Pronunciation of words by Nebraskans

[husker B-rent]

Shower as Sharr. Annoying.

 

[huKSer]

Oh, here's another one that only one person mispronounces, and it bugs me every time -- my mother in-law, always pronounces the word, "says" as SAYz.  

Ok, HB - settle this one -- is it COOpon, or Que-pon?  I used to say the Q version, and my husband argued with me -- now I think the Q version seems weird.

Coopon

 

[huKSer]

Thread derail - 

Me: What year is this?

Person: Two thousand eighteen

Me:  Really? So the Declaration of Independence was signed in one thousand seven hundred seventy-six?

IT'S TWENTY-EIGHTEEN PEOPLE!

 

[NM11046]

Norfolk- Norfork

Virginia way- Norf#&%

Grocery. I've never heard or pronounced this as Groshery and I'm not snooty. There is no 'sh' in there.

Snooty is calling a vase a vozz.

And popiggle.....I've never heard that. Popsickle seems pretty straightforward.

Accurate I've heard both ways. Ackyurate seems right to me. I don't like ackerate.

I'll say comfortable both ways depending on usage and context.

I need to edit that ....

here on the east coast they call Fudgecicle (sp?) a fudgeical.  I screwed up with the popcicle stuff.  

And obviously I can't spell pop/fudgecicle.

 

[NM11046]

Old-timers pronouncing the days of the week without the 'a'.  Tuesdy.  Thursdy.

How bout:

fishin' & huntin'?  You never hear a real person that does those things say Fish-ING and Hunt-TING.

 

[teachercd]

Sometimes I pronounce "Horrible" differently, sometimes I say "Riley"

 

[MLB 51]

asterisk---astrick

 

[The Dude]

Month plural is munts.  5 munts ago.

 

[Scarlet Overkill]

Month plural is munts.  5 munts ago.

OMG, who do you know that says that?  My husband and his parents both say it that way.  Just figured it was only a family thing.

 

[Mierin]

So is my family or town the only ones who say groshery?

On Wash/Washington, we helped my mom unlearn that about 20 years ago, and now she has ZERO recollection of ever having said "Warshington." She flat out denies that she ever did it. Alzheimers does run in the females in her family but she should be about 15 years away from that...

Also, does anyone else know people who refer to boxelder bugs as Democrats?

And this isn't a regional thing, I don't think, but in one of Ed Sheeran's songs he pronounces "sixth" --> sickth

 

[Scarlet Overkill]

So is my family or town the only ones who says groshery?

On Wash/Washington, we helped my mom unlearn that about 20 years ago, and now she has ZERO recollection of ever having said "Warshington." She flat out denies that she ever did it. Alzheimers does run in the females in her family but she should be about 15 years away from that...

No, I've always heard and said, groshery.  But, it's almost an imperceptible difference between the two, IMO.

 

[krc1995]

caramel or carmel- I guess caramel is correct but I say carmel. 

 

[The Dude]

OMG, who do you know that says that?  My husband and his parents both say it that way.  Just figured it was only a family thing.

I do.

So is my family or town the only ones who say groshery?
 

I do.

 

[NM11046]

So is my family or town the only ones who say groshery?

On Wash/Washington, we helped my mom unlearn that about 20 years ago, and now she has ZERO recollection of ever having said "Warshington." She flat out denies that she ever did it. Alzheimers does run in the females in her family but she should be about 15 years away from that...

Also, does anyone else know people who refer to boxelder bugs as Democrats?

And this isn't a regional thing, I don't think, but in one of Ed Sheeran's songs he pronounces "sixth" --> sickth

"Grosh-ry"

 

[Scarlet Overkill]

My current boss, the most intelligent person I've ever met, says sickth.  Caught me off guard the first time, and then I heard at least one other person say it that way, too.