[Ted Logan]

Coming from Texas, you'd expect me to have a Texas accent. Well, it only shows up on certain words; most people are surprised to learn that I'm from Texas (unless a well-placed "y'all" gives it away).

I've been thinking about how different things are here in Illinois, and I have some questions about accents and dialects in general.

1. Do the names Paulie and Polly sound the same when you say them?
2. What about Holly and Hawley?
3. Does the word "new" sound more like "noo" or "nyoo"?
4. Do "pin" and "pen" sound the same? "Tin" and "ten"?
5. Is the "i" or the "e" more obvious in "friend"?
6. When you say "back," is the vowel sound uniform or does it slightly change as though it were two vowels?
7. Does the last "s" in Moses sound the same as the last "s" in "noses"?
8. Do you say "y'all"?
9. Can the word "anymore" be used at the beginning of a sentence?
10. Can you use the word "with" without an object? Example: "I'm going to the store; do you want to go with?"
11. Would you use the phrase "and that" in the following way? "He was at work and that, so I didn't bother him."
12. If I said, "I need to put this up," would you assume I was going to hang it on a wall, or put it in a drawer?
13. T/F - "I'm fixing to eat" makes perfect sense.
14. Does the first syllable of "salad" ever sound like the word "sell"?
15. Do the words "coin" and "oil" ever seem to have two syllables? Does "coin" ever sound vaguely like "cone"?
16. Does "really" ever sound vaguely like "rilly"?
17. Does "want" ever sound vaguely like "won't"?
18. Is it "ENN-velope" or "AHN-velope"?
19. "EE-ther" or "AI-ther" for the word "either"?
20. "Kitty-corner" or "catty-corner," or "catercorner"?
21. Do you recognize any of the following pronunciations? "Bah-ree" or "Bah-ruh" for "borrow"; "Meer-ow" or "Meer-uh" for "mirror"; "Own" for "on"; "
22. Do "Barry," "berry," and "bury" all sound the same?
23. Does "God" ever almost rhyme with "add"? What about "on" and "anne"?
24. Do you pronounce the "l" in words like "walk," "talk," "
25. Does the word "wasn't" sometimes sound like the "s" has become a "d"?
26. Do any of these words ever have an accent on the FIRST syllable? Guitar, cement, Thanksgiving, insurance, display, umbrella?
27. Do "hurried" and "worried" ever sound like "hurrid" and "worrid"?
28. Does the word "gas" ever sound sort of like "GAY-uss"?
29. Does the word "think" ever sound vaguely like "thank"?
30. Does the word "coke" refer to any soda, or only to Coca-cola?
31. In the summer, do you see fireflies or lightning bugs?
32. Does the water come out of the tap, the faucet, or the spigot? Or does it depend on whether it's indoors or outdoors?
33. Is it a root beer float or a brown cow?
34. Are they sneakers, tennis shoes, or gym shoes?
35. Do men carry billfolds?
36. When you throw something, do you "chunk" or "chuck" it?
37. Say a bucket of water spills. Did it "tump over"?
38. Do you "mash" a button?
39. Does the bathroom contain a "commode"?
40. Does the word "pecan" sound like "puh-CAHN" or "PEE-can," or something else?
41. Do "are" and "our" always sound the same, always different, or does it depend?
42. Can you make sense of the following words? "Cattywampus," "Wocky-jawed," "Rapscallion"

[tlj009]

35. Do men carry billfolds?

Real men carry the man bag.......just not in Texas.

[BillSPrestonEsq]

I have two main accents that I toggle between accidentally. (When in the south I have a southern accent that is just a hair off, and on the west coast, I have just a hint of a wrong accent here.)

[redbaron]

Family is from upstate NY, i was born in SanAntonio, and i've lived in the Seattle area for 20 years. I don't have much accent, but I do have some quirky diction about some things, not to mention that if I'm back in the south, or the northeast, I tend to pick up the local accent quite a bit.


1. Do the names Paulie and Polly sound the same when you say them? - yes
2. What about Holly and Hawley? - yes
3. Does the word "new" sound more like "noo" or "nyoo"? - noo
4. Do "pin" and "pen" sound the same? "Tin" and "ten"? - no
5. Is the "i" or the "e" more obvious in "friend"? - just 'e' i.e. 'frend'
6. When you say "back," is the vowel sound uniform or does it slightly change as though it were two vowels? - just one
7. Does the last "s" in Moses sound the same as the last "s" in "noses"? - no
8. Do you say "y'all"? - no
9. Can the word "anymore" be used at the beginning of a sentence? - I don't
10. Can you use the word "with" without an object? Example: "I'm going to the store; do you want to go with?" - no
11. Would you use the phrase "and that" in the following way? "He was at work and that, so I didn't bother him." - no
12. If I said, "I need to put this up," would you assume I was going to hang it on a wall, or put it in a drawer? - on a wall
13. T/F - "I'm fixing to eat" makes perfect sense. - yes, but ignorant sounding
14. Does the first syllable of "salad" ever sound like the word "sell"? - no
15. Do the words "coin" and "oil" ever seem to have two syllables? Does "coin" ever sound vaguely like "cone"? - no
16. Does "really" ever sound vaguely like "rilly"? - nope, always reel-e
17. Does "want" ever sound vaguely like "won't"? - no
18. Is it "ENN-velope" or "AHN-velope"? - enn-velope
19. "EE-ther" or "AI-ther" for the word "either"? - depends on how i'm using the word- i.e. I don't want to do that EE-ther, or AI-ther we do this or something else
20. "Kitty-corner" or "catty-corner," or "catercorner"? - kitty-corner
21. Do you recognize any of the following pronunciations? "Bah-ree" or "Bah-ruh" for "borrow"; "Meer-ow" or "Meer-uh" for "mirror"; "Own" for "on"; " - no
22. Do "Barry," "berry," and "bury" all sound the same? - yes
23. Does "God" ever almost rhyme with "add"? What about "on" and "anne"? - no
24. Do you pronounce the "l" in words like "walk," "talk," " - no, wok & tok, basically
25. Does the word "wasn't" sometimes sound like the "s" has become a "d"? - no
26. Do any of these words ever have an accent on the FIRST syllable? Guitar, cement, Thanksgiving, insurance, display, umbrella? - no
27. Do "hurried" and "worried" ever sound like "hurrid" and "worrid"? - no
28. Does the word "gas" ever sound sort of like "GAY-uss"? - no
29. Does the word "think" ever sound vaguely like "thank"? - no
30. Does the word "coke" refer to any soda, or only to Coca-cola? - not just no, hell no.
31. In the summer, do you see fireflies or lightning bugs? - fireflies, but they're not around up here
32. Does the water come out of the tap, the faucet, or the spigot? Or does it depend on whether it's indoors or outdoors? - faucet inside, spigot outside, but it's "tap water"
33. Is it a root beer float or a brown cow? - rootbeer float
34. Are they sneakers, tennis shoes, or gym shoes? - sneakers
35. Do men carry billfolds? - wallets
36. When you throw something, do you "chunk" or "chuck" it? - chuck, chunks are pieces of things
37. Say a bucket of water spills. Did it "tump over"? - what?
38. Do you "mash" a button? - only playing mortal combat
39. Does the bathroom contain a "commode"? - only according to people 70+
40. Does the word "pecan" sound like "puh-CAHN" or "PEE-can," or something else? - puh-cahn, i've heard it referred to as PEE-CANE in the north. weirdos
41. Do "are" and "our" always sound the same, always different, or does it depend? - normally yes, but i say "HOUR" for our if it's the first word in a sentence.
42. Can you make sense of the following words? "Cattywampus," "Wocky-jawed," "Rapscallion" - cattywampus and rapscallion on occasion. Never heard wocky jawed before.

[Role Modlin]

1. Do the names Paulie and Polly sound the same when you say them?
Not really

2. What about Holly and Hawley?
No

3. Does the word "new" sound more like "noo" or "nyoo"?
noo

4. Do "pin" and "pen" sound the same? "Tin" and "ten"?
they are very close

5. Is the "i" or the "e" more obvious in "friend"?
e as in "end"

6. When you say "back," is the vowel sound uniform or does it slightly change as though it were two vowels?
"ack"

7. Does the last "s" in Moses sound the same as the last "s" in "noses"?
yes

8. Do you say "y'all"?
hell yeah

9. Can the word "anymore" be used at the beginning of a sentence?
I don't.

10. Can you use the word "with" without an object? Example: "I'm going to the store; do you want to go with?"
Not on your life. That sounds like Paris Hilton to me.

11. Would you use the phrase "and that" in the following way? "He was at work and that, so I didn't bother him."
No, because it's poor grammar.

12. If I said, "I need to put this up," would you assume I was going to hang it on a wall, or put it in a drawer?
It would depend on what "this" is referring to.

13. T/F - "I'm fixing to eat" makes perfect sense.
T

14. Does the first syllable of "salad" ever sound like the word "sell"?
No

15. Do the words "coin" and "oil" ever seem to have two syllables? Does "coin" ever sound vaguely like "cone"?
No

16. Does "really" ever sound vaguely like "rilly"?
Yes, and not vaguely, exactly.

17. Does "want" ever sound vaguely like "won't"?
Sometimes

18. Is it "ENN-velope" or "AHN-velope"?
For me it's "ahn-velope" but I may in the minority.

19. "EE-ther" or "AI-ther" for the word "either"?
"ee-ther"

20. "Kitty-corner" or "catty-corner," or "catercorner"?
"catty-corner"

21. Do you recognize any of the following pronunciations? "Bah-ree" or "Bah-ruh" for "borrow"; "Meer-ow" or "Meer-uh" for "mirror"; "Own" for "on"; "
"bah-row" "meer-or"

22. Do "Barry," "berry," and "bury" all sound the same?
the first two do

23. Does "God" ever almost rhyme with "add"? What about "on" and "anne"?
God only rhymes with "add" when the Spirit is upon me.

24. Do you pronounce the "l" in words like "walk," "talk," "
yes

25. Does the word "wasn't" sometimes sound like the "s" has become a "d"?
no

26. Do any of these words ever have an accent on the FIRST syllable? Guitar, cement, Thanksgiving, insurance, display, umbrella?
no

27. Do "hurried" and "worried" ever sound like "hurrid" and "worrid"?
no

28. Does the word "gas" ever sound sort of like "GAY-uss"?
no

29. Does the word "think" ever sound vaguely like "thank"?
no

30. Does the word "coke" refer to any soda, or only to Coca-cola?
No, and I don't use the words "pop" or "soda" to refer to them. They are called by their trademarked names.

31. In the summer, do you see fireflies or lightning bugs?
I have been known to call them both. Without thinking, I'd probably say lightning bug.

32. Does the water come out of the tap, the faucet, or the spigot? Or does it depend on whether it's indoors or outdoors?
Water comes from the bottle or the sink.

33. Is it a root beer float or a brown cow?
float

34. Are they sneakers, tennis shoes, or gym shoes?
Once again, I usually call them by the trademarked name for whatever the person is wearing. I have been known to call them kicks.

35. Do men carry billfolds?
I use billfold and wallet interchangeably.

36. When you throw something, do you "chunk" or "chuck" it?
I don't use either.

37. Say a bucket of water spills. Did it "tump over"?
no

38. Do you "mash" a button?
press

39. Does the bathroom contain a "commode"?
toilet

40. Does the word "pecan" sound like "puh-CAHN" or "PEE-can," or something else?
pee-can

41. Do "are" and "our" always sound the same, always different, or does it depend?
"R" and "Hour"

42. Can you make sense of the following words? "Cattywampus," "Wocky-jawed," "Rapscallion"
I don't know wocky-jawed but I know the other two.

[Nate]

1. Do the names Paulie and Polly sound the same when you say them?

no

2. What about Holly and Hawley?

no

3. Does the word "new" sound more like "noo" or "nyoo"?

noo

4. Do "pin" and "pen" sound the same? "Tin" and "ten"?

no... heck no

5. Is the "i" or the "e" more obvious in "friend"?

e

6. When you say "back," is the vowel sound uniform or does it slightly change as though it were two vowels?

one sound

7. Does the last "s" in Moses sound the same as the last "s" in "noses"?

no

8. Do you say "y'all"?

duh

9. Can the word "anymore" be used at the beginning of a sentence?

sure

10. Can you use the word "with" without an object? Example: "I'm going to the store; do you want to go with?"

no

11. Would you use the phrase "and that" in the following way? "He was at work and that, so I didn't bother him."

no

12. If I said, "I need to put this up," would you assume I was going to hang it on a wall, or put it in a drawer?

drawer

13. T/F - "I'm fixing to eat" makes perfect sense.

t

14. Does the first syllable of "salad" ever sound like the word "sell"?

no

15. Do the words "coin" and "oil" ever seem to have two syllables? Does "coin" ever sound vaguely like "cone"?

yes then no

16. Does "really" ever sound vaguely like "rilly"?

no

17. Does "want" ever sound vaguely like "won't"?

no

18. Is it "ENN-velope" or "AHN-velope"?

both

19. "EE-ther" or "AI-ther" for the word "either"?

both

20. "Kitty-corner" or "catty-corner," or "catercorner"?

adjacent

21. Do you recognize any of the following pronunciations? "Bah-ree" or "Bah-ruh" for "borrow"; "Meer-ow" or "Meer-uh" for "mirror"; "Own" for "on"; "

meerow is what my cat says

22. Do "Barry," "berry," and "bury" all sound the same?

yes

23. Does "God" ever almost rhyme with "add"? What about "on" and "anne"?

no

24. Do you pronounce the "l" in words like "walk," "talk," "

yes, as much as any english speaker does, which is to say not a lot

25. Does the word "wasn't" sometimes sound like the "s" has become a "d"?

no

26. Do any of these words ever have an accent on the FIRST syllable? Guitar, cement, Thanksgiving, insurance, display, umbrella?

cement thanksgiving insurance umbrella [sometimes]

27. Do "hurried" and "worried" ever sound like "hurrid" and "worrid"?

no

28. Does the word "gas" ever sound sort of like "GAY-uss"?

no

29. Does the word "think" ever sound vaguely like "thank"?

no

30. Does the word "coke" refer to any soda, or only to Coca-cola?

both

31. In the summer, do you see fireflies or lightning bugs?

fireflies

32. Does the water come out of the tap, the faucet, or the spigot? Or does it depend on whether it's indoors or outdoors?

faucet in spout out i guess

33. Is it a root beer float or a brown cow?

float

how now brown cow

34. Are they sneakers, tennis shoes, or gym shoes?

just shoes

35. Do men carry billfolds?

no

36. When you throw something, do you "chunk" or "chuck" it?

chuck i guess

37. Say a bucket of water spills. Did it "tump over"?

no wha?

38. Do you "mash" a button?

sometimes

39. Does the bathroom contain a "commode"?

sometimes

40. Does the word "pecan" sound like "puh-CAHN" or "PEE-can," or something else?

pee-CAHN

41. Do "are" and "our" always sound the same, always different, or does it depend?

different

42. Can you make sense of the following words? "Cattywampus," "Wocky-jawed," "Rapscallion"

JABBERWOCK! VORPEL SWORD! SNICKER SNACK!

[BillSPrestonEsq]

