Stop saying:
Chim-en-ey
Ath-a-lete
and Real-a-tor
It's Chimney, Athlete, and Realtor.
Thank you in advance.
How about folks who say "ax" for ask?? I also get annoyed when people say "plice" instead of po-lice.
shareJFK used to say Cuber
shareCan we just all agree to never intrude an R into words that have none? No more warshing in Warshington.
shareIs arsehole ok? Sounds somewhat better than a_shole. π¬
shareI kind of like that one actually. Some might call it a distinct word.
shareSome dialects, mostly in the British Isles pronounce it that way.
ORIGIN
Old English Γ¦rs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch aars and German Arsch.
I remember when Draco Malfoy joked that Neville's remembrall didn't help him to "remember not to fall on his fat arse" in the first Harry Potter film.
shareSome might call it the correct use of English, which it is.
shareI am guilty of putting the R into warshing and warter. I have no idea where it comes from. My family does it but no one else. Itβs funny because it sounds so right to me and I actually have to think to spell the words correctly.
shareIt's the Boston accent. You know, "pahk the cah. They leave the R out when it's there, and apparently use it in words that don't have it.
shareAnd then there's the Presidential yuge.
shareThere are areas of the upper mid-west where the vowels 'o' and 'u' are 2-7 syllables, depending on application.
shareI'd like a couple of examples, if you would be so kind. I live in the Upper Midwest and I can't figure out what you're talking about.
shareI remember a PA recording, Appleton airport, I believe, warning folks not to park in the red zone (maybe it was the white zone) 'Or your car will be tooowed' with the 'o' having at least twice, maybe 3 or 7 times the duration I'd consider usual and a double pitch change (start low, rise one octave and return to starting pitch). That's just one example. It's a kinda sing-songy, reciting the vowels-type thing.
Variants of this accent or dialect exist from 'Da UuuPeee' of Michigan to parts of the Dakotas and North and South of the border.
Not homogeneous in coverage, seems to be rare in larger metro areas like Detroit, Milwaukee, Madison, etc.
https://www.wikihow.com/Do-a-Wisconsin-Accent
Interesting article here, but I always heard "Up North" as 'Up Nort'. Hey! I proved myself partially wrong. That's a monosyllabic U.
Well, it must be because I've lived mostly in big cities as I can't recall hearing anything like this. I'm not doubting you - just haven't encountered it. I wonder if some of it dates from the large German and Scandinavian immigrants when this part of the country was being settled. Plenty of original settlers never learned English. Their communities printed newspapers in their native languages, also church services were held in their native tongue. WWI finally pushed people to learn English for obvious reasons.
shareYes, there seemed to be a large segment of Nordic ancestry and a good smattering of Teutonic folk, more than a few Hessian turned farmer, I'd think.
shareThat makes me think of Mayor Quimby from The Simpsons when he talks about "Chowdah" instead of Chowder!
Not sure if it happens in the USA but some Aussies have a bad habit of saying somethink instead of something. Where the fuck did they get that from?
shareOn the show Roswell, Liz Parker, played by Shiri Appleby, used to talk about her "stronk feelinks" for the Jason Behr character. She's American I believe, an LA girl. I always thought she talked super weird.
share'erbs π
Herbs π
If you're not French, it's HERBS.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie