[MrGompers]

Originally Posted by CLees

Another one is "brook" for a small, shallow, stream of water. "creek" and even "crick" are more commonly used in other places I've been.

I've been meaning to say that I love the mutual understanding in CT of what "regular coffee" is. In Florida that would only get me past the question of regular or decaf haha.

I've heard "crick" instead of "creek" only in Pennsylvania. The 1st time I heard it I asked the person how do you pronounce "sneak"? would that be "snick"?

There is one speech/pronunciation pattern that Connecticut people do have that I've rarely heard outside of the state. That would be dropping consonants in the middle of words at the beginning of a new syllable.

For example, Mountain is pronounced moun - in (drop the T)

We also love to drop the G in words ending with ING. Running pronounced as runnin
I don't think dropping the G in ING is restricted to Connecticut though.

[CLees]

Originally Posted by MrGompers

I've heard "crick" instead of "creek" only in Pennsylvania. The 1st time I heard it I asked the person how do you pronounce "sneak"? would that be "snick"?

There is one speech/pronunciation pattern that Connecticut people do have that I've rarely heard outside of the state. That would be dropping consonants in the middle of words at the beginning of a new syllable.

For example, Mountain is pronounced moun - in (drop the T)

We also love to drop the G in words ending with ING. Running pronounced as runnin
I don't think dropping the G in ING is restricted to Connecticut though.

Wow I never paid attention to that before.. Its the glottal stop that everyone says is exclusive to the Polish of New Breh-in. I grew up on Moun(almost t)-in road.. I guess that is a CT thing. I think its because our speech pattern tries to put the -t in the first part of the word which renders it almost silent. My Florida girlfriend says "moun-tin".

[Stratford, Ct. Resident]

Originally Posted by AnotherTouchOfWhimsy

I've mostly heard it "N'Haven" or "Nuh Haven." And Wolcott is "wool-kit."

Wul-kit.

[Stylo]

Originally Posted by CLees

Is your family "old-stock" and white collar? I feel as though I picked up some of this from the NY Influence in my area.

White collar yes, but my parents are both from the NYC/NJ area. They lost their accents over time. You can still hear a little of it with my mom once in a while.

[Beeker2211]

I've heard a lot of these my entire life. The following I've said a few times today even:

-Awnt (Aunt)
-Root 1
-Cellar (well basement if it is open and cinderblock, Cellar if it is small with rock and concrete)
-Rill (Real)
-Packy (although usually reserved to those Package Stores that look like they haven't had a renovation since the 30's and you're certain they'll sell off hours if the price is right)

I had no idea that "Regular Coff-ee" had any other meaning than "cream and flat sugar."

A few to add though from my area:

-Yeh or Ye (Yeah)
-Satchel (bookbag)
-Fin/Fiver (Five dollar note)
-Some people still use "Icebox" dunno how common it is elsewhere though
-I've heard many refer to Pie (Meat pie)

[AnotherTouchOfWhimsy]

Originally Posted by CLees

Wow I never paid attention to that before.. Its the glottal stop that everyone says is exclusive to the Polish of New Breh-in. I grew up on Moun(almost t)-in road.. I guess that is a CT thing. I think its because our speech pattern tries to put the -t in the first part of the word which renders it almost silent. My Florida girlfriend says "moun-tin".

Oh yeah! You're right... it's "mow (almost nt)-in" and "bri (sort of "t" but more like an "h")-in." Hah! Never thought of that before. I definitely do that.

[Stratford, Ct. Resident]

Originally Posted by Beeker2211

-I've heard many refer to Pie (Meat pie)

A pie is a pizza.

Or is it apizza?

[ForkInTheRoad]

Originally Posted by CLees

Route(as in a numbered road)-root
Route(as in a football wide receivers running pattern)-rowt
Sneakers are always sneakers.. Never heard of tennis shoes.
Milk- melk
Carmel- Care-Mel
Carmel, NY- car-mul
Mozzarella-mutz-a-rell or mootz-a-dell(italian decent)
SODA
We have French Crullers at our Dunkin Donuts'. Do you?
I have a basement, grandma has a cellar.
I say ant for aunt but eastern new englanders use awnt(which is probably more proper)
Subs and Grinders are equally understood. EVERYONE living in CT knows what a grinder is.
New York accents are more common than Boston accents and we sorta have our own that's somewhere in between.
Tag Sale=yard sale/garage sale, etc.
My dresser has "draws"(drawers) with "drawers"(slang for pants) in them.
Sandal is still the preferred term for all open toed shoes
CRAYFISH
Loy-eh
Pee-CAN
Rotary=traffic circle
Almost any noun has an opportunity to get the abbreviation treatment around here.
I ALWAYS SAY "YOU GUYS" when addressing a group of people.
Volatile, futile, etc end in -tul not -tile.
Packy=liquor(package) store
Sear-up and sir-up are heard equally
A bike is a bicycle or a motorcycle
Coo-pon
new-HAVEN
We know what steamed cheeseburgers are and which restaurants serve the best ones.
Cakes have frosting on them. Icing is the stuff they use for the lettering.
Darien, CT- Dairy-Ann
Ledyard, CT- led-yerd
Worcestershire sauce- wuss-ter-sheer
We speak quickly, use "big" words, debate/discuss the same topics in a serious and analytical manner for hours, and are immensely sarcastic.

Added formatting to the ones I'm familiar with growing up here.

[Beeker2211]

"Do you want pie?" to "Do you wanna grab a pie?" But you're correct, Pie is also apizza.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by Stratford, Ct. Resident

A pie is a pizza.

Or is it apizza?

A-Peetz.