1. Do the names Paulie and Polly sound the same when you say them? No
2. What about Holly and Hawley? No
3. Does the word "new" sound more like "noo" or "nyoo"? Noo
4. Do "pin" and "pen" sound the same? "Tin" and "ten"? Yes
5. Is the "i" or the "e" more obvious in "friend"? what the crap? It sounds like either in the above example. Is this a trick question.
6. When you say "back," is the vowel sound uniform or does it slightly change as though it were two vowels? On the left coast one, right coast 2
7. Does the last "s" in Moses sound the same as the last "s" in "noses"? No
8. Do you say "y'all"? Of course
9. Can the word "anymore" be used at the beginning of a sentence? Yes.
10. Can you use the word "with" without an object? Example: "I'm going to the store; do you want to go with?" Yep.
11. Would you use the phrase "and that" in the following way? "He was at work and that, so I didn't bother him." No. And such maybe.
12. If I said, "I need to put this up," would you assume I was going to hang it on a wall, or put it in a drawer? Depends, you are putting it away.
13. T/F - "I'm fixing to eat" makes perfect sense. T
14. Does the first syllable of "salad" ever sound like the word "sell"? F
15. Do the words "coin" and "oil" ever seem to have two syllables? Does "coin" ever sound vaguely like "cone"? T, F
16. Does "really" ever sound vaguely like "rilly"? T
17. Does "want" ever sound vaguely like "won't"? T
18. Is it "ENN-velope" or "AHN-velope"? Enn
19. "EE-ther" or "AI-ther" for the word "either"? EE
20. "Kitty-corner" or "catty-corner," or "catercorner"? Catty
21. Do you recognize any of the following pronunciations? "Bah-ree" or "Bah-ruh" for "borrow"; "Meer-ow" or "Meer-uh" for "mirror"; "Own" for "on"; " Bah-ruh, yes, Meeruh, yes, Own, No.
22. Do "Barry," "berry," and "bury" all sound the same? Y
23. Does "God" ever almost rhyme with "add"? What about "on" and "anne"? Nope
24. Do you pronounce the "l" in words like "walk," "talk," "Yep
25. Does the word "wasn't" sometimes sound like the "s" has become a "d"? Nope
26. Do any of these words ever have an accent on the FIRST syllable? Guitar, cement, Thanksgiving, insurance, display, umbrella? Yep
27. Do "hurried" and "worried" ever sound like "hurrid" and "worrid"? Not really
28. Does the word "gas" ever sound sort of like "GAY-uss"? In the South, yes
29. Does the word "think" ever sound vaguely like "thank"? Vaguelly? Homophones.
30. Does the word "coke" refer to any soda, or only to Coca-cola? Coca-Cola, but I worked at a vending company in high school, prior to that it was any.
31. In the summer, do you see fireflies or lightning bugs? Lightning bugs
32. Does the water come out of the tap, the faucet, or the spigot? Or does it depend on whether it's indoors or outdoors? Depends, faucets inside, spigots are outside.
33. Is it a root beer float or a brown cow? Depends on whose asking. synonyms.
34. Are they sneakers, tennis shoes, or gym shoes? Tennis shoes.
35. Do men carry billfolds? Wallets
36. When you throw something, do you "chunk" or "chuck" it? Chuck it.
37. Say a bucket of water spills. Did it "tump over"? Nope.
38. Do you "mash" a button? Every 108 minutes.
39. Does the bathroom contain a "commode"? Yep
40. Does the word "pecan" sound like "puh-CAHN" or "PEE-can," or something else? Either, Peecan in the south, Puhcahn, on the west.
41. Do "are" and "our" always sound the same, always different, or does it depend? Depends
42. Can you make sense of the following words? "Cattywampus," "Wocky-jawed," "Rapscallion" Not Wocky-jawed, but the others make sense.

[beanbag]

for reference: I'm from the center of california; my dad is from iran and my mom is from the ozarks, so that may/may not affect my answers.

1. Do the names Paulie and Polly sound the same when you say them?
yup. they sound like pawlee.

2. What about Holly and Hawley?
yup. same as above.

3. Does the word "new" sound more like "noo" or "nyoo"?
noo.

4. Do "pin" and "pen" sound the same? "Tin" and "ten"?
nope.

5. Is the "i" or the "e" more obvious in "friend"?
who says frind? (I say frend.)

6. When you say "back," is the vowel sound uniform or does it slightly change as though it were two vowels?
what, like bayck? I say back. uniform vowel.

7. Does the last "s" in Moses sound the same as the last "s" in "noses"?
they sound the same to me, except that noses sounds slightly like nozez when I say it. so maybe they're slightly different. I'm not sure.

8. Do you say "y'all"?
occasionally. I did that before I moved to texas, though.

9. Can the word "anymore" be used at the beginning of a sentence?
uh. no. and it drives me crazy when people use "anymore" as an indication of something current: I go to the store twice a week anymore. I don't go to the store twice a week anymore does make sense, but not the first one!

10. Can you use the word "with" without an object? Example: "I'm going to the store; do you want to go with?"
yup. only I'd say, "I'm going to the store; wanna go with/come with?"

11. Would you use the phrase "and that" in the following way? "He was at work and that, so I didn't bother him."
nope. I've never heard that.

12. If I said, "I need to put this up," would you assume I was going to hang it on a wall, or put it in a drawer?
hang it on a wall.

13. T/F - "I'm fixing to eat" makes perfect sense.
true. however, my mom is from the ozarks. we don't speak that way in cali.

14. Does the first syllable of "salad" ever sound like the word "sell"?
nope.

15. Do the words "coin" and "oil" ever seem to have two syllables? Does "coin" ever sound vaguely like "cone"?
if I really think about it, coin could have two syllables. it's a stretch. oil, though, I say as oy-ul...distinctly two syllables.

16. Does "really" ever sound vaguely like "rilly"?
yup. I go back and forth though, depending on how rapidly I'm speaking. (I've been told to slow down before. =\)

17. Does "want" ever sound vaguely like "won't"?
nope.

18. Is it "ENN-velope" or "AHN-velope"?
the former.

19. "EE-ther" or "AI-ther" for the word "either"?
either. I alternate, depending on the context.

