Very Strange.
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I've lived in or around Cincinnati all my life.........
People from "north" say I have a "southern" accent.
People from the "south" say I have a "northern" accent.
But what can you expect from a city that puts it's airport in another state?
Ok - Cincinnatians do have one weird thing common to their speech. If they don't hear you or want something repeated, they say "Please?". Supposedly it comes from the heavy German influence that was in this area (at one time, over 60% of Cincinnati's population, myself included, were of German descent).
And then there's that whole "warsh / wash" thing.........
Oh - I have a slightly deep voice for a female.
Missy
People from "north" say I have a "southern" accent.
People from the "south" say I have a "northern" accent.
But what can you expect from a city that puts it's airport in another state?
Ok - Cincinnatians do have one weird thing common to their speech. If they don't hear you or want something repeated, they say "Please?". Supposedly it comes from the heavy German influence that was in this area (at one time, over 60% of Cincinnati's population, myself included, were of German descent).
And then there's that whole "warsh / wash" thing.........
Oh - I have a slightly deep voice for a female.
Missy
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Around these parts, we have a Sargento Cheese commercial, where the guy who owns the place says "our family's paaaasion is cheese" with that nasally Wisconsin "a".
I make fun of him every time I hear it, mocking that "paaasion".
Evidently I've done it so much, I've picked up that "a", because the folks here at work (Irving, TX) make fun of me for my Wisconsin A at least once a day..
Do unto others and all that
I make fun of him every time I hear it, mocking that "paaasion".
Evidently I've done it so much, I've picked up that "a", because the folks here at work (Irving, TX) make fun of me for my Wisconsin A at least once a day..
Do unto others and all that
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I feel your pain. However, it would have been myself laughing at the benighted Irvingians for pronouncing "wolf" as if it were a dog's utterance. Never one to eat something just because 10,000 flies do it, if you get my drift.Flyingcursor wrote:I prefer to think of the mid-midwest as the "normal" accent. California is such a melting pot there is no real accent.The Weekenders wrote:Fortunately, being from California, I have a normal accent, like the kind on TeeVee. Sorry about the rest of youse.
Although I met a girl from CA who said, "Dad" like "Dod". We thought she said "dog".
As a child we moved to Irving Texas. My friends laughed because I pronounced the "L" in "Wolf". They found other dialect differences funny as well. It wasn't long before I talked just like them.
And for the record, my avatar has a tinny nasal robotic-type voice.
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Ballymun, where I come from, has often been referred to has the Gorbals of Dublin.Others would have it has making the Gorbals look like Beverly Hills.Whistling Willie wrote:dubhlinn wrote:Listen here Pal, I'm sayin' nuttin' ...
Slan,
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What part of Scotland are you from Dubhlinn
"Pal" is a standard form of address in Dublin and has been for many generations..it's all down to the tone of voice...or to use another well known Dublin phrase.."Don't be lookin at me in that tone of voice pal!"
Slan,
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Loved and thought himself beloved,
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