseer on Jan 7, 2020 18:38:03 GMT -5
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Post by kadee79 on Jan 7, 2020 20:35:06 GMT -5
Pecan...is pee-con...the pee CAN is under the bed! An old southern gal told me that shortly after I moved down here.
Jordon....most down here say Jur-den! Houston down here is pronounced house-ton. One teacher wanted a kid to spell floor, except the way she said it he spelled it fore, four, for...cause she kept leaving out the 'l'!
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Post by steff on Jan 7, 2020 21:13:30 GMT -5
Pecan...is pee-con...the pee CAN is under the bed! An old southern gal told me that shortly after I moved down here. Jordon....most down here say Jur-den! Houston down here is pronounced house-ton. One teacher wanted a kid to spell floor, except the way she said it he spelled it fore, four, for...cause she kept leaving out the 'l'! Being from Houston, Texas and moving to Georgia, the House-ton thing makes me INSANE! I also mispronounced Winder Ga for 4 years before being corrected. to me it's Wind-er. Like blowing in the Wind (er) or the very Texas "roll down the winder cuz it's hot in here". Not Wind as in wind your watch (er). The one thing I do notice the most is Texans use more descriptive phrasing instead of a simple sentence. It's not just raining cats & dogs. It's raining like a cow pissing on a flat rock.
One thing I'll never forget is shortly after moving here I was telling someone to close the door. "pull the door to" I get a blank look. I say it louder "pull the door to." blank look. I say it slower "pull the door to." I get "what the fuck are you saying? PULL THE DOOR TO. Close the damn door. It never occurred to me that they didn't understand what I was saying. Then I had to explain why it was pull the door to instead of push the door to. Because moron, you'll be PULLING the door to close it not pushing it to close it. Seemed logical to me, but clearly I was speaking Texan not Georgian or Southern.
I've also never had anyone pronounce my name the way it's done in Texas anywhere else. It's pretty basic Stephanie. 3 syllables. Not in Texas, there it only has 2. Steff-nee there's no 'a'.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 7, 2020 21:18:15 GMT -5
I agree with the pecan pronunciation, and I understand "pull the door to", WTF was wrong with the person you were talking to Steff?
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Post by steff on Jan 7, 2020 21:22:55 GMT -5
I agree with the pecan pronunciation, and I understand "pull the door to", WTF was wrong with the person you were talking to Steff? I have no clue. I couldn't understand why they didn't understand what I was saying. I really did say it louder & slower & just kept repeating it. It was our first year & Georgia & I got a lot of "you aren't from here are you" comments. That's when I learned the power of "Texas" outside of Texas. Followed quickly by every dumbass stereotypical "is everything bigger in Texas" nonsense comments. Apparently, I'm not "Southern" in Georgia, I'm just Texan.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jan 7, 2020 21:25:20 GMT -5
First time after I completed a sales transaction in Tennessee with a cashier, she said "Come back". So I did and then she stared at me for returning and standing back in front of her. Little did I know she was telling me in the southern way to come back sometime and shop again in the store.
Famous hotel here in Memphis is the Peabody hotel. The locals pronounce it 'Pea- body.' We born and who have lived in Massachusetts call the town in eastern Massachusetts, Peabody, as 'Pea-bud-ee.'
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Post by steff on Jan 7, 2020 21:34:10 GMT -5
First time after I completed a sales transaction in Tennessee with a cashier, she said "Come back". So I did and then she stared at me for returning and standing back in front of her. Little did I know she was telling me in the southern way to come back sometime and shop again in the store. Famous hotel here in Memphis is the Peabody hotel. The locals pronounce it 'Pea- body.' We born and who have lived in Massachusetts call the town in eastern Massachusetts, Peabody, as 'Pea-bud-ee.' I remember when my cousin's wife moved to Houston. She was from Chicago. She was literally angry & put out that everyone she came into contact with said hello & asked how she was doing. To this day she doesn't understand that it's just what people say in passing each other. walking past someone on a grocery aisle...a little nod of the head & "how yall doing today". The person paying for gas in line in front of you "how yall doing today?" No one expects an answer, just a nod back & smile. A thank you if they were holding a door open as they said it.
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Post by kadee79 on Jan 8, 2020 0:17:46 GMT -5
Well, coming from Ill., some didn't understand my question, "how come?"....
And about that rain...it can be a "gully washer" or it can be a "frog strangler"!
And a gal from N.H. always says...when she needs to hurry...she has to 'get a wiggle on'!
Tenn....I say Pea-body!...and those ducks are neat. My niece was there when she got married....the ceremony was at a park on the banks of the Mississippi!
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Post by weltschmerz on Jan 8, 2020 0:25:46 GMT -5
I agree with the pecan pronunciation, and I understand "pull the door to", WTF was wrong with the person you were talking to Steff? ?? Pull the door to? Pull it to what or where? I guess it's the same as "close the door"? Why not just say "close the door"?
