22 maps that show the linguistic divides in America.

[Omatic]

Hmm, I live in Michigan and enjoy saying 'crawdad'. The map says Michigan says 'crayfish' but not me, I'm a rebel.

[srsmn]

Originally Posted by kidphilly

Are Berry, Barry, and Bury the same in other parts of the country, just curious as to me they would all be different

Yes, they are to me (grew up in Minneapolis).

Somebody mentioned the pin-pen merger thing. I don't know where that is predominant, but interestingly, I don't think it is dominant in the same areas that the Mary-marry-merry merger is (I know I myself make a definite distinction in those particular vowel sounds...)

[Infamous92]

Originally Posted by kidphilly

Are Berry, Barry, and Bury the same in other parts of the country, just curious as to me they would all be different

I'm from NYC and I pronounce "Berry" and "Bury" the same way (both sound like "berry"), but Barry is pronounced differently.

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by Infamous92

I'm from NYC and I pronounce "Berry" and "Bury" the same way (both sound like "berry"), but Barry is pronounced differently.

To me Berry and Bury are similar yet different


Berry = ber ee
Barry = Baar ee
Bury = burr ee

but then again B's have a Vish sound to them here too - Hooked on Phonix does a killing correcting people here...

[pgm123]

Originally Posted by nephi215

In the Philly accent it is pronounced as "ahrange" and "hahrrible" and similarly, "Florida" is pronounced as Flahrida. I personally pronounce "sure" the same way as "shore". Being from Philly, I don't understand how most of the U.S does not pronounce marry, merry and mary all distinctively. It guess its a northeastern thing lol.

It's pretty much a Philly thing at this point. The rest of the Northeast has two pronunciations instead of three, I think.

[Infamous92]

Originally Posted by pgm123

It's pretty much a Philly thing at this point. The rest of the Northeast has two pronunciations instead of three, I think.

I don't think it's just a Philly thing, I pronounce them all differently as well.

Marry = Maree (Ma as in Math)
Mary = Mairee
Merry = Mehree

[Hamtonfordbury]

I used to call long sandwiches hoagie before Subway became popular. I live nowhere near Philly.

A lot of my words are atypical of the southern region.

I call carbonated beverages "soda" or "burp juice".

I call a metal cage on wheels to put groceries in a "basket" or "shopping cart" depending on my mood. I have never called one a "buggy".

I "wash" my hands, not "warsh".

and so on... But then my parents came from other regions, and I grew up around a lot of transplants.