[andthentherewere3]

Originally Posted by 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.

But in Britain accents vary as widely as they do here in the states, and certainly not all Brits would say "soder" or idear".

It's interesting trying to figure out what causes a particular region to have a particular accent. I have too much time on my hands today, lol. I just did a quick google to find out where Ct.'s accents come from, it varies widely from town to town with a lot of different influences:

http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:...ient=firefox-a

[Yankeerose00]

I loved that article! It's so interesting reading about accents. It's funny how a state as small as CT has such different accents.
That's true that not all brits add the R on the end of words. I wonder why some people do and some don't.
I love the part that talks about the way you say the words "uh-oh" is the same way some people pronounce New Britain. That's true, you can feel it in the back of your throat.

[Sleddog905]

Born and raised in New Milford, I say Kuh-net-ti-kit.

[trishguard]

Originally Posted by JViello

Just thought it would be fun as I hear it said so many different ways. You can almost tell if a person was raised in a mill town or rich suburb by how they say it.

I find myself saying Kinetta-ket

I've heard:
Cunetta-cut
C'netta-kit
Kinetta-kit etc.

What's your "slang"?

I think I pronunce it like the middle one. Or it could be the third one, I'm having trouble determining the differences. Maybe more like Cunnetta-kit.

[VolFireGuy]

I was born and raised in Manchester. By the way, I say "wus-ter"

[NedB]

Originally Posted by JViello

Just thought it would be fun as I hear it said so many different ways. You can almost tell if a person was raised in a mill town or rich suburb by how they say it.

I find myself saying Kinetta-ket

I've heard:
Cunetta-cut
C'netta-kit
Kinetta-kit etc.

What's your "slang"?

Kinetta-kit

Oh - raised in West Hartford. As an adult I've lived in Cromwell, New Britain, West Hartford, Simsbury and East Granby. Just moved out of state last year at 39.

You should make this a poll.

[poodlecamper]

kinetta-kit idear cawfee (coffee) wusster (he's such a wuss)

roof (woof) clawsit (closet)

Born and raised in Milford 20 years (father from Bridgeport), 4 years in New Britain (Bri-in) and 20+ in the Naugatuck Valley (nahga-duck)

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by poodlecamper

Naugatuck Valley (nahga-duck)

So true LOL. I never got the "idear" thing though.

I think the Naugatuck Valley accent is incredibly similar to the NY accent.

[aroundthecorner059]

I say kinn-ed-eh-kit.

[silverman]

our family is from the west, and as a joke we often say it as it's spelt "con-nec-ti-cut" which seems to REALLY upset those from the East... sorry! We were taught that if you don't know HOW to prounce it, sound it out!