Ok, so lately, I've been thinking a lot about accents, dialects, coloquialisms, and such things. I've been noticing for myself how diffrent my voice sounds from that of the people on TV (in the USA). I was wondering how other say things. Of course, I'm not going to put EVERY word up here, just a few that I tend to notice accents with the most. Here's how I'm going to do it:
Write the word out phoneticly. And say which syllables you have the word stresses on (if that part's too difficult, that's cool)
I'm just curious to see what kind of ansers I get with such a wide range of people here at the scrolls.
Oh! and say where you live. If you don't want to be too specific, just give a region of your country. Like, if I didn't want to say I lived in Iowa in the USA, I'd say I live pretty much right in the center of the USA.
Ok, I think i've dragged on enough. Here's the fun part.

Sure

CD(this is one more for where you put the stress on the word)

Ten

Pillow

About

Sophmore

That

Twenty

Little

Away

Know

Fortune

Yourself

Mom

That's enough for now. If you have any words you're curious about how others say them, write them here.
Just take your time. Say words slowly. Really think about everything that goes into it. Lol, this sounds kind of crazy...now that I think about it.

[ October 11, 2002, 06:51 PM: Message edited by: General Jubi Lee ]

Where I've italicized (sp?) is where I put the stress.
Sure-Shooer

CD-See-Dee

Ten-Tehn

Pillow-Pill-oh

About-Ayb-out

Sophmore-Saahfmohr

That-Thay-at

Twenty-Twehn-knee

Little-Lihdd-el

Away-A-whey

Know-Noh-uh

Fortune-Fohr-chuhn

Yourself-Yer-sehlf[

Mom-Mahm

We have this weird dip-thong here. It's hard to write it in. I tried my best. Most "ay" sounds are pronounced with a slight "e" at the end. So it's like a-whey-ee, only, the ee is really slight. If that makes sense.

I'm from Iowa, as I said up above.

[ October 11, 2002, 06:58 PM: Message edited by: General Jubi Lee ]

Sure- shure

CD(this is one more for where you put the stress on the word) C d

Ten- ten

Pillow- pill oh

About- aboot, just kidding, ah bowt

Sophmore- soff more

That- that

Twenty- twentee

Little- liddle

Away- ah way

Know- no

Fortune- for chun

Okay, I have two

Missouri

and who says arse vs ass?

Missouri-Miz-er-ee

and who says arse vs ass?
I say Ass, only, it sounds moe like ay-uss

Sure: shur

CD: CD

Ten: Tehn

Pillow: pilloh

About: uh-bowt

Sophmore: sawf-mor

That: that

Twenty: twone-ee

Little: liddle

Away: uh-way

Know: No

Fortune: for-chun

Yourself: yore-self

Mom: mahm

Missouri: mizeree

and who says arse vs ass
Ass: aass (i say arse when im being silly)


Manda

[ October 11, 2002, 08:31 PM: Message edited by: mandaxwp ]

CD(this is one more for where you put the stress on the word)ABout Evenly Sea-Deetouch more on the Dee

Ten-I dunno like everyone else I guess

Pill-low

About UH-bout

Sophmore- sawf-more

That-rymes with sat& cat 1 syllable

Twenty-TWONE-Tee

Little liddl kinda all 1 syllable almost

Away -UH-Way

Know - noe

Fortune - 4-chin..LOL Really!

Yourself -YourOWNself..

Mom- rhymes with bomb & calm

I think the british say Arse

& Mizz-ZUURRR-ree

Im from Buffalo New York USA & people here speak Very fast..I saw a study on it & Only Bostonians(I think) speak more quickly.

Its a shame too .. its kind of a Hi pressure place .. most people are about ready to Snap.

From Michigan

Sure--shoor

CD-- see-dee

Ten--tehn

Pillow--pi-low

About--uh-bowt

Sophmore--sof-more or sof-ah-more

That--that

Twenty--twehn-tee

Little--li-tle

Away--uh-way

Know--noe

Fortune--fore-choon

Yourself--lol--yer-self or yore-self or yore-self

Mom--mahm

Missouri--mi-zoor-ee or mi-zer-ee

ass, usually

How does everybody say "eh" as in "eh, I don't care"? I say it as a short E, but some use the same spelling as having a long A sound. So I'm curious.

Sorry Jubilee, I can't be bothered trying to spell out how I sound so here's something - link

It's pretty monotone so don't expect much

I'm from Sydney (australia).