20. "Kitty-corner" or "catty-corner," or "catercorner"?
I've heard all three. I use none.

21. Do you recognize any of the following pronunciations? "Bah-ree" or "Bah-ruh" for "borrow"; "Meer-ow" or "Meer-uh" for "mirror"; "Own" for "on"; "
yes, but I don't use them. my mom's family is from missouri and my roommates' parents are from west texas and oklahoma, respectively.

22. Do "Barry," "berry," and "bury" all sound the same?
yup.

23. Does "God" ever almost rhyme with "add"? What about "on" and "anne"?
nope.

24. Do you pronounce the "l" in words like "walk," "talk,"
no sir. walk sounds like wok when I say it.

25. Does the word "wasn't" sometimes sound like the "s" has become a "d"?
nope.

26. Do any of these words ever have an accent on the FIRST syllable? Guitar, cement, Thanksgiving, insurance, display, umbrella?
someone accents the um of umbrella? sometimes I accent the in of insurance, but it's rather infrequent.

27. Do "hurried" and "worried" ever sound like "hurrid" and "worrid"?
nope.

28. Does the word "gas" ever sound sort of like "GAY-uss"?
nope.

29. Does the word "think" ever sound vaguely like "thank"?
nope.

30. Does the word "coke" refer to any soda, or only to Coca-cola?
well. that depends on my geographical location. I would use coke to refer to coca-cola, but I understand it means any sort of soda both in missouri and here in texas. good thing I don't drink soda. it saves me the hassle. =)

31. In the summer, do you see fireflies or lightning bugs?
neither. we don't have them in california where I am from. if we did, though, we'd see fireflies.

32. Does the water come out of the tap, the faucet, or the spigot? Or does it depend on whether it's indoors or outdoors?
any of the three. I say tap and faucet for indoors, faucet for outdoors, and spigot to refer to the little head of the faucet outside.

33. Is it a root beer float or a brown cow?
root beer float.

34. Are they sneakers, tennis shoes, or gym shoes?
any. depends on what they are. sneakers are non-gym shoes, and gym shoes are gym shoes. I almost never say tennis shoes, though, but rather "tennies."

35. Do men carry billfolds?
yes sir.

36. When you throw something, do you "chunk" or "chuck" it?
chuck it. or toss it.

37. Say a bucket of water spills. Did it "tump over"?
haha. no.

38. Do you "mash" a button?
uh. no. you mash a potato. you push a button, or press it.

39. Does the bathroom contain a "commode"?
if you're in the south, it does. (it does if you're in california and you're from iran, too, though.)

40. Does the word "pecan" sound like "puh-CAHN" or "PEE-can," or something else?
pih-CAWN.

41. Do "are" and "our" always sound the same, always different, or does it depend?
they sound the same if you're me. if you're my mom, they sound different.

42. Can you make sense of the following words? "Cattywampus," "Wocky-jawed," "Rapscallion"
I certainly can. not that they're ever used in california, though. I can also tell you what bellyachin and catterwaulin mean, but we don't use those in cali either.

[MtlMom]

Another from Central California. I was raised near Sabrina, but my mother was from Alabama/Tennessee -

1. Do the names Paulie and Polly sound the same when you say them? No
2. What about Holly and Hawley? No
3. Does the word "new" sound more like "noo" or "nyoo"? noo
4. Do "pin" and "pen" sound the same? "Tin" and "ten"? no
5. Is the "i" or the "e" more obvious in "friend"? rhymes with bend
6. When you say "back," is the vowel sound uniform or does it slightly change as though it were two vowels? it's uniform
7. Does the last "s" in Moses sound the same as the last "s" in "noses"? no
8. Do you say "y'all"? No
9. Can the word "anymore" be used at the beginning of a sentence? No, not in the way I think you are presenting it.
10. Can you use the word "with" without an object? Example: "I'm going to the store; do you want to go with?" No. That's weird.
11. Would you use the phrase "and that" in the following way? "He was at work and that, so I didn't bother him." *tilts head* No.
12. If I said, "I need to put this up," would you assume I was going to hang it on a wall, or put it in a drawer? You wouldn't be putting it in a drawer. You might be hanging it
13. T/F - "I'm fixing to eat" makes perfect sense. nope Mom used to say that though.
14. Does the first syllable of "salad" ever sound like the word "sell"? no
15. Do the words "coin" and "oil" ever seem to have two syllables? Does "coin" ever sound vaguely like "cone"? two syllables. Oil almost has three. Funny word.
16. Does "really" ever sound vaguely like "rilly"? yes
17. Does "want" ever sound vaguely like "won't"? no
18. Is it "ENN-velope" or "AHN-velope"? in-velope
19. "EE-ther" or "AI-ther" for the word "either"? usually eether, but ai-ther sounds okay too.
20. "Kitty-corner" or "catty-corner," or "catercorner"? catty
21. Do you recognize any of the following pronunciations? "Bah-ree" or "Bah-ruh" for "borrow"; "Meer-ow" or "Meer-uh" for "mirror"; "Own" for "on"; " Recognize=yes (Mom). Use=no.
22. Do "Barry," "berry," and "bury" all sound the same? Not quite, but almost.
23. Does "God" ever almost rhyme with "add"? What about "on" and "anne"? never
24. Do you pronounce the "l" in words like "walk," "talk," " sounds like wok and tock
25. Does the word "wasn't" sometimes sound like the "s" has become a "d"? no
26. Do any of these words ever have an accent on the FIRST syllable? Guitar, cement, Thanksgiving, insurance, display, umbrella? no
27. Do "hurried" and "worried" ever sound like "hurrid" and "worrid"? no
28. Does the word "gas" ever sound sort of like "GAY-uss"? no
29. Does the word "think" ever sound vaguely like "thank"? no
30. Does the word "coke" refer to any soda, or only to Coca-cola? Coca-cola
31. In the summer, do you see fireflies or lightning bugs? neither, there are none in Cali. , but when I go the midwest I see fireflies
32. Does the water come out of the tap, the faucet, or the spigot? Or does it depend on whether it's indoors or outdoors? faucet for both
33. Is it a root beer float or a brown cow? float. I have never heard of a brown cow
34. Are they sneakers, tennis shoes, or gym shoes? tennishoes - all one word.
35. Do men carry billfolds? nope, wallets
36. When you throw something, do you "chunk" or "chuck" it? chuck I suppose, but I'd probably pitch or toss it.
37. Say a bucket of water spills. Did it "tump over"? wow. No.
38. Do you "mash" a button? No
39. Does the bathroom contain a "commode"? Nope, it's a toilet.
40. Does the word "pecan" sound like "puh-CAHN" or "PEE-can," or something else? pick-ON
41. Do "are" and "our" always sound the same, always different, or does it depend? always different. Our-hour
42. Can you make sense of the following words? "Cattywampus," "Wocky-jawed," "Rapscallion"
No, but I have thingamabobs, thingamajigs, doohickies, and whatnots
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[scared2mosh]

