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I remember being on the phone with a person in the Midwest once and she gave me a name of someone named Don something to call. I asked how Don spelled his last name, and she said "Don is a 'she'." I realized she was saying "Dawn".
We pronounce the "w" here. We even like to put it in words like "tawk" and "cawfee".
Language is almost as much fun as food!
Yep! Rust Belt/Great Lakes/"Da Bearss"/Chicago-style "SOOPerfan" type vowels. We tend to gloss over the /aw/ and make it more of an /ah/. I had a pastor, growing up, who was from Milwaukee. Which literally has a "au". But when asked where he was from, he'd always say, "Mil-WAAAAH-kee."
Buffalo, NY, kinda has it, too. It wraps its way around the Great Lakes.
Falafel is one of my favorite things to make for a party or pot luck. I use the following recipe for the falafel and usually double the recipe and make them a small appetizer size. Also, I just pan fry them in enough oil to coat the pan and then flip, no deep frying.
I flew into Ottawa last September. If I'd known you were there I woulda!
I mostly drive to Ontario, but one time I flew. It's only 57 minutes flying time from Newark. From Ottawa I rented a car to get where I was going, and ever since, I get daily traffic reports for Ottawa.
I'm sitting here muttering to myself trying to make "falafel" and "awful" not rhyme.
Hahaha. Fa-LA-ful and Awwww-ful (NOT "Ah-ful). You have to make the "w" sound with your lips. the "LA" is with the mouth open. But mutter away.
There is a chocolate-covered strawberry company called "Shari's Berries", and I thought it sounded awkward, as if it was supposed to rhyme but it doesn't...then I realized that for some people, it DOES rhyme.
Then there's the Mary/Merry/Marry thing (all three words are said differently to me).
MQ, I was thinking the very same thing! They sound NOTHING alike to me, with the East Coast accent that I will forever have. (no, not a stereotypical Brooklyn or Queens accent, but that's for another thread)
The only thing similar to me about the two words "Falafel" and "awful" is the last syllable "fel/ful" which sound identical to me.
"Felafel" is said "Fuh-Lah-ful" where as "awful" is said "AWE-ful" - after all, there is a "W" in the word, so I do not pronounce it "offle".
However it is said, I love the stuff, and I eat it once or twice a month.
Interestingly, growing up in the suburbs of NYC, in the 60s and 70s, I never had falafel.
It was not until I attended college at the culinary Mecca (no pun nor disparagement against the Middle East or Central Massachusetts intended) that is Worcester MA, that I even tried it.
Now it's common place, and I am glad about that. I often shop at a Lebanese market here in OH, for Middle Eastern specialtie
Honestly, I have made it my self, and I have used imported mixes, and I taste no difference. So, usually, I just by a mix recommended at the deli. "Near East" is probably the most accessible, and to me, it's fine. The foriegn mixes are more flavorful and definitely spicier.
My suspicion is that many restaurants use mixes. Good ones, but mixes none the less. I am sure that someone's middle eastern great grandma does it better - but then that is true of any regional or ethnic food.
A good felafel sandwich or wrap, depends so much upon the vegetables, seasoning, and bread in which it is served.
Felafel does not pretend to be a hamburger or a meatball.
It is what it is - a fried, well seasoned croquette made with chickpeas and seasoning. You don't need to deep fry it. And it's pretty healthy and as American, and easy to find as pizza or hot dogs.
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I flew into Ottawa last September. If I'd known you were there I woulda!
I mostly drive to Ontario, but one time I flew. It's only 57 minutes flying time from Newark. From Ottawa I rented a car to get where I was going, and ever since, I get daily traffic reports for Ottawa.
Well, if you ever fly into Ottawa again and plan to stick around a bit, let me know. I'll buy you a falafel lunch!
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Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801
Hahaha. Fa-LA-ful and Awwww-ful (NOT "Ah-ful). You have to make the "w" sound with your lips. the "LA" is with the mouth open. But mutter away.
There is a chocolate-covered strawberry company called "Shari's Berries", and I thought it sounded awkward, as if it was supposed to rhyme but it doesn't...then I realized that for some people, it DOES rhyme.
Then there's the Mary/Merry/Marry thing (all three words are said differently to me).
Falafel and awful do rhyme, the way I say it.
Funny thing about Shari's Berries and Mary/Merry/Marry. (The first two sound identical to me.) My oldest friend's name is Charlotte. We call her Char. (Sounds like shaar.) Her sister is Cheryl. We call her Cher. (Sounds like sherr.) Their sister-in-law's name is Shari. We call her Shar. (Sounds like sharr.) When the three of them are all at the same event: Char, Cher, Shar. It's quite hilarious.
I'm sitting here muttering to myself trying to make "falafel" and "awful" not rhyme.
A Cockney accent makes those two words sound VERY different. No, I don't have a Cockney accent.
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