The dialects of America - soda vs. pop revisited

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crazy canuck

#30
June 06, 2013, 01:24:23 PM
I have to say I never noticed it.  I guess because most of my time in the US was spent on basketball courts and I never had had an occasion in which anyone ask me if I had a pen.

Maximus

#31
June 06, 2013, 01:29:42 PM
Quote from: merithyn on June 06, 2013, 01:22:49 PM
Quote from: Maximus on June 06, 2013, 01:20:32 PM
Pen as pin is quite common. I've heard it from California through the southern plains to the deep south

Am I correct in how I think I say things, Max? You pay closer attention than I do, and I often think I say things one way only to have you say otherwise.
I grew up saying bin. I would say the way you say it is somewhere between ben and bean. I don't know a phoenetic spelling that really captures it. Sort of "byen" but quicker.

One I got called on recently was pronouncing "bury" the way it's spelled. Many people here pronounce it like berry.

Grey Fox

#32
June 06, 2013, 01:30:15 PM
Quote from: merithyn on June 06, 2013, 12:35:52 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 06, 2013, 12:31:52 PM
How is been and bean different?

Been is usually either "bin" or "ben".

Bean usually rhymes with "seen" or "sheen".

Alright.

All sounds the same to me.
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garbon

#33
June 06, 2013, 01:43:07 PM
I don't recall hearing someone say pin for pen though I know that exists.

I say both bin and ben for been. :blush:
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lustindarkness

#34
June 06, 2013, 03:09:24 PM
Wow, and I thought my spanglish pronounciations were bad. :D
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lustindarkness

#35
June 06, 2013, 03:10:09 PM
i kant spel ingles
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11B4V

#36
June 06, 2013, 03:14:01 PM
Quote from: merithyn on June 06, 2013, 12:35:52 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on June 06, 2013, 12:31:52 PM
How is been and bean different?

Been is usually either "bin" or "ben".

Bean usually rhymes with "seen" or "sheen".

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Caliga

#37
June 06, 2013, 04:27:36 PM
btw it's not exactly "pop" in Chicago.  More like "PAAHP". :cool:
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Ed Anger

#38
June 06, 2013, 05:51:27 PM
This thread gives me a migraine.
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katmai

#39
June 06, 2013, 05:57:36 PM
How do different parts of country pronounce migraine?!?!
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#40
June 06, 2013, 05:58:46 PM
Quote from: katmai on June 06, 2013, 05:57:36 PM
How do different parts of country pronounce migraine?!?!

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sbr

#41
June 06, 2013, 06:00:50 PM
Quote from: katmai on June 06, 2013, 05:57:36 PM
How do different parts of country pronounce migraine?!?!

11B4V

#42
June 06, 2013, 06:28:06 PM
Quote from: katmai on June 06, 2013, 05:57:36 PM
How do different parts of country pronounce migraine?!?!

WTF is that?
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

Ed Anger

#43
June 06, 2013, 06:51:52 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on June 06, 2013, 06:28:06 PM
Quote from: katmai on June 06, 2013, 05:57:36 PM
How do different parts of country pronounce migraine?!?!

WTF is that?

Really?
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Eddie Teach

#44
June 06, 2013, 06:55:32 PM
It's a fancy pants word for headache.
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