The "Oh Dear God, Which Version of English Are You Using?" Thread
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mirandashell
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Mi-ni-chure
Lit-tree-chure
Pi-cha
Nah.
Just up the road from where I live (also known as the Black Country):
Stewing
Brewing
Going.
Lit-tree-chure
Pi-cha
Nah.
Just up the road from where I live (also known as the Black Country):
Stewing
Brewing
Going.
mirandashell
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mirandashell
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At a party, a Scottish friend of my step-dad's overheard some guy speaking; he figured out down to the county, what part of Scotland the guy was from, then went over to introduce himself as a fellow countryman. Turns out the guy was a Newfie.
Townie has folks swearing they are farmers from around Wrexham but the b'ys from the outports throw even the thickest of British accents through a loop.
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We need some flavour from the Americas here.
Near-homophones if you come from some parts of the USA:
Line
Lion
Lying
Near-homophones if you come from some parts of Canada:
About
Abbot
A boot
Near-homophones if you come from some parts of the USA:
Line
Lion
Lying
Near-homophones if you come from some parts of Canada:
About
Abbot
A boot
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You're all weird.
According to the dialect map quiz thing from the Times, much of the U.S. pronounces:
'merry,'
'marry,'
and 'Mary,'
the same. I don't know what's going on there.
According to the dialect map quiz thing from the Times, much of the U.S. pronounces:
'merry,'
'marry,'
and 'Mary,'
the same. I don't know what's going on there.
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Erm, I think Canada does too. I pronounce "merry" veeeery slightly differently to the other two, but it's barely detectable even to my own ear.
Doing the dialect quiz gives me an interesting result. My top 3 places are Little Rock AR, Columbus GA, and Tallahasee FL. I guess because of spending 5 years in GA when I was in grade school. I haven't lived in the south since 1963, and only have a southern accent when I want to.
MM
MM
Not even close
Nope
Rhyme, yes. And all things my cats say.
Roof
Huff
Poof
Nope
Rhyme, yes
Neither of these
Rune is just one syllable for me.
Yes, these are all the same
Dude.
Dude?
Duuuuuuuuude!
(Southern California)
These are pronounced totally different.
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Merry and marry are quite close. Mary has a lot of emphasis on the a - Maa-ry, Ma-hry. Rhymes with 'airy' in my neck of the woods.