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To: blam

Yep, I got the Inland North accent.

And I hate it when people say “fer” instead of “for”!!!!!


27 posted on 11/25/2011 4:38:54 PM PST by dragonblustar (Allah Ain't So Akbar!)
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To: dragonblustar

I’m intrigued by certain “quirks” (to my ears) coming from various people I have heard:

“Chimbly” (Midweswtern Uncle)
“Missoura” (Missourians)
“Winda” (East Texan NASA engineer)

“What are you going do düe?” (Virgina and North Carolina)
Alternative attempt at spelling: “duay.”

I have found no good way to illustrate this through spelling.

It begins with the lips pursed (thus the umlaut approximation) and curls its way into a long “e” sound. It stretches out the final sound to about 1.18 syllables.


305 posted on 04/04/2012 4:55:42 PM PDT by Erasmus (BHO: New supreme leader of the homey rollin' empire.)
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