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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 11:34 AM
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easterners, southerners, and westerners all sound different. so do canadians
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 11:39 AM
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i lived in atlanta for a nice luil while and i picked up the southern accent. but i havent lived there for like almost 8 yrs now so i dont realy sould like much of anything but for living in ohio you can slightley tell i have a accent, but when i wanta get drunk anoy the poop outa ppl i can have a southern accent so bad you whould a thunked that i growed up in tee boone docks!!!
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 11:51 AM
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Michigan accent here ... well that'* what everyone says.

http://www.michigannative.com/ma_idiosyncrasies.shtml
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 02:08 PM
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Yeah i've got a somewhat philly accent. I say dog like 'dawugh', car like 'cawr', and talk like 'tawlk'. I'm not real bad though some people say um like 'eaum' and God like 'Gawd'. So I guess it'* the w'* that get over pronounced.
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 02:15 PM
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I grew up in the streets of Dorchester Ma "dotchesta' suburb of Boston "bahston"

we like to drop our R'* and some time add letters like N'*

and wicked is a must

better discribed here.

http://www.boston-online.com/glossary/wickedpr.html


How we pronounce some city and towns

Berlin: BER-lin.
Billerica: Bill-ricka or B'ricka
Cochituate: Co-CHIH-chew-it
Concord: CON-cud
Leicester: Lestuh
Leominster: Lemon-stuh
Norfolk: Norfork, Nor-F'K or Nor-folk
Peabody: Pea-B'dee
Quincy: QUIN-zee thats where I live
Waltham: Wall-tham
Woburn: WU-bin
Worcester: Wuhstah
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Gumball
I grew up in the streets of Dorchester Ma "dotchesta' suburb of Boston "bahston"

we like to drop our R'* and some time add letters like N'*

and wicked is a must

better discribed here.

http://www.boston-online.com/glossary/wickedpr.html


How we pronounce some city and towns

Berlin: BER-lin.
Billerica: Bill-ricka or B'ricka
Cochituate: Co-CHIH-chew-it
Concord: CON-cud
Leicester: Lestuh
Leominster: Lemon-stuh
Norfolk: Norfork, Nor-F'K or Nor-folk
Peabody: Pea-B'dee
Quincy: QUIN-zee thats where I live
Waltham: Wall-tham
Woburn: WU-bin
Worcester: Wuhstah
It'* those damn Boston people. It has to be all the seafood they eat because they speak funny, have a universal (and very true) inferiority complex when it comes to thier superior cousins in New York, drive like pansies, and attract baseball GMs that where gorilla suits.
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 02:28 PM
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Nooyawkas
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Gumball
Nooyawkas
Hehe You know I love you guys, its just so much fun to pick in you.
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 03:00 PM
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i can pick people from up north out instantly. Another great tactic is ask if you like sweet tea....that rules out a lot of northern people down here.

i have a "country" accent.
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