Dad had a few words that he pronounced differently than most. Corn did not "tassel out", it would "tossel out". The dentist would check your "gooms" rather than check your "gums". There were others than I can't come up with right now. I always wondered if these were more of a regional thing or a generational thing. Anyone else have examples or thoughts on the matter?
My mom said gooms, and I heard wasrh a few times, my mil alway said batties
Well we're Green and we're Gold, and we play better when it's cold. All us Cheese heads have our favorite superstar. We love Brett Favre.
Untighten or unloosen a bolt or screw (here in parts of Dixie anyway) means exactly the opposite of what your English teacher would have taught you.
Un-Thaw
Irregardless
Swa-vor-ski (Swarovski ya numb-skull)
There, They're, and Their as well as where, were, and we're are often used impossibly incorrect.
A great one from a movie. Bull Durham: Coach tosses the bats into the showers and delivers his "Lolly-gaggers" admonishment speech. On his way out of the locker room his strings together: "GD SOB MF'n S--T" into one long cuss-word and it always makes me laugh.
I can walk on water.......................but I do stagger a bit on alcohol.
Friend lives in a hoose. He makes fun of me talking about pulling a tray-ler.
Ponyack-Pontiac
Did your have to "go to the terlet" like mine did when his bladder was full?
Anyone who pronounces ANY word different than I do is ........................wrong.
Geno
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
That's how the Aussies pronounce it. Also, cheeps (chips) and seex (six) among others.
"The 257 Roberts, some people like to call it the “.257 Bob.” I think these people should be hung in trees where crows can peck at them." - David Petzal
