[fxtrader]

Grew up in Maine and always heard and said it as Kin-et-tik-kut. Have always heard and said Worcester as wooster.

[JViello]

Originally Posted by andthentherewere3

Hmm, so it's not "Wooster"? I've never been there, but that would have been my guess, since that's how it's pronounced in England. (where I have been) Or maybe in Mass. it's pronounced "Woostah", with an accent?

Actually it's Wusstah. lol

Originally Posted by seymourct

last syllable uses the schwa , so it isn't really CUT or KIT but somewhere neutral between the two, pronounced in the back of the throat.

(kə-nět'ĭ-kət)

Thanks for the info...I'm sure many of us know the proper way to say it (Me included), but don't. People look at you funny.

Originally Posted by VolFireGuy

Lived in CT all my life and say it as Kinetta-kut.
How about pronunciation of the city in MA called Worcester?

Where are you from? I wonder if it's a Naugatuck Valley/Northern New Haven County thing to put the "kit" on the end?

[Dark of the Moon]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

Yep same here. CT born and raised.

I wasn't born in CT, but spent most of my "Wonder Years" there (in Ridgefield). And I pronounce "Worcester" as "Wurster" .....

[trustmeiknow]

kin-EH-da-kit, spoken really fast like a true Northeasterner

[andthentherewere3]

I don't have a noticeable regional accent---I'll stick with Wooster. I think I would probably sound strange trying to copy another region's accent, I'm not very good at that.

Speaking of accents, here's a fun little quiz that tells you what American accent you might have:
http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_america...nt_do_you_have

(I have a "midland accent", which is basically no accent)

[JViello]

Originally Posted by andthentherewere3

I don't have a noticeable regional accent---I'll stick with Wooster. I think I would probably sound strange trying to copy another region's accent, I'm not very good at that.

Speaking of accents, here's a fun little quiz that tells you what American accent you might have:
What American accent do you have?

(I have a "midland accent", which is basically no accent)

LOL I know, I was saying that with a and attached.

I say Wusster. Or Wooster but the WOO is more like an "wuh" as in "wood" and not a "woo" as in "woohoo".

Thanks for the link, I've done those in the past...they can be fun.

[andthentherewere3]

Originally Posted by JViello

I say Wusster. Or Wooster but the WOO is more like an "wuh" as in "wood" and not a "woo" as in "woohoo".

Yes, that's the way I pronounce it too, just to clarify. Saying Wooster as in Woohoo never even occurred to me.

[Yankeerose00]

I definitely say Kin-et-ti-kit. Hmmm wonder if that's a Jersey thing. But Worcester is Wusta for sure. Can't imagine putting an R in there. I grew up hearing Wusta so Wusta it is.

Coming in as an out of stater, it's much easier for me to hear the different accents in CT.
Of course the further south you go, the more NYC the accents sound. The northeast part of the state starts to get more of that New England accent.
Hartford is funny because there is not too much of a distinct accent, but rather a watered down version of an upstate NY accent. From living in Florida for so many years, I heard a lot of the upstate ny/midwest (Ohio, Michigan, Illinois) accent and you can hear a smidge of that in Hartford. Not as prominent as upstate NY, but definitely there.

It's hard to write, but if I stretched out the words they would sound like

They-at for that or bey-ack for back. Does that make sense? Other than a few words the Hartford area doesn't have a real distinct accent.

[CrissCT]

Originally Posted by Yankeerose00

I definitely say Kin-et-ti-kit. Hmmm wonder if that's a Jersey thing. But Worcester is Wusta for sure. Can't imagine putting an R in there. I grew up hearing Wusta so Wusta it is.

Coming in as an out of stater, it's much easier for me to hear the different accents in CT.
Of course the further south you go, the more NYC the accents sound. The northeast part of the state starts to get more of that New England accent.
Hartford is funny because there is not too much of a distinct accent, but rather a watered down version of an upstate NY accent. From living in Florida for so many years, I heard a lot of the upstate ny/midwest (Ohio, Michigan, Illinois) accent and you can hear a smidge of that in Hartford. Not as prominent as upstate NY, but definitely there.

It's hard to write, but if I stretched out the words they would sound like

They-at for that or bey-ack for back. Does that make sense? Other than a few words the Hartford area doesn't have a real distinct accent.

I grew up in Western NY and have that accent you're describing - I say Da-ad (with an a sound like cat), and we tend to stretch out our r's, as in hearrrrrrr. I don't hearrr it in Hartford though. I hearr more of a slight version of a Boston accent.

[Yankeerose00]

Oh it's there in Hartford. It's just very slight but I also hear the slight Boston accent you are talking about. It seems to vary from person to person. Of course, it's hard to tell who is from the area originally and who is a transplant. But from the people that I know are from the area, they have the slight upstate accent.
My dad's family from Naugatuck don't have the Hartford accent. I don't know how to describe it. Parts of it are a little bit NYC but then my dad says things like Soder for soda or idear for idea. Which is funny because that is how the Brits say it so it must be leftover from the English settlements.