The dialects of America - soda vs. pop revisited

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

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crazy canuck

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

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

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

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

Wow, and I thought my spanglish pronounciations were bad. :D
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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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btw it's not exactly "pop" in Chicago.  More like "PAAHP". :cool:
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How do different parts of country pronounce migraine?!?!
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"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—".

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