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Post by steff on Jan 8, 2020 1:21:14 GMT -5
I agree with the pecan pronunciation, and I understand "pull the door to", WTF was wrong with the person you were talking to Steff? ?? Pull the door to? Pull it to what or where? I guess it's the same as "close the door"? Why not just say "close the door"? in my head that's exactly what I was telling him to do. close the door. But the "southern/Texas" phrasing came out with "pull the door to". pull it until it's closed. It didn't register to me that he didn't have a clue what I meant, but to me, it was crystal clear what I was saying.
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Post by chiver78 on Jan 8, 2020 6:47:14 GMT -5
I love this stuff. 🤓
thanks for my reading material later on the T, Tenn!
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Jan 8, 2020 11:14:35 GMT -5
Well, coming from Ill., some didn't understand my question, "how come?".... And about that rain...it can be a "gully washer" or it can be a "frog strangler"! And a gal from N.H. always says...when she needs to hurry...she has to 'get a wiggle on'! Tenn....I say Pea-body!...and those ducks are neat. My niece was there when she got married....the ceremony was at a park on the banks of the Mississippi! “How come” is a Boston phrase, too. How come you talk so funny? 😂
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Post by Tennesseer on Jan 8, 2020 11:24:23 GMT -5
'Not for nuthin'' is or once was a southern Connecticut and Long Island expression. Every other sentence seemed to begin with "Not for nuthin' but..."
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Post by chiver78 on Jan 8, 2020 11:34:06 GMT -5
I've said it most of my life, not sure where I picked it up as neither of my parents say that.
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Post by justme on Jan 8, 2020 11:41:37 GMT -5
We can always point out the tourists with how they pronounce Kissimmee.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 8, 2020 14:11:51 GMT -5
?? Pull the door to? Pull it to what or where? I guess it's the same as "close the door"? Why not just say "close the door"? in my head that's exactly what I was telling him to do. close the door. But the "southern/Texas" phrasing came out with "pull the door to". pull it until it's closed. It didn't register to me that he didn't have a clue what I meant, but to me, it was crystal clear what I was saying. I do sometimes mean to almost shut the door when I say it. You know, just leave it cracked a little.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jan 8, 2020 15:11:45 GMT -5
If I'm on the other side of the door, can I say "push the door to"?
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 8, 2020 15:12:44 GMT -5
If I'm on the other side of the door, can I say "push the door to"? If you did, I would know what you meant.
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Post by steff on Jan 8, 2020 15:23:30 GMT -5
If I'm on the other side of the door, can I say "push the door to"? yes and I'd know what you wanted done.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 8, 2020 15:28:19 GMT -5
Now that I read the whole list, whaddya mean that PEN and PIN don't sound the same??!!
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Post by empress of self-improvement on Jan 8, 2020 17:03:34 GMT -5
Oh my. My RA's boyfriend and I used to have the most ridiculous arguments about how to pronounce Nevada. It is the same argument from the article. I'm from Boston and Ralph was from Nevada. It was great!
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Post by Tennesseer on Jan 8, 2020 17:08:49 GMT -5
We can always point out the tourists with how they pronounce Kissimmee. And the next video is Worcester, Massachusetts. Pay attention people!
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Post by justme on Jan 8, 2020 19:16:28 GMT -5
We can always point out the tourists with how they pronounce Kissimmee. And the next video is Worcester, Massachusetts. Pay attention people! Ha one of my exes is from there and had to teach me how to say it. I'd then goad him by saying it wrong... and saying go Yankees (he was well aware I hated baseball).
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Post by Happy prose on Jan 8, 2020 19:25:02 GMT -5
When my daughter was in kindergarten, she had a work sheet where you had to circle the two pictures that rhymed. One she left blank. The “correct” answer was dog and log. We laughed so hard. In this part of the country, it's pronounced dawg. Totally not rhyming with log!
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on Jan 8, 2020 20:07:08 GMT -5
DH pronounces suite like suit instead of pronouncing it like sweet. I was confused when he referred to a living room set as a suit.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jan 8, 2020 20:19:08 GMT -5
DH pronounces suite like suit instead of pronouncing it like sweet. I was confused when he referred to a living room set as a suit. Me too (living room suite/suit). I just went along with it.
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on Jan 8, 2020 20:22:06 GMT -5
The first time I heard him say it, I asked if he was wearing the living room! I have heard his siblings pronounce it suit as well.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jan 8, 2020 20:26:02 GMT -5
The first time I heard him say it, I asked if he was wearing the living room! I have heard his siblings pronounce it suit as well. That's how it is pronounced in southwest Tennessee (suits). I imagine it's far more widespread than that.
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Post by Cheesy FL-Vol on Jan 8, 2020 20:27:49 GMT -5
He is from NWPA.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jan 8, 2020 20:32:54 GMT -5
Not everyone is as word literate as you and me (says the guy who when ever he read the word epitome, pronounced it in his head epi-toe-may well into adulthood).
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