[Axis Powers Hetalia, America/England: You Say To-may-to, I Say To-mah-to]

[herolessons]

Title: You Say To-may-to, I Say To-mah-to
Fandom: Axis Powers Hetalia
Genre: Romance/Humor
Rating: PG
Pairing: America/England
Word Count: 833
Summary: America and England have a very mature discussion about how to pronounce things.
Notes: For misura's winning bid for waltzmatildah's Fic Fundraiser Challenge.

Comments

[ren_chan146]

What a cute one-shot. It sure made my day more bright.
And it's always interesting for me to learn about the differences in pronounciation between AE and BE. Thanks for that.^^

[abarero]

Thanks~!

It's not so much AE and BE, but just regional dialects as well. I know I say car-mel, but my roommate says cara-mel. :)

[lonelystorm]

I second that! It's really sweet! I'm from Germany and it's nice to learn something about AE and BE pronounciation as we learn BE in school and we are surrounded by AE every day.^^

P.S.: We all know though that Hetalia is all about learning more about our neighbouring countries!^__^

[abarero]

Thanks~!

Though it can differ in various regions (as I mentioned above) within the US or UK. We each have our own accent or way of saying things.

[nasty_show]

Oh golly this is adorable! So much cute in one story makes me a very happy bunny ^^ the bit about them holding hands made me all gooey inside, and the dancing XD love it! ♥ My face looks like my icon :D

[abarero]

Thank you so much~!

Ahah, I love them holding hands and being dorks and dancing. :)

[undone_reading]

This was really cute! England pretending to be a punk with whip cream on his face is both hysterical and adorable.

but too those people who think those pronunciations are purely American vs. British, they're not. They're pronounced different ways within the United States.
I've always said Care-A-mel, which I suppose is different than either or them, but I've heard people say carmel from the same region as me.

I've never actually heard anyone say to-mah-to... A Southern thing perhaps?

[abarero]

Thank you so much~!

Oh yes, it's a very regional thing (as I mentioned in reply to the two above). I know I say car-mel, but plenty of people who live around me say cara-mel. I'm certain even in the UK, the way it's said varies heavily on location.

The song that has the To-may-to/to-mah-to thing is actually a play off regional dialects and class (higher/lower class) dialects at the time (1937).

[meer_sshi]

Their bickering is cute ^^

[abarero]

They're good at that being-cute thing, silly boys :)