Different Dialects

[SLP]

This site is pretty interesting. It breaks down the percentages of pronunciations of common words and phrases and then regionally maps them for the USA.

Click on the "Complete Results" section at top, and then if you click on the word in the question box on the left it lists 122 words and phrases.


I found it fun to compare how I say things and how common it was compared to the rest of the country.

http://spark.rstudio.com/jkatz/SurveyMaps/

[SLP]

I am surprised I fall in such a minority with the one.

41. Do you use "spigot" or "spicket" to refer to a faucet or tap that water comes out of?

I have always pronounced it as "spicket", but only 14% of the country responded the same, but 51% pronounced it as "spigot".

[Moveon]

I am surprised I fall in such a minority with the one.

41. Do you use "spigot" or "spicket" to refer to a faucet or tap that water comes out of?

I have always pronounced it as "spicket", but only 14% of the country responded the same, but 51% pronounced it as "spigot".

I pronounce it as Spigot.

What about creek or crick? I say Creek most of the time and once in a while to make funny I wills cay Crick.

And what about Crappy vs Croppie? I say the latter. But I grew up Croppie fishing in Western KY on KY Lake so that explains it.

[SLP]

I pronounce it as Spigot.

What about creek or crick? I say Creek most of the time and once in a while to make funny I wills cay Crick.

And what about Crappy vs Croppie? I say the latter. But I grew up Croppie fishing in Western KY on KY Lake so that explains it.

I say Creek and Crappy

[SLP]

Bubbler for a Water Fountain?
Frappe, Cabinet or Velvet for a Milkshake?

There are some unique sayings in parts of the country.

[kygorski]

suit, suite. Croppie fir me.The da Illinois, illinoise. and no matter what starbucks calls it, its coffee, brought to yer table by a waiter or waitress. A yahoo is still that, even if called an associate.

[kygorski]

faucet

[DJD]

I say.....
faucet
croppie grew up saying crappie
creek
water fountain

When I moved here in 1996 I was amazed at having to learn how to speak all over again. I was constantly corrected (in fun of course) on how to pronounce Versailles, Lancaster, Barbourville and Louisville.

A few others........
wire is wahr
tire is tahr
Over there is ovare
lunch is Dinner
Massachusetts is pronounced Massatucets
against is agin
old highway 80 is oleighty

so after living here since 1996 I do pronounce anything with "ville" as "vull" and I say Barbourville and Lancaster fast without any pauses (LAN-caster, bar-bour-ville is the old way for me) Versailles is how I say it instead of versai.
I moved alot in my life and each area has its own unique ways or favorite ways to pronounce specific words. I'm not slamming KY because I love it here I just saying it was a learning experience to pick up what folks were talking about.

One more thing I love women with Southern Accents and I have met a few women here that had a nice one. My favorites are still Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee...no particular order.

[SLP]

I use faucet also, but which way do you pronounce "spigot" as, "spigot", or "spicket"?

[SLP]

One word I didn't see listed was pamphlet. I pronounce it as "pamflet", but I have heard some people say "pamplet".

[SLP]

Haha, my wife always call then "granddaddy long legs", I say "daddy long legs". I'll have to tell her she is in the 1% versus 92%. Part of what makes her unique I guess LOL.



Second vowel in pajamas.

I say the [a] as in father, looks like a lot say it as "jam"

[DJD]

One word I didn't see listed was pamphlet. I pronounce it as "pamflet", but I have heard some people say "pamplet".

I say handout! actually I would say pamphlet.