I also heard her say nu-cu-lar. Why in the world do educated people say that, for heaven’s sake? Disappointing.
>heard her say nu-cu-lar... Disappointing>
It is disappointing when people don’t understand the background of dialects. Some words and dialects in
your state would be very different in other parts of the
U.S. and thought strange because most people don’t have a
clue on this history.
Sarah speaks an upper MidWest and a bit of Canadian thrown in.
Most people who start in on speech should have a background in the knowledge of dialects of the various areas of the U.S. and where they originate.
New Englanders of many generations speak archaic English.
They use a patern and words mostly from 16th Cen. England
and in most cases not spoken as much in Eng. today.
In the Appalachian area, they speak a form of Scotch-Irish
with a bit of old english.
The TideWater area also speaks archaic forms of English.