Regional Dialects/Odd Sayings - Page 66

gabriel · 08-10-2007, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by queenb

The "r"'s come from Boston, where they are not pronounced

I've always noticed it on names especially-- Amander, Samanther, Pameler, etc.

For all you older folks around my age (49) If you ever listened watched anything about the Cuban missle crisis from 1962, JFK in his address to the nation said Cuber

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Tribal Speak · 08-11-2007, 01:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by queenb

The "r"'s come from Boston, where they are not pronounced

I've always noticed it on names especially-- Amander, Samanther, Pameler, etc.

Sorry. I don't understand this response. Since Britain was settled by Anglos way before Boston, wouldn't it originate in Britain?
I also don't understand "....where they are not pronounced". Huh? Not pronounced? How can they come from Boston if they are not pronounced there?

queenb · 08-11-2007, 08:54 AM

Tribal Speak, have you not noticed "Miss smarty britches" on my AV?

It was a lame attempt to make funny on my part.

You know, Bostonites don't pronounce the r's in many cases so they have to end up somewhere!
Did anyone else make understand what I meant?

myrosiedog · 08-11-2007, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Tribal Speak

Sorry. I don't understand this response. Since Britain was settled by Anglos way before Boston, wouldn't it originate in Britain?
I also don't understand "....where they are not pronounced". Huh? Not pronounced? How can they come from Boston if they are not pronounced there?

I think what Queenie means is that in Boston, they do not pronounce "R's"

I pahk my cah in the yahd behind the bahn (I park my car in the yard behind the barn).

Since they don't use "R's" in Boston, then they must migrate other places where they do add "R's" to words that don't normally have them.
It's an old joke that's been around the US for a long time about the Bostonians' and lack of "R's".
Just like its a joke that in Texax they "warsh" their clothes.

gabriel · 08-11-2007, 09:02 AM

Drive the CAH to HAVAHD YAHD

Tribal Speak · 08-11-2007, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by queenb

The "r"'s come from Boston, where they are not pronounced

I've always noticed it on names especially-- Amander, Samanther, Pameler, etc.

Ah. Now I see

. I took the second sentence above to be an extension of the first. ie: Amanda is pronounced Amander in Boston. When mention was made of JFK saying Cuber, well....this was enough for me to ask. Thanks for the explanation.
Re: warsh. I spent some time in California when young. I had a teacher who said warsh. Coming from Canada and never hearing that before, I thought it was odd

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11sstephanie · 08-11-2007, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by gabriel

Drive the CAH to HAVAHD YAHD

NO! YOU CAN'T! And don't try to pahk it theah, eithea. They'll tow it away.

I know it's been mentioned before, but wicked and pissa. It's not like I know that I'm using it, I just suddenly realize it when someone who isn't from Boston asks me "When you say that Nickelback is a wicked pissa band, is it a good band, or a bad band?" (Wicked, Pissa, and Wicked Pissa are the Bostonian equivilants to awesome, if you didn't know.)

And I was entirley unaware that this next one was a regional thing until my friend, who used to live in Indiana, said that he had never heard the phrase before. I'm going to the Water Bubbler, which, apparently, translated, would be "I'm going to the water fountain." I had never heard that before last week...:-\

gabriel · 08-11-2007, 06:28 PM

Dang! I wanted to pahk the cah in havahd yahd. As to your bubbler thing, it originated here in WI from the Kohler co., who designed a new type of drinking fountain years years ago. Trying to find a name for it for marketing reasons someone said something to the effect of we want to tell people how the water bubbles out of the thing - they called it a bubbler.

myrosiedog · 08-13-2007, 09:54 AM

Gabriel, you can come Par-ak, your Ca-ar in my Ya-ard anytime.

Only in the south can one syllable words turn into multiple syllables.

Or drop syllables from words that have more than one. There is a town near us called Rutherfordton. EVERYONE calls it "Rutherton". Huh? Where did the ford go? Even the weatherman on tv calls it "Rutherton". We drop "G's" too from words. "I'm goin' to be doin' nothin' today". Wonder where the extra G's go too?

prhoshay · 08-13-2007, 08:15 PM

I have relatives from New Orleans that go to "make groceries", when it's time for a shopping trip to the grocery store.

I love hearing people say "chester drawers" (chest of drawers)!

600 = six hunyed!

Lookie yonder! (look at that!) My grandmother was a good one for shouting that out!

08-11-2007, 08:54 AM	#653
queenb Miz Smarty Britches Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: drinkin' muddy water, sleepin' in a hollow log Age: 49 Posts: 5,838	Re: Regional Dialects/Odd Sayings Tribal Speak, have you not noticed "Miss smarty britches" on my AV? It was a lame attempt to make funny on my part. You know, Bostonites don't pronounce the r's in many cases so they have to end up somewhere! Did anyone else make understand what I meant? __________________ Tell your mind to stay cool brother man, seek the truth and don't be no fool

08-11-2007, 09:02 AM	#655
gabriel Dorito, Nacho flavor Dad. Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: At home Age: 52 Posts: 8,234	Re: Regional Dialects/Odd Sayings Drive the CAH to HAVAHD YAHD

08-11-2007, 06:28 PM	#658
gabriel Dorito, Nacho flavor Dad. Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: At home Age: 52 Posts: 8,234	Re: Regional Dialects/Odd Sayings Dang! I wanted to pahk the cah in havahd yahd. As to your bubbler thing, it originated here in WI from the Kohler co., who designed a new type of drinking fountain years years ago. Trying to find a name for it for marketing reasons someone said something to the effect of we want to tell people how the water bubbles out of the thing - they called it a bubbler.

08-13-2007, 09:54 AM	#659
myrosiedog FORT Fogey Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: All jacked up on Gator Juice in the Swamp. GO GATORS!!!! Age: 47 Posts: 15,221	Re: Regional Dialects/Odd Sayings Gabriel, you can come Par-ak, your Ca-ar in my Ya-ard anytime. Only in the south can one syllable words turn into multiple syllables. Or drop syllables from words that have more than one. There is a town near us called Rutherfordton. EVERYONE calls it "Rutherton". Huh? Where did the ford go? Even the weatherman on tv calls it "Rutherton". We drop "G's" too from words. "I'm goin' to be doin' nothin' today". Wonder where the extra G's go too? __________________ Que me amat, amet et canem meum (Who loves me will love my dog also)

08-13-2007, 08:15 PM	#660
prhoshay Signed, Sealed, Delivered Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Right Here, Right Now Posts: 13,795	Re: Regional Dialects/Odd Sayings I have relatives from New Orleans that go to "make groceries", when it's time for a shopping trip to the grocery store. I love hearing people say "chester drawers" (chest of drawers)! 600 = six hunyed! Lookie yonder! (look at that!) My grandmother was a good one for shouting that out! __________________ "...each affects the other, and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one." - Mitch Albom, one helluva writer You are the only person responsible for your happiness.