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Old 12-06-2007, 10:11 AM
 
Location: SW Philly
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i never knew that i was pronouncing water wrong until high school!!!!! it was 9th grade in mr monillas' latin class... he said something along the lines of "why do you kids call it 'wooder' it's pronounced 'waahhhhhter'... it was hilarious how the entire class sat in shock... i still say wooder...
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Old 12-13-2007, 12:37 PM
 
Location: Collegeville
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Water is wooder here
Ask is Ax
the list goes on and on. It is kinda funny that you just start talking that way when you are here.
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Old 12-14-2007, 09:16 AM
 
Location: Scranton
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or like the kook at ikea that night.....she ordered a "cold drink"!!!! a friggin cold drink of what? cold drinks have names around here.....ya know----coke ,mountain dew ,gator ade......tourists......

A cold drink of "shut the hell up." (from Happy Gilmore)
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Old 12-17-2007, 02:15 PM
 
Location: 42°22'55.2"N 71°24'46.8"W
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i say water like it rhymes with "quarter" and i grew up in northern jersey. i guess it's closer to you guys than the rest of the nation =)
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Old 12-19-2007, 03:08 PM
 
Location: TwilightZone
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I find the thick Philly accent to be annoying. Proper voice classes can correct this problem.
Class...in philly?
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Old 02-20-2009, 03:32 PM
 
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I had a teacher from philly and he would pronounce "a hundred" "a hunert". Classic.
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Old 02-20-2009, 04:05 PM
 
Location: Sunshine N'Blue Skies
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When we moved to PA we all had a huge conversation about a Creek..........they called the little streams........A Crick! Even the newspeople were calling a stream a Crick!
It drove us crazy. Our daughter talked to her friends at work and said " where is the "eek" in your cr"ick" Now, quite a few years later, I think the newspeople have at least got the word right.
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