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Just curious, how do the people on the board pronounce the title of your mother or father's sister. And where do you hail from.
As a New Englander we always pronounced it as "aunt" which rhymes with taunt. My Michigan born wife pronounces it "ant".
Born and raised in New England. I pronounce it the same as you.
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Here in New York, it seems like white people say "ant" and black people say "ahnt". I believe most nonwhites in general around here pronounce it the latter way.
I'm now in NYC for over 20 years and I've noticed the same. Non-whites in general say it as "ahnt". It's refreshing to hear it pronounced correctly among a sea of "ants".
My pop's sister was an ant and she loved Pepsi. She called it soda and so did everyone else. The ants outside loved soda too because they would be crawling all over a can if we left one out with a little bit still in it.
Born and raised in New England. I pronounce it the same as you.
I'm now in NYC for over 20 years and I've noticed the same. Non-whites in general say it as "ahnt". It's refreshing to hear it pronounced correctly among a sea of "ants".
It's interesting because even for example, Hispanics who otherwise sound white/non-black will say "ahnt" rather than "ant". I wonder what the reason for this is.
I don't know that many Asians personally, so I wonder what they say.
I do agree that ahnt seems like the more correct pronunciation, however I'm so used to saying ant.
Born and raised in the SF Bay Area to blue collar folk, and we say ant.
We also say MAY-nayze for mayonnaise.
My dad grew up in Oakland, CA. My mom grew up in Maine and didn't move to CA until she was around 10 years old. She used to say "I-dear" for idea, until we teased her out of it. But, both my folk said "ant" and "may-nayze."
That's what they say basically everywhere in the north from the crest of the Appalachians all the way to the Pacific Northwest, barring eastern Wisconsin and St. Louis.
Those maps... OMG. I had no idea this subject had been studied so closely!
Who knows, there may have been dissertations written about it.
Those maps... OMG. I had no idea this subject had been studied so closely!
Who knows, there may have been dissertations written about it.
Yeah, it's hard to believe that anyone's taken the time (or had the time) to study the idiosyncrasies of speech patterns in various regions of the US, but I'm glad that they did.
I'm pretty sure that most of the studies concluded that Southerners were the only ones who consistently said every word perfectly.
Regional speech patterns in the US will soon be a thing of the past, however. Television plays a large part in that transition.
I grew up in a place a lot of white people pronounced it “ain’t” and black people pronounced it “unt”
My aunts were from Philly so I called then ants.
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soda / pop