1. Do the names Paulie and Polly sound the same when you say them? no
2. What about Holly and Hawley?no
3. Does the word "new" sound more like "noo" or "nyoo"?noo
4. Do "pin" and "pen" sound the same? "Tin" and "ten"?not even close
5. Is the "i" or the "e" more obvious in "friend"?the "e"
6. When you say "back," is the vowel sound uniform or does it slightly change as though it were two vowels? uniform
7. Does the last "s" in Moses sound the same as the last "s" in "noses"?nope
8. Do you say "y'all"? occasionally I do declare!
9. Can the word "anymore" be used at the beginning of a sentence? how???
10. Can you use the word "with" without an object? Example: "I'm going to the store; do you want to go with?" no. it's annoying.
11. Would you use the phrase "and that" in the following way? "He was at work and that, so I didn't bother him." that is also annoying.
12. If I said, "I need to put this up," would you assume I was going to hang it on a wall, or put it in a drawer? put in on a wall
13. T/F - "I'm fixing to eat" makes perfect sense.False
14. Does the first syllable of "salad" ever sound like the word "sell"?no
15. Do the words "coin"kinda and "oil" yesever seem to have two syllables? Does "coin" ever sound vaguely like "cone"?no
16. Does "really" ever sound vaguely like "rilly"?yes
17. Does "want" ever sound vaguely like "won't"?no
18. Is it "ENN-velope" or "AHN-velope"?I use both, but I guess I use the first one more...
19. "EE-ther" or "AI-ther" for the word "either"?kinda depends how I'm using it. I guess I use the first one more though
20. "Kitty-corner" or "catty-corner," or "catercorner"?kitty-corner
21. Do you recognize any of the following pronunciations? "Bah-ree" or "Bah-ruh" for "borrow"; "Meer-ow" or "Meer-uh" for "mirror"; "Own" for "on"; "no
22. Do "Barry," "berry," and "bury" all sound the same?the first one is close the other two are the same
23. Does "God" ever almost rhyme with "add"? What about "on" and "anne"?no and no
24. Do you pronounce the "l" in words like "walk," "talk," "nope
25. Does the word "wasn't" sometimes sound like the "s" has become a "d"?no
26. Do any of these words ever have an accent on the FIRST syllable? Guitar, cement, Thanksgiving,usually... insurance, display, umbrella?no
27. Do "hurried" and "worried" ever sound like "hurrid" and "worrid"?no
28. Does the word "gas" ever sound sort of like "GAY-uss"?never ever never
29. Does the word "think" ever sound vaguely like "thank"?no
30. Does the word "coke" refer to any soda, or only to Coca-cola?only to cocacola or an off brand cola
31. In the summer, do you see fireflies or lightning bugs?fireflies
32. Does the water come out of the tap, the faucet, or the spigot? Or does it depend on whether it's indoors or outdoors?faucet indoors/ spigot outdoors
33. Is it a root beer float or a brown cow?root beer float
34. Are they sneakers, tennis shoes, or gym shoes?tennis shoes
35. Do men carry billfolds?no
36. When you throw something, do you "chunk" or "chuck" it?chuck
37. Say a bucket of water spills. Did it "tump over"?no
38. Do you "mash" a button?no
39. Does the bathroom contain a "commode"?yes?
40. Does the word "pecan" sound like "puh-CAHN" or "PEE-can," or something else?either or...
41. Do "are" and "our" always sound the same, always different, or does it depend?different
42. Can you make sense of the following words? "Cattywampus," "Wocky-jawed," "Rapscallion"no

[Gwenny]

