The dialects of America - soda vs. pop revisited

Started by Syt, June 06, 2013, 11:57:03 AM

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merithyn

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".
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...

Eddie Teach

Quote from: merithyn on June 06, 2013, 12:34:43 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 06, 2013, 12:05:26 PM
Does anyone here pronounce been as "bean?"  I say bin and bean sounds really bizarre to me.

I pronounce it "ben". I think "bin" sounds silly, and "bean" sounds pretentious from an American.

I pronounce ben, been and bin all the same.
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merithyn

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on June 06, 2013, 12:37:11 PM
Quote from: merithyn on June 06, 2013, 12:34:43 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 06, 2013, 12:05:26 PM
Does anyone here pronounce been as "bean?"  I say bin and bean sounds really bizarre to me.

I pronounce it "ben". I think "bin" sounds silly, and "bean" sounds pretentious from an American.

I pronounce ben, been and bin all the same.

Ben, to me, rhymes with "pen", as opposed to "pin".
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...

crazy canuck

Quote from: merithyn on June 06, 2013, 12:34:43 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 06, 2013, 12:05:26 PM
Does anyone here pronounce been as "bean?"  I say bin and bean sounds really bizarre to me.

I pronounce it "ben". I think "bin" sounds silly, and "bean" sounds pretentious from an American.

"I have Ben there"?

You people are mangling the Queen's English.

Eddie Teach

Quote from: merithyn on June 06, 2013, 12:38:41 PM
Ben, to me, rhymes with "pen", as opposed to "pin".

All of them get the short i sound.
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MadImmortalMan

Quote from: crazy canuck on June 06, 2013, 12:39:02 PM
You people are mangling the Queen's English.

There are 300 million of us. How many has the Queen got?   :P
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Eddie Teach

To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?


Admiral Yi

Uncle Bin's rice?

The tower of Big Bin?

Where the hell are you from Wigger?

Eddie Teach

Speaking of uncle Ben, the people on tv pronounce it the same way I do.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

crazy canuck

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Quote from: Peter Wiggin on June 06, 2013, 01:05:15 PM
Speaking of uncle Ben, the people on tv pronounce it the same way I do.

I am beginning to think you pronounce pin as pen and not the other way around. :P

Eddie Teach

Well both sound more like pit and bit than pet and bet.
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Maximus

Pen as pin is quite common. I've heard it from California through the southern plains to the deep south

merithyn

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.
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...