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Here "bus" is pronounced like "buzz" and I didn't realise it was weird until I went down to Devon and it was a dead giveaway that I'm a Brummie lol

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I pronounce Kraken phonetically - "krayken" - but the world seems to prefer "cracken".

[–] Nycto@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

Charlottesville Virginia has a road spelled Rio but locals pronounce it with a long I (rhy-oh). Bonus points, the name originated from the road being route 10, marked with signs that said R10, which eventually became Rio.

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

Houston the city and Houston the street.

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

I moved to AZ and I can now tell who is from here and who moved in from out of state by how they pronounce the town name Prescott.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 points 4 hours ago

I'm told there are differences between "merry", "marry", and "Mary", but I don't believe it.

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

I recently saw a video where a woman pronounced "drawer" as "draw".

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Carpentry guru Norm Abrams always says "draw" too. "Let's see how the draws fit..."

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Was it 3x3Custom Tamar?

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Boiseans pronounce it boy-see, but everyone else pronounces it boy-zee. It makes it easy to tell who is from there

[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 2 points 5 hours ago

That's the opposite of Quincy where the naives call it Quinzy.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I haven't lived there in a while and I don't pronounce it that way anymore, but where I grew up, water is universally pronounced "wooder".

[–] Bobby_shmurda@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

My wife thinks it's funny that most words with a "t" in the middle, I pronounce as "d"s... Butter is budder, better is bedder, water is wooder, etc...

Also, creeks are "cricks".

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 23 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Fellow member of the zed crowd!! When someone says "zee" to mean zed it often sounds like they're saying the letter c lol

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 14 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Everyone knows the song goes "ex, why, zed. Now I know my ABCs, next time won't you sing with med"

[–] Denjin@lemmings.world 8 points 11 hours ago

The song was written by an American so understandable that they'd do it with the wrong pronunciation.

[–] southernbrewer@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

wait that's supposed to rhyme with the Z? It rhymes with the 'me' so it seems like it doesn't need to rhyme with the Z

[–] TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago

I said I know my ABCs, I didn't say I know how to structure children's songs. Next you're going to expect me to be able to work AND be sober at the same time, SHEESH!

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

When I was in school, I had a teacher who insisted on pronouncing the word "across" as "acrosst".

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

My kid got a worksheet on the long A sound. She got through most of them but was stumped on the "lobster". I looked at it - Lobster, Crawfish, neither of those have a long A sound, what the heck?

Hours later it occurs to me.

OH, Craaay-fish? Who in the world calls them that? Nobody here. Where was this printed?

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I lived in Louisville, KY briefly, and the official pronunciation is apparently “Luuhwuuhh”. You will be mocked if you get it wrong.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 hours ago

Not "loovul"? I need to brush up.

[–] Two_Hangmen@midwest.social 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I live in the U.S., and my state capitol is spelled Pierre, but pronounced "peer".

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I think that's ths slur of familiarity, like how people in New Orleans call it "norlans".

[–] Denjin@lemmings.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Do the British and Irish dialect quiz. It's really interesting to find out what words you use and how you pronounce them pinpoint where you grew up and where your family is from. I've got a mixture of London, Midlands and Devon and it's bang on!

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/15/upshot/british-irish-dialect-quiz.html

[–] boatswain@infosec.pub 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Denjin@lemmings.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I was able to do it without any sign in

[–] sibannac@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Wash wahsh warsh Bag bahg beyg Oil oyel ohl

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Boston area doesn't use "r".

The famous: "Can't pahk(park) your cah(car) in Havid(Harvard) Yad(yard)".

[–] Almonds@mander.xyz 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Ha, yeah .. can't hear it.

[–] Almonds@mander.xyz 12 points 17 hours ago (6 children)

Crayon: crown

Caramel: CAR-mul

Pecan: peh-CAWN

[–] painteddoggie@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Got any cricks nearby?

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Ah yes, the coloring company, crow-la

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[–] jjmoldy@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

Elemen-tary or documen-tary

The tary pronounced like Terry. Apparently this is unusual outside of this region.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

What region? I'm pretty sure that's standard.

[–] jjmoldy@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Central New York. I've been called out on it many times by people from other places.

Both the US and UK pronunciations on this site are different from how we say it here. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/elementary

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 7 hours ago

I'm from South Jersey, and that's how most people pronounce those words there.

[–] underscores@lemmy.zip 5 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

So .... how else would you say it ?

[–] 1hitsong@lemmy.ml 6 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

El a men tree

Doc you men tree

I also hear "el a men her ee" a lot.

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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago (7 children)

Melbourne.

Now most will read that and go Mel bourn. But in Australia we say Mel Bin.

A really easy way to tell if someone isn't an Aussie while there.

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