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Doesn't Anyone Enjoy "T"?
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I think that I do this occasionally, it seems like a Michigander thing.
I drop, like most New Englanders, my 'R's'. Drives me crazy when I hear my accent rear it's head; it's particularly pronounced when I'm drunk, tired or overly pissed. Just my 2 cents...
It is very French to make the T silent unless there is an e after it.
New Yorkers drop their r and then add it to other words!
A girl I knew, Brenda, was always "Brender".
*shakes head in wonder*
A girl I knew, Brenda, was always "Brender".
*shakes head in wonder*
::scratches head::
Where else would you keep your socks?
Where else would you keep your socks?
I never drop a t. But Little talks half southern and half yankee. He likes to "pahk" his "cahs". But he says "oh, momma" which sounds drawn out and southern. The one that concerns me, though, is how he says train. No t sound what so ever. It starts more with a growl and ends with a gritty "ren".
He says thank you just fine.
I dropped a t the other day. Fortunately it didn't break.
Misha wrote: "Noting that some New Yorkers drop the second syllable (containing the second "r") in "drawer," instead pronouncing it "draw." I once had an aunt by marriage from New York."
I never knew it had an 'er' at the end. Go figure!
I never knew it had an 'er' at the end. Go figure!
BIL's nephew (other side) had a speech impediment as a tot. BIL and his other brothers used to tell little Colby to call the one brother (Tommy) "Uncle Dumptruck"...
If so, ..."Uncle Dump Truck"...
Yes.Does Phwinnie have you all twitchy?
Misha wrote: "Are you saying you're bothered by low "t" Phil?"Hehehe.
Ouch.
But no.
A television commercial today mentioned that someone was a painer.He had an easel and a brush, and probably a pile of "t"s massed around his feet.
Painer? Sheesh.
My dad would ask us sometimes to "warsh the dawg."I asked him if I should do it in the crick.
Oh - I should mention that Mrs. Phil is very picky about properly pronouncing the names Don and Dawn.I'm not sure how to type them. It's like "Daehn" for the boy's name and "Dawhn" for the girl's.
Ask her what a c-note is and she'll answer, "it's a hunnert dahlers."
Huzzband's grandma would say "I retched for the warshcloth".The whole family argued with me one night about the meaning of the word.
I told them that it was possible to retch from your mouth but nobody could retch to grab something.
And this reminds me -- what does the word "tarnation" actually mean?
Misha wrote: "My grandma actually says "Down yonder." And to her a thing you wash dishes with is a "doobie." I kid you not."I started laughing out loud here and it did not stop.
Misha wrote: "And apparently "lick" is another regional term for "crick," giving rise to ... wait for it ... Big Bone Lick State Park.http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/lewisand..."
::wonders if visitors are the lickERs or the lickEEs::
Huzzband always says we are finally at our stop when we see this sign on our way to Michigan.I giggle every time.
Félix wrote: "And this reminds me -- what does the word "tarnation" actually mean?"It's a grandma's version of damnation.
Oh.My grandmother used to say, "well I swan."
What about "my lans". What is that?
I hear instances of this nearly every day, with people talking about their trip to the moun'ns or saying they wan'ed to do more hiking. Similar examples abound.
It also bugs me when a "t" becomes a "d" (beating/beading, water/wadder, latter/ladder), but that's not what I'm griping about today.
Sure there are legitimate instances of a silent "t" (whistle, listen, mortgage). But mountain is not one of them!