Sure = Sh-or

CD = See-dee

Ten = Teh-n

Pillow = Pih-low

About = Ah-bow-t

Sophmore = Soh-f-more

That = th-ah-t

Twenty = t-when-tih

Little = lih-tool

Away = ah-wai

Know = noh

Fortune = f-or-chune

Yourself = y-or-seh-lf

Mom = muh-m

I say both ass and arse. Depends on my mood.

I'm curious to know how people pronounce: either.
I say: ee-th-er

[ October 12, 2002, 02:19 AM: Message edited by: Nouchy ]

I say everything exactly the same way that Nouchy does, and I'm from Sydney, Australia.

Same as nouchy and argy, and i sy eeither... not Ither..lol

how do people say Sydney?

Arista is here too so we are going to post both of our responses (which are different). I am from New England (Boston area-- bad accents). She is from Southern MD, almost Virginia, but lived in Oklahoma for 6 yrs too.

Sure - lila: shher Arista: shur

CD - lila: on the D Arista: on the C

Ten- lila: tehn Arista: tin

Pillow- lila & Aristaill- low

Aboutlila & Arista: abowt

Sophmorelila & Arista: soff-more

That: lila & Arista: that

Twenty lila: twen-tee Arista: twunny

Little: lila: lit-til Arista: lid-dul (lila says that this one is not so much an accent as a SPEECH IMPEDIMENT on Arista's part !)

Awaylila & Arista : ah-way

Know l & A: no

Fortune: lila: for-choon Arista: four- chun

Yourselflila: your- self Arista: yer-self

Momlila: mom Arista: mum

either: lila says ee-ther Arista says it eether..ummm...Ither way depending on the sentence

Sydney: l & A: sid- nee

Missouri: l & A Miz- ur-ee[/b]

And we both say "ass". A lot.

Now I am wondering how we are even friends and how we understand each other at ALL! hee hee

We want to hear ya say CRAYON

[ October 12, 2002, 08:20 AM: Message edited by: lila997 ]

Now that I'm thinking about it, I sometimes say fore-chin. When I'm laughing or arguing the Michigan accent comes out

crayon--cra-yin with sort of a short A, but it's almost one syllable...almost like cra-an. Sometimes it's cray-ahn...just depends when I'm saying it

either--ee-ther

Sydney--sid-nee ....weird, though, sometimes I put a little bit of an A in the ney part.

[ October 12, 2002, 01:32 PM: Message edited by: Fahrenheit ]

Sure - sher

CD - see dee'

Ten - tin

Pillow - pil' lo

About - uh bowt' (I'm in Canada now and this is a big thing I kid my friends about. They don't say aboot, however, and would like to make that very clear. It's more like uh boat. Although they say around, like arownd. Don't ask me!)

Sophomore - sof' mor

That - that?

Twenty - twin' ty (sometimes w/o the second t)

Little - lid' l

Away - uh way'

Know - no

Fortune - for' chun

Yourself - yer' self

Mom - mom

Missouri - Miz ur' e (Although most of my family from there would say Miz ur' uh)

ass

How about these that I've noticed how hick I sound in Canada....

cement

insurance

multi as in talented or something(I'm looking for the pronunciation of the I in multi, is it I or E)

Do you say candy bar or chocolate bar?

Bathroom or washroom?

Soft drink, soda, pop, Coke?

Can't think of any others....

Wow! Great guys! Thanks a lot!

How does everybody say "eh" as in "eh, I don't care"? I say it as a short E, but some use the same spelling as having a long A sound. So I'm curious I say it kind of like a glotal sigh, so it's kind of a cross between the short E and an "uh" sound.

I'm curious to know how people pronounce: either ee-ther or Aye-ther depending on the usage.

how do people say Sydney?
Sihd-knee

We want to hear ya say CRAYON
Oi...I hate this one, all of my friends make fun of me for it. Lol, don't worry, no problems are being dug up, they just tease me. I say it: cran.

cement-sa-meant

insurance-in-shur-in-s

multi-[b]I say it mult-I or Mult-E depending on what comes after it. Mult-I talented Mult-e purpose..I dunno

Do you say candy bar or chocolate bar?
candy

Bathroom or washroom?
Bathroom or Restroom depending on those present. People I know real well it's Bath, elders and people i don't know real well it's Rest.

Soft drink, soda, pop, Coke?
Soda or Coke, usually Coke. I used to say pop too, but the Midwestern Nasal gets on my nerves too much when I say that so I try not to anymore. The whole soda or coke thing changes depending who i'm around. I have lots of friends who used to live in the south, and i unconciously call it Coke around them, and then when i'm around others I unconciously call it soda...it's wierd.