1. Do the names Paulie and Polly sound the same when you say them? No
2. What about Holly and Hawley? No
3. Does the word "new" sound more like "noo" or "nyoo"? Noo
4. Do "pin" and "pen" sound the same? "Tin" and "ten"? No
5. Is the "i" or the "e" more obvious in "friend"? e
6. When you say "back," is the vowel sound uniform or does it slightly change as though it were two vowels?no
7. Does the last "s" in Moses sound the same as the last "s" in "noses"? yes
8. Do you say "y'all"? nope
9. Can the word "anymore" be used at the beginning of a sentence? nope
10. Can you use the word "with" without an object? Example: "I'm going to the store; do you want to go with?" sometimes
11. Would you use the phrase "and that" in the following way? "He was at work and that, so I didn't bother him." nope
12. If I said, "I need to put this up," would you assume I was going to hang it on a wall, or put it in a drawer? hang something
13. T/F - "I'm fixing to eat" makes perfect sense. False
14. Does the first syllable of "salad" ever sound like the word "sell"? no
15. Do the words "coin" and "oil" ever seem to have two syllables? Does "coin" ever sound vaguely like "cone"? yes and no
16. Does "really" ever sound vaguely like "rilly"? yes
17. Does "want" ever sound vaguely like "won't"? no
18. Is it "ENN-velope" or "AHN-velope"? en
19. "EE-ther" or "AI-ther" for the word "either"? both
20. "Kitty-corner" or "catty-corner," or "catercorner"? kitty corner
21. Do you recognize any of the following pronunciations? "Bah-ree" or "Bah-ruh" for "borrow"; "Meer-ow" or "Meer-uh" for "mirror"; "Own" for "on"; " No
22. Do "Barry," "berry," and "bury" all sound the same? Yes
23. Does "God" ever almost rhyme with "add"? What about "on" and "anne"? no
24. Do you pronounce the "l" in words like "walk," "talk," " nope
25. Does the word "wasn't" sometimes sound like the "s" has become a "d"? no
26. Do any of these words ever have an accent on the FIRST syllable? Guitar, cement, Thanksgiving, insurance, display, umbrella? no
27. Do "hurried" and "worried" ever sound like "hurrid" and "worrid"? no
28. Does the word "gas" ever sound sort of like "GAY-uss"? nope
29. Does the word "think" ever sound vaguely like "thank"? no
30. Does the word "coke" refer to any soda, or only to Coca-cola? no. We call it pop.
31. In the summer, do you see fireflies or lightning bugs? both
32. Does the water come out of the tap, the faucet, or the spigot? Or does it depend on whether it's indoors or outdoors? depends on indoors vs outdoors. faucet is indoors/spigot is outdoors
33. Is it a root beer float or a brown cow? root beer float
34. Are they sneakers, tennis shoes, or gym shoes? tennis shoes
35. Do men carry billfolds? no, they carry wallets
36. When you throw something, do you "chunk" or "chuck" it? chuck it
37. Say a bucket of water spills. Did it "tump over"? no
38. Do you "mash" a button? no
39. Does the bathroom contain a "commode"? no
40. Does the word "pecan" sound like "puh-CAHN" or "PEE-can," or something else? pee can
41. Do "are" and "our" always sound the same, always different, or does it depend? sometimes the same
42. Can you make sense of the following words? "Cattywampus," "Wocky-jawed," "Rapscallion" I know what rapscallion means, but not the other two.

I am from Northwest Ohio.

[Wailing Wombat]

1. Do the names Paulie and Polly sound the same when you say them? Yes
2. What about Holly and Hawley?Yes
3. Does the word "new" sound more like "noo" or "nyoo"?Noo
4. Do "pin" and "pen" sound the same? "Tin" and "ten"?Nope
5. Is the "i" or the "e" more obvious in "friend"?e
6. When you say "back," is the vowel sound uniform or does it slightly change as though it were two vowels?uniform
7. Does the last "s" in Moses sound the same as the last "s" in "noses"?No
8. Do you say "y'all"? yes
9. Can the word "anymore" be used at the beginning of a sentence?I suppose, but its bad grammar
10. Can you use the word "with" without an object? Example: "I'm going to the store; do you want to go with?" Sure
11. Would you use the phrase "and that" in the following way? "He was at work and that, so I didn't bother him." I use "And all that"....
12. If I said, "I need to put this up," would you assume I was going to hang it on a wall, or put it in a drawer?Hang it on a wall
13. T/F - "I'm fixing to eat" makes perfect sense. F
14. Does the first syllable of "salad" ever sound like the word "sell"? no
15. Do the words "coin" and "oil" ever seem to have two syllables? Does "coin" ever sound vaguely like "cone"? no
16. Does "really" ever sound vaguely like "rilly"? no
17. Does "want" ever sound vaguely like "won't"? no
18. Is it "ENN-velope" or "AHN-velope"? Enn
19. "EE-ther" or "AI-ther" for the word "either"? Both
20. "Kitty-corner" or "catty-corner," or "catercorner"? Kitty
21. Do you recognize any of the following pronunciations? "Bah-ree" or "Bah-ruh" for "borrow"; "Meer-ow" or "Meer-uh" for "mirror"; "Own" for "on"; " no
22. Do "Barry," "berry," and "bury" all sound the same?First 2 do, last one doesn't
23. Does "God" ever almost rhyme with "add"? What about "on" and "anne"? No
24. Do you pronounce the "l" in words like "walk," "talk," " no
25. Does the word "wasn't" sometimes sound like the "s" has become a "d"? no
26. Do any of these words ever have an accent on the FIRST syllable? Guitar, cement, Thanksgiving, insurance, display, umbrella? no
27. Do "hurried" and "worried" ever sound like "hurrid" and "worrid"? no
28. Does the word "gas" ever sound sort of like "GAY-uss"? no
29. Does the word "think" ever sound vaguely like "thank"? no
30. Does the word "coke" refer to any soda, or only to Coca-cola? Only Coca-cola
31. In the summer, do you see fireflies or lightning bugs? Fireflies
32. Does the water come out of the tap, the faucet, or the spigot? Or does it depend on whether it's indoors or outdoors? tap
33. Is it a root beer float or a brown cow? Root beer float
34. Are they sneakers, tennis shoes, or gym shoes?Sneakers or gym shoes(For school)
35. Do men carry billfolds? no
36. When you throw something, do you "chunk" or "chuck" it?Chuck
37. Say a bucket of water spills. Did it "tump over"? no
38. Do you "mash" a button? yes
39. Does the bathroom contain a "commode"? no
40. Does the word "pecan" sound like "puh-CAHN" or "PEE-can," or something else? peecan
41. Do "are" and "our" always sound the same, always different, or does it depend? always different
42. Can you make sense of the following words? "Cattywampus," "Wocky-jawed," "Rapscallion" I know Rapscallion.....



