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The following is what is common to the Atlanta region.
Carbonated Beverage: Coke only for colas. If someone asks specifics, then you can tell them COKE, PEPSI, or RC. Every other non-cola soft drink goes by title.
Shopping Cart: Buggy (Always BUGGY)
To address a group of two or more people: Most say y'all, even the transplants to the area. You guys is so unbelievably stupid and reeks with northeastern and west coast language.
Crayfish, Crawfish, Crawdad: Crawfish is near unanimous.
Splinter or Sliver (A piece of wood that gets caught in your finger): Splinter (a sliver, really)
Pecan Pie: Puh-cahn for city and suburb dwellers (rural Georgians say Pee-CAN)
Fuzzy little worms: Caterpillar
Spider with 8 very long legs and a very small body: Granddaddy Long Leg
Term for an Attorney: Lawyer slightly more used than loy-yer. Both are common.
Caramel: Carr-a-mel (I can't stand when people say car-mel. For crying out loud, people, there's an "A" in there, pronounce it, and don't look like a dufus who can't read.)
Really? I didn't know Buggy was common in ATL. I've always heard in where I grew up (SW Virginia) and some other areas around central Appalachia (East TN and Western NC) but I never used to hear it when I would go visit family in ATL as a kid...lol, I actually used to get mocked for it
Really? I didn't know Buggy was common in ATL. I've always heard in where I grew up (SW Virginia) and some other areas around central Appalachia (East TN and Western NC) but I never used to hear it when I would go visit family in ATL as a kid...lol, I actually used to get mocked for it
Everyone I know and grew up around said "buggy". TV commercials and advertisements always said buggy. It is only recently with the proliferation of companies based outside the region that you hear advertisements say "cart". I'd argue that a lot of transplants say cart, but the vast majority of natives say "buggy". A majority of the population says buggy. Perhaps your family was different than most of the population around here.
I wasn't even aware that people actually pronounced lawyer like "loy-er" or that that was an acceptable pronunciation. Why do people say that? Do they also say "break the loy?"
Hahahaaa I say "loy-er"... Love my accent though- so unique
Oh, get off your high horse. EVERYONE, and I mean, EVERY ONE in the South pronounces pen, as in ink pen, as PIN.
Yet, you probably say car-mel, when there's clearly an extra syllable.
I know they do--that's exactly what I'm complaining about. And I like it up here on my high horse just fine, thanks. The view is great.
I already addressed the caramel/car-mel issue earlier in this thread. I learned to say it properly as an adult. Maybe someday you can learn to say a short "e"!
Nope, my parents said cruller. And my mom worked in a bakery in the 1940s!
I've lived in the south most of my life and we've always said "crueller" (or however you spell it) and that's how they are labeled in doughnut stores as well, throughout the South.
I know they do--that's exactly what I'm complaining about. And I like it up here on my high horse just fine, thanks. The view is great.
I already addressed the caramel/car-mel issue earlier in this thread. I learned to say it properly as an adult. Maybe someday you can learn to say a short "e"!
I would bet the farm that you have some pronunciation idiosyncracies - everyone does.
Everyone I know and grew up around said "buggy". TV commercials and advertisements always said buggy. It is only recently with the proliferation of companies based outside the region that you hear advertisements say "cart". I'd argue that a lot of transplants say cart, but the vast majority of natives say "buggy". A majority of the population says buggy. Perhaps your family was different than most of the population around here.
Coming from someone who grew up in Oregon with Texan parents...
Carbonated Beverage: I used to say Pop back home, but here calling "soda" pop is unheard of.
Shopping Cart: Cart
To address a group of two or more people: I say y'all or you guys
Crayfish, Crawfish, Crawdad: Crawfish or crawdad, NEVER crayfish
Splinter or Sliver (A piece of wood that gets caught in your finger): Splinter
Pecan Pie: Usually Puh-KAHN
Fuzzy little worms: Potato bug or rolly polly
Spider with 8 very long legs and a very small body: Daddy longlegs
Term for an Attorney: Loi-yer
Caramel: Car-muhl
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The view is great.
