Let's Talk Regional Terms

[pollyhyper]

Twice recently I have heard people refer to a slide as a "sliding board" - I had never heard it before, but then again, there was a huge gap in my discussions about slides and playgrounds between ages 12 and 35

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[crowjoy]

Something that confounds me here, people pronounce words that end with -tary with an emphasis on the -tary. Like el-eh-men-TAR-ee, doc-que-men-TAR-ee. I've never heard that anywhere before!

[pollyhyper]

is it "tar" or "tare"?
I say "ELementree" and "DOCumentree" - they'd hate me!

[brieza]

And I say:

el EH men tah Ree (with strong stress on the second syllable and light stress on the last, and mostly but not completely eliding the 2nd to last. (almost el EH ment' Ree)

dah QUE men tah Ree

[ziola]

And I stress the MEN. Dah que MEN tree, el em EN tree.

[crowjoy]

Yeah! This is closer to what I thought was common!

[pollyhyper]

Hmm, I think I'm somewhere in between...

[crowjoy]

Oops, I fail as phonetical speller. TARE-ee. Weird right?

[anyas_mama]

That is such an upstate NY thing. Around here (albany/Saratoga/Hudson) everyone I know pronounces things that way and it drives me nuts! Never heard that once downstate (born and raised).