Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

[r_a_l_i_g_h]

So I was listening to that song on the way in to work and I was wondering, which way do YOU say it? - because I think about random things like that

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[certainthings]

EE-ther

NEE-ther

Po-TAY-to

To-MAY-to

P-JAH-mas

LAF-ter

AF-ter

Van-ILL-a

Saspir-ILL-a

OY-sters

[r_a_l_i_g_h]

Just like me!

(DO people really say "LARF-ter" and "ER-sters"? I've heard the others, but those just sound strange)

[certainthings]

Maybe the English? I'm not sure.

[r_a_l_i_g_h]

ER-sters? WHERE does that come from?

[schnappycat]

I think I am opposite of you on some. I say either or neither both ways depending on context. But why would anyone put an 'r' in laughter or after? Hee. And I say P-jam-mas (actually I say 'pah-jam-mas really), po-tay-to (more like pah-tay-to), and van-ell-a (I also say milk like 'melk', which is a source of amusement for my husband).

I have been told I have a funny accent.

[thetheatremouse]

Are you from Boston or thereabouts? Because my Swampscott relatives say "melk" and I wondered where that came from.

[schnappycat]

Nope, I am from Michigan. I sound very midwestern I have been told (which you can hear in my voice posts). Except for the melk thing. I have no idea about that. But my mom took a linguistics class in college and the professor had every student talk and he identified where they were from by their speech. My mom was the only one he got wrong. Thought she was from PA, when she is also from MI. So who knows?!

[r_a_l_i_g_h]

Totally pointless (when am I not?) but I LOVE the word "thereabouts" and "hereabouts" They're just fun to say.

[ora_wai]

1,1, Pa-tay-toe, ta-mar-toe, puh-jar-mers, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1

[ora_wai]

But I have an accent, as I've been told several times.

[r_a_l_i_g_h]

But of course, you adorable Aussie.

[ora_wai]

Well that's quite mean.

[thetheatremouse]

EYE-ther, NYE-ther, po-TAY-to, to-MAY-to (usually, except when in England or with English-accented relatives and it rubs off), P-JAH-mas,LAF-ter, AF-ter (but again YMMV if my Brit peeps are about, but just to a short 'a', no 'r's in sight), Van-ILL-a, Saspir-ILL-a, OY-sters

[r_a_l_i_g_h]

On occasion I'll use "eye-ther" or "nye-ther" - generally if I'm around people who are or quoting a book or movie or something that does.

[upanashad]

I'm all the first column except I say van-ELL-a. People around here put r's in their words. My neighbour says drawr for drawer, and if she's saying draw she says drawr also. And some people add an r to the end of my name so it sounds like Cedar.

[r_a_l_i_g_h]

Where is "around here" again?

In Georgia "r"s are added and dropped on a regular basis - "idea" is "idear", "fella" is "feller" but my uncle Keller was always "Kella"