mis-pronounced words in your area

Charlestonese

faints = fence

lay-men or lay-a-mon = lemon

bay-eh-con

You don't hear these as much anymore now that Chucktown is more cosmopolitan. And they aren't really MISpronuciations, just the way people talk.

Pet peeve - Nu-Q-ler missile I don't have any friends that say that because over the years I've killed all of them.

A friend of mine got peeved from everybody saying that he was from Mass-a-two-shets. Or Mass-a-two-****s.
 
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Never worried much about other folks' accents. I do note that some people are not aware that the "t" in often is silent, like the "p" in swimming pool.

Just today I heard someone represent a certifying process as accredidation.
 
A local furniture tv ad has this guy who says "come and get your bedroom suit". Instead of suite.
 
We Brooklyn Italians have our own dialect. Stop in for a cup of Kawwfee anywhere in the boroughs and your sure to hear something unusual.
 
Hale - place where bad people go
Akrit - That rifle ain't very akrit.
Warsh - I need to warsh my clothes
Warshington - first president

Just a few from Oklahoma
 
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