Silly Accents

Who you think talks funny depends on what you talk like, of course. One accent feature I think is silly is what I call the "sorry - sari" merger, where people say these two words pretty much the same.

The same people will tell you with a straight face that they drink "Flarida aringe juice". Drives me bats.

What do you think is silly?

Terronna (instead of Toronto)

Harrible instead of horrible.

I'm from St. Louis, and these are some that I hear and they drive me nuts:

warsh=wash (don't ask why they put the R in it)

melk=milk

farty-far=fourty-four (one of the interstates)

If can't think of anymore right now, although I'm sure they exist....

I often wondered why George W Bush wanted to declare war on 'tourists'.

Original Post by gi-jane:

I often wondered why George W Bush wanted to declare war on 'tourists'.

Don't forget his fear of certain countries having "nucular" weapons....I'm not sure if that's an accent or just stupidity.

oof... dont get me started steve. move to texas from the midwest or canada, you will never run out of things that bring on the bats. now that i am one of them, i sound texan. y'all. its like invasion of the body snatchers vernacular. took them a while, but they got me. yee f-n haw.

speaking of bats, did you know austin is quite batty for its population of mexican freetail bats? we like to gather and watch then come out at night. they are amazing little creatures.

Watergirl:  Too bad white nose syndrome is expected to kill all the bats off...

If you're looking for a silly accent, look no further than Kenneth Mars.

Vallowing een ees gandfadda's vootshtaps!

Why..   a-loo-mi-num.... when aluminium has a second 'i' in it?

Original Post by gi-jane:

Why..   a-loo-mi-num.... when aluminium has a second 'i' in it?

Because in the US it only has one "i"... aluminum. The British and American spelling aren't the same. 

Original Post by alibsam:

Original Post by gi-jane:

Why..   a-loo-mi-num.... when aluminium has a second 'i' in it?

Because in the US it only has one "i"... aluminum. The British and American spelling aren't the same. 

*guffaws*

Original Post by gi-jane:

Why.. a-loo-mi-num.... when aluminium has a second 'i' in it?

er...al-u-min-ee-um.  Love ya, I really do.  But sometimes you sound just like a dang Brit.  LOL

My grandparents always said "flersh" as in "flersh the terlet".  Yes they said "terlet" too.

One that I really hate though, neek instead of neck.  Somehow Dracula would not seem quite so frightening if he said "I want to bite your neek". 

Original Post by madamq:

Original Post by gi-jane:

Why.. a-loo-mi-num.... when aluminium has a second 'i' in it?

er...al-u-min-ee-um.  Love ya, I really do.  But sometimes you sound just like a dang Brit.  LOL

My grandparents always said "flersh" as in "flersh the terlet".  Yes they said "terlet" too.

One that I really hate though, neek instead of neck.  Somehow Dracula would not seem quite so frightening if he said "I want to bite your neek". 

 

 What planet do you live on?

Original Post by flamel:

Who you think talks funny depends on what you talk like, of course. One accent feature I think is silly is what I call the "sorry - sari" merger, where people say these two words pretty much the same.

The same people will tell you with a straight face that they drink "Flarida aringe juice". Drives me bats.

What do you think is silly?

I think "Flarida" and "aringe" are examples of a Southern mangling of the "o" sound! Personally, I never even considered that I had an accent until we moved to Alaska and as soon as we opened our mouths to speak, people started smiling, and yes, sometimes outright laughing!  (Yes, I'm from the South!)  They were never ugly about it, but it made me realize just how different I sounded outside of our local region.  Our landlord was from New York and you could almost see the wheel turning in her mind as she struggled to process what we had said!  There was a lag time between our question and her answer!

I routinely say "tint" (tent), "dawg" (dog"), "ruf" (rhymes with "goof"), "creek", (not "crick"), etc. 

Many, many more but they are so natural to me that I don't even recognize them unless someone points them out!

Original Post by alibsam:

Original Post by gi-jane:

Why..   a-loo-mi-num.... when aluminium has a second 'i' in it?

Because in the US it only has one "i"... aluminum. The British and American spelling aren't the same. 

I spelled it "aluminium" on a spelling test in 5th grade and got it wrong!

I'm writing a complaint to the school. 

Original Post by alibsam:

Original Post by gi-jane:

Why..   a-loo-mi-num.... when aluminium has a second 'i' in it?

Because in the US it only has one "i"... aluminum. The British and American spelling aren't the same. 

haha thanks ali, i was...confused.

er...farwood. for the farplace.

ack!

Original Post by kbella24:

Original Post by gi-jane:

I often wondered why George W Bush wanted to declare war on 'tourists'.

Don't forget his fear of certain countries having "nucular" weapons....I'm not sure if that's an accent or just stupidity.

 I don't know, Joe Biden is pretty much an idiot and he doesn't pronounce it wrong.

well I'm Canadian, eh? and everybody thinks we talk funny, eh? but I can't figger out what they mean, eh?

Original Post by alibsam:

Original Post by gi-jane:

Why..   a-loo-mi-num.... when aluminium has a second 'i' in it?

Because in the US it only has one "i"... aluminum. The British and American spelling aren't the same. 

 You got it, missy:

Oh, man... I grew up in Rhode Island, which I think is the hometown of butchering the english language.

Taking R's out of words and inserting them in others is probably what bothers me most. Cah is sopposed to mean car, Beah is what you'd order up at the bah. Melissar is what all of my teachers called me, pizzar is what we had for lunch. And God is what you might get a dog for. A god dog for the house.

Also, Tuesdee (this goes for any of the days of the week)

There you go....  there's only one 'i' in the American spelling of aluminium.  The things they don't teach you at school.

Well then how about 'Eye-Rack'.... instead of Iraq (Ee-rack) ?   That's a real toe-curler every time....