American Pronunciations

[Darth Penguin]

nu-cu-lar <----- made me want to hammer Bush every time he said it, it's nuclear

It's just a part of his fake "simple home boy from Texarse" persona that gets me....

[Carlotta]

I think it's funny that we take out the garbage, while Americans take out the trash, we use serviettes and they use napkins, we go to the washroom while they use restrooms. Also for treats, we eat chocolate bars and they eat candy bars, we drink pop and they drink soda. And they still don't put vinegar on french fries..... crazy! LOL

And I agree with the foyer and niche.... drives me nuts

[salady]

Marry-OTT?? I've always heard it pronounced as marry-it and say it the same way too.

[nainai0585]

"We're leaving the ap-ah-tment, taking the cahh, and going to the h-ah-bah"
lol

ok, let's see if I'm reading this right....we're leaving the apartment, taking the car, and going to the.....uhh.....what?!?!

[alicia]

ok, let's see if I'm reading this right....we're leaving for the apartment, taking the car, and going to the.....uhh.....what?!?!

That would be a "harbor" (have to use the American spelling on this thread)

[nainai0585]

haddaway an sh!te, hinnyman. I canna uderstan when thou talk fancy like that.Whyay man, i just need an Aris with my skin or possibly a Ruby before going down the apples to the rubber..luk chuck, its grate

My head kinda hurts now

[nainai0585]

That would be a "harbor" (have to use the American spelling on this thread)

ohhhh, ok. I must of read that word half a dozen times and still couldn't make heads or tails of it.

[wolfwoman]

The way some of them pronounce Police sends Dh and I into giggles...Po-lease. And how some say "dat" instead of "that". If you ever want a laugh, just watch American Rednecks talking!!

[GoJays]

"i need to axe you a question"

[PurpleBunny89]

"i need to axe you a question"

I don't think that American. I think its certain people who pronounce it that way. In my town there are a few ... if I go to Toronto there are loads of people who say it like that.

[GoJays]

I don't think that American. I think its certain people who pronounce it that way. In my town there are a few ... if I go to Toronto there are loads of people who say it like that.

seriously? i've never heard anyone say it like that here.. i stand corrected.... but i still hate it

[Minou]

I think they say po-lease in the Irish Rovers' song "Wasn't that a Party?"

They're a Canadian group, though I think they're all originally from Ireland... they're using American terms in the song, so they seem to be doing a parody of rednecks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPLyr2yYdVk

[kparker1786]

Being that my in-laws are all from the south (TN/AL) I hear a lot!
Dahling, Bahbee, sughar.

It's amusing!!! I love accents! :D

And Southern Accents are the cutest, that'd be why I married my husband

[DaveP]

Being that my in-laws are all from the south (TN/AL) I hear a lot!
Dahling, Bahbee, sughar.

It's amusing!!! I love accents! :D

And Southern Accents are the cutest, that'd be why I married my husband

After my Mom passed my Dad married a lady from Tennessee. I told her I loved her accent because it sounded so cultured. Am I the hugest suckup, or what?

[Minou]

Funny how people's perception of an accent can be so different! Honestly, I have a hard time seeing past a southern accent! I even struggle with the frequent use of the word "ma'am" because I'm always thinking they're being wry or sarcastic or making fun of me! Generally, a Canadian being so syrupy warm in their speech would be joking!

My husband's cousin had a lovely girlfriend from somewhere in the Carolinas for quite a few years. She was smart and practical,was a professor with a PhD, and was an absolutely wonderful person. We saw her a few times a year, and while on a rational level I knew she wasn't trying to make a fool of me, for a long time, it felt like I was so guarded that my shoulders felt like they were up around my ears!