My major discoveries upon moving from New Orleans (which really has its own accent) to Houston as a kid:
In New Orleans, people pronounce words like "huge" or "Houston" without the "h" - sorta like people from New York. Yuge! Youston!
Is it a bai-yo or a bai-you? I can't even remember which place says which now.
Medians are called "neutral grounds" in New Orleans.
I had never heard the word "cussing" before I moved to Houston. Or "cuss words."
I'm not sure what's really standard in New Orleans, but I always called carbonated beverages "soft drinks." In Texas, they are called "cokes." Here in Colorado they are "sodas" for most people.
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It's not clear to me from the way she spells it, but what Sally means is that the third vowel of Colorado is pronounced with a short a sound like "rad", not like "rod", but native Coloradans. It's true that most Denverites have the more national pronunciation.
What Sally's grandma does that really bugs me (though it shouldn't) is that she says "it" like "ut", which is a really midwestern feature to my ears.
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Re: Accents
on 2006-11-06 08:48 pm (UTC)In New Orleans, people pronounce words like "huge" or "Houston" without the "h" - sorta like people from New York. Yuge! Youston!
Is it a bai-yo or a bai-you? I can't even remember which place says which now.
Medians are called "neutral grounds" in New Orleans.
I had never heard the word "cussing" before I moved to Houston. Or "cuss words."
I'm not sure what's really standard in New Orleans, but I always called carbonated beverages "soft drinks." In Texas, they are called "cokes." Here in Colorado they are "sodas" for most people.
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It's not clear to me from the way she spells it, but what Sally means is that the third vowel of Colorado is pronounced with a short a sound like "rad", not like "rod", but native Coloradans. It's true that most Denverites have the more national pronunciation.
What Sally's grandma does that really bugs me (though it shouldn't) is that she says "it" like "ut", which is a really midwestern feature to my ears.
(Tam, of course)