Pronunciation of words by Nebraskans

[Mierin]

Are you pronouncing it "kyuu-pon" then?

I'm confused.

Cuepwned

 

[GSG]

Cuepwned

 

[The Dude]

Coopins.

 

[TonyStalloni]

I kinda like Do-B-Q.  Could make a song mashup with Susie Q.

And the misuse of seen and saw bugs me too. Don’t get me started on To-Too-Two....

I've had to bite my tongue many times when my best friend says " I seen Mr Smith yesterday."  But he is the same friend who pronounces aluminum as "Lunimun".  This reminds me to comment about those I have seen spell the word tongue as "tounge".

 

[Enhance]

I always referred to a soft drink as pop ...........is the word soda becoming more frequent?

I think pop is a more Midwestern thing (for that record, I refer to soft drinks as pop as well).

I have a coworker from Alabama and he says everything down there is 'soda.'

 

[Mavric]

I think pop is a more Midwestern thing (for that record, I refer to soft drinks as pop as well).

I have a coworker from Alabama and he says everything down there is 'soda.'

 

[Scarlet Overkill]

It's almost culture shock when i visit the Midwest now and see in the "Pop" aisle in groshery stores.  It's all soda out here in eastern PA.  I have a pretty bad addiction to pop, and it shocks people when I say, "I've never consumed a soda in my life" -- because i only drink pop.  Even tho, as the graphic above shows PA as a dual pop/soda state, i get laughed at when i say pop.

 

[Mavric]

S-H-E-R-B-E-T ... "SHER-burt"

 

[The Dude]

I still say people calling every brand of pop "Coke" is a hoax.  Nobody is that dumb.

 

[NM11046]

I always referred to a soft drink as pop ...........is the word soda becoming more frequent?

Totally depends where you are.

Tx - all soda/pop is called Coke

East coast all soda/pop is called Soda or tonic

NE - all soda is called pop

 

[knapplc]

Not sure if this belongs here, but the word "combine" is pronounced the way you say it when two things are joined together unless you're talking about a piece of farm equipment.

 

[knapplc]

Talking to a retired railroad buddy and he reminded me about how we pronounce Cairo, NE. It's  pronounced like Karo syrup, not like the city in Egypt. 

 

[Mierin]

Talking to a retired railroad buddy and he reminded me about how we pronounce Cairo, NE. It's  pronounced like Karo syrup, not like the city in Egypt. 

Prague is another one. Isn’t it pronounced here to rhyme with stag?

 

[NM11046]

Prague is another one. Isn’t it pronounced here to rhyme with stag?

No

Though there is a Sprague that's pronounced Spray-guh.

 

[Mierin]

No

Though there is a Sprague that's pronounced Spray-guh.

Maybe that’s the one I was thinking of. I know there is another one.