From Canada

[Pre-Ex-Girlfriend]

1. Do the names Paulie and Polly sound the same when you say them? Yes
2. What about Holly and Hawley? Yes, although I'm guessing at how to pronounce "Hawley." Never heard it before.
3. Does the word "new" sound more like "noo" or "nyoo"? noo
4. Do "pin" and "pen" sound the same? "Tin" and "ten"? NO! I hate it when people say them the same!
5. Is the "i" or the "e" more obvious in "friend"? E
6. When you say "back," is the vowel sound uniform or does it slightly change as though it were two vowels? Same
7. Does the last "s" in Moses sound the same as the last "s" in "noses"? Yes
8. Do you say "y'all"? Not really.
9. Can the word "anymore" be used at the beginning of a sentence? No
10. Can you use the word "with" without an object? Example: "I'm going to the store; do you want to go with?" Sure
11. Would you use the phrase "and that" in the following way? "He was at work and that, so I didn't bother him." Probably not.
12. If I said, "I need to put this up," would you assume I was going to hang it on a wall, or put it in a drawer? Wall
13. T/F - "I'm fixing to eat" makes perfect sense. True, as in I would understand what the person meant, but would probably make fun of them for saying it.
14. Does the first syllable of "salad" ever sound like the word "sell"? NO!
15. Do the words "coin" and "oil" ever seem to have two syllables? Does "coin" ever sound vaguely like "cone"? Oil more than coin, and no to the second question.
16. Does "really" ever sound vaguely like "rilly"? Sometimes, yes.
17. Does "want" ever sound vaguely like "won't"? No, it does not.
18. Is it "ENN-velope" or "AHN-velope"? I use both.
19. "EE-ther" or "AI-ther" for the word "either"? Again, I use both.
20. "Kitty-corner" or "catty-corner," or "catercorner"? Kitty-corner
21. Do you recognize any of the following pronunciations? "Bah-ree" or "Bah-ruh" for "borrow"; "Meer-ow" or "Meer-uh" for "mirror"; "Own" for "on"; " I might recognize the words if someone said them that way, but no one I know says them like that.
22. Do "Barry," "berry," and "bury" all sound the same? When I say them, yes. Daniel says "bury" like "bure-ee."
23. Does "God" ever almost rhyme with "add"? What about "on" and "anne"? Not really
24. Do you pronounce the "l" in words like "walk," "talk," Not especially.
25. Does the word "wasn't" sometimes sound like the "s" has become a "d"? No. I can't even imagine what that sounds like.
26. Do any of these words ever have an accent on the FIRST syllable? Guitar, cement, Thanksgiving, insurance, display, umbrella? Nope
27. Do "hurried" and "worried" ever sound like "hurrid" and "worrid"? No, they do not.
28. Does the word "gas" ever sound sort of like "GAY-uss"? No.
29. Does the word "think" ever sound vaguely like "thank"? NO!
30. Does the word "coke" refer to any soda, or only to Coca-cola? "Coke" usually refers to any cola other than Pepsi.
31. In the summer, do you see fireflies or lightning bugs? fireflies
32. Does the water come out of the tap, the faucet, or the spigot? Or does it depend on whether it's indoors or outdoors? Inside it's either a tap or a faucet. Outside it's a spigot.
33. Is it a root beer float or a brown cow? The first one.
34. Are they sneakers, tennis shoes, or gym shoes? All three.
35. Do men carry billfolds? Wallets.
36. When you throw something, do you "chunk" or "chuck" it? Chuck.
37. Say a bucket of water spills. Did it "tump over"? No.
38. Do you "mash" a button? no
39. Does the bathroom contain a "commode"? no
40. Does the word "pecan" sound like "puh-CAHN" or "PEE-can," or something else? both
41. Do "are" and "our" always sound the same, always different, or does it depend? depends, I guess
42. Can you make sense of the following words? "Cattywampus," "Wocky-jawed," "Rapscallion" yes, no, yes

I grew up in Washington State and now live in British Columbia. I know my pronunciation of some words (like ahn-velope and ahnt (instead of ant) comes from my dad, who grew up in Virginia.

[Jonodude]

For those pronouncing "Paulie" and "Polly" differently: how do you pronounce them?

[Gwenny]

Originally Posted by Jonodude

For those pronouncing "Paulie" and "Polly" differently: how do you pronounce them?

Paw lee
Pah lee