Potayto/Potahto

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 9:16 am

Car-mee-na, Car-my-na,
Bur-ah-na, Bur-ay-na,
Let's Carl the whole thing Orff.

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 9:21 am

Anyway, I thought you Merkins had all adopted the spelling "potatoe" once Dan Quayle had corrected the kid's spelling...

Steve

jbarter · Post by **jbarter** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:44 am

Teyaats and tommytreaders.

(Yellabelly is really hard to spell phonetically)

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:05 am

jbarter wrote:Teyaats and tommytreaders.

(Yellabelly is really hard to spell phonetically)

This wouldn't be Morris talk by any chance, would it?

Steve

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:54 am

Práta

Redwolf

Doug_Tipple · Post by **Doug_Tipple** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:51 pm

I grew up in Dan Qualye's home state of Indiana, so, of course, I have the definitive answer to this query. None of you have gotten it right so far. In my family we called them potay-duz, and we always put a "fried" in the front of it. My dad grew up on a small farm with 12 children. They didn't have much to eat, but they had potay-duz, because the only way to survive out in the country was to grow your own food. My dad was so accustomed to potay-duz that he wanted them every day, no exceptions. My mother had to peel them and cut them raw and then fry them in lard until they were brown and crispy. Didn't want no hash browns either. I must admit that they tasted real good.

burnsbyrne · Post by **burnsbyrne** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:39 pm

My grandmother, from Essex county Ontario, always said something like ba-day-das, as in , "Get up the badaydas, it's time for supper!"

River Otter · Post by **River Otter** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:54 pm

Arsh 'taters. Be sure to warsh 'em good 'fore you bole 'em.

Insurance or Insurance
Guitar or Guitar
Vehicle or Ve-Hickle

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:03 pm

River Otter wrote: Guitar or Guitar

Git-box Is a way I have heard it pronounced in NC.

FJohnSharp · Post by **FJohnSharp** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:32 pm

jsluder wrote:Car-mee-na, Car-my-na,
Bur-ah-na, Bur-ay-na,
Let's Carl the whole thing Orff.

Well, I thought it was funny.

I played Carmina Barana last spring. It was awesome.

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:37 pm

FJohnSharp wrote:
jsluder wrote:Car-mee-na, Car-my-na,
Bur-ah-na, Bur-ay-na,
Let's Carl the whole thing Orff.
Well, I thought it was funny.

I played Carmina Barana last spring. It was awesome.

I had some Carmina Biryani in an Indian restaurant last week. It was very nice with spicy taters.

Steve

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 6:15 pm

River Otter wrote: Insurance or Insurance
Guitar or Guitar
Vehicle or Ve-Hickle

In all three cases, I say the latter.

SteveShaw · Post by **SteveShaw** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 6:33 pm

Eye-ran? Eye-raq?

E-leckertris-ah-tee (all power to ye, Woody Guthrie!)

Steve

Doug_Tipple · Post by **Doug_Tipple** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:08 pm

There were a lot of farming kids in my high school. In math class the teacher would explain how to combine like terms to solve the problem. The farm kids would often say "combine", as in the machine for harvesting grain. That always made my teacher upset. She would say,"Not com'-bine, but com-bine'. Can't you hear the difference?"

CiaranOC · Post by **CiaranOC** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:17 pm

Aru from Cork?
I am aru?
Do y'ate spuds?
Indeed I do?
How d'ya ate 'em?
Skin an' all.
Don't they choke ya?
Not at all.