Also...
Do you find you pick up accents easily? Like, I know that if I'm around anyone from the south for very long, I start to pick up the accent in no time. Seriously, get me around them for an hour or two and I've got their accent. I haven't really been around diffrently-accented people except for southerners, so it might just have to do with them.

cement - suh mehnt

insurance - in shur' ents

multi as in talented or something(I'm looking for the pronunciation of the I in multi, is it I or E) - mul' tee

Do you say candy bar or chocolate bar? - chocolate bar

Bathroom or washroom? - bathroom

Soft drink, soda, pop, Coke? - soft drink

Now, 'splain THIS to me. What's with saying kan zus' but also saying ar' kan saw?? Huh? Huh?

sydney = sih-d-nee

cement = cer-meh-nt

insurance - ih-n-shore-ernts

multi = mole-tee

Do you say candy bar or chocolate bar? = chocolate bar

Bathroom or washroom? = bathroom

Soft drink, soda, pop, Coke? = soft drink

[ October 14, 2002, 12:20 AM: Message edited by: Nouchy ]

I pronounce them all correctly

*jk*
Hmm.. ask anyone who's been around me - I have a - ah... slight southern accent.

You should hear me hire a car over the phone - huh, PJ.

I live in North Carolina.
Sure=shur

CD(this is one more for where you put the stress on the word)=see-dee

Ten=tehn

Pillow=pih-lah [geez, i guess i am kinda backwoods!]

About=abowt

Sophmore=sohf-moor

That=thaht

Twenty=twehn-tee

Little=lih-tl

Away=ah-wa

Know=no

Fortune=for-chuhn

Yourself=ur-sehlf

Mom=mom

OK--how about pecan and tomato!!

me:
pee'-can

tuh'-ma-tuh

My husband always makes fun of the way I say pecan!!

a few more ..
Crayon = cran

Either = EEther mostly
Sydney = sid IH nee ALWAYS BWHAHAHAHAHHAHHA

cement = Suh-ment Rarely SEE-ment

Insurance = IN-shur-ince

Multi = MUL-Tee

Its ALWAYS .... Want Some Candy little Girl..??LOL

ITS POP GODDAM IT ..POP .. cant you GET IT!!!!!!

Not SO-DUH!!!tho I Will allow soft drink...

Oh this one ..EH?? Its ALways Aaaay at the end of a sentence & I dont use it anywhere else no more ..so I gues its Aaaaay not 'Ih'..OK??

& its a bathroom or a pisser
I dont need arrest..

Qo you find you pick up accents easily?

Nope..Im as Immovable as the proverbial 'Immovable Object'

Yay PEE -can to many Effete types around here Pee-CAHHHN..They dont live long after that .. let me tell ya

& its TUH-may-toe...idn't it..???

YAY Fun Thread jubi!!

hey cool topic! I think everyone living in California thinks they don't have an accent, but apparently we do.

Sure Sh-ur

CD(this is one more for where you put the stress on the word) evenly on both.

Ten t-en

Pillow Pill-o

About a bow t

Sophmore sof moor

That th-at

Twenty twenny

Little lil

Away uh-wae

Know no

Fortune four-chun

Yourself yor-sell-f

Mom maum

Missouri - mis-ER-ri [sort of like misery]

Crayon - cray-on or cray-n

Sydney - sid-nee

cement - sa-men-t

insurance - in-shur-ran-s

multi - malt-i as in multipak mol-te as in multiple

Do you say candy bar or chocolate bar?
Candy bar

Bathroom or washroom?
bathroom

Soft drink, soda, pop, Coke?
soda and coke, but never pop. and soft drink refers to noncarbonated drinks whereas coke and soda refer to carbonated drinks.

Edit :
Tomato te-may-toe
pecan - puh-kaan

nwenitalkitkindaawrunstogether.
LOL translation : And when I talk it kind of runs together.

~FuRie

One more edit : Apparently, the Xena cast, as well as most other american TV shows, are trained to use californian accents, so watch Xena, that's how I talk! LOL.

[ October 14, 2002, 04:45 PM: Message edited by: -=[ F u R i e ]=- ]

tomato - toe mah' toe
pecan - pee' kaan

Hey, does anyone in the US pronounce "can't" as cahnt?

tomato: tuh may toe
pecan: puh kahn