RE: Y'all

[John Sims <ahbn6@optonline.net>]

All of this just shows how great and diverse this country is.

In New York:
Houston is pronounced as if it was spelled house-tun

Loews is pronounced as if it was spelled low-we

Then there is the infamous pronounciation of  ask as if it was spelled axe.

Don't ask for regular coffee unless you want it with milk and sugar.

Then there are the countless names for a hero -- grinder--sub--etc.

We have friends from NYC, who when visiting, us tell their friends that they
are going way out into the country even though we can clearly see Manhattan
from the top of a hill in a park a mile away.

Frame of reference is interesting.

The same can be said for any country. For example, is cockney English
understood throughout England?



John Sims, BN6
Aberdeen, NJ
 
www.healey6.com
 


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-healeys@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-healeys@Autox.Team.Net] On
Behalf Of Tom
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 10:13 AM
To: Tracy Drummond; floridadiving@aol.com; healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Y'all

I was born and raised in southern Va---near the coast.  my score
45% General
40% Dixie
10% Yankee

I have lived MANY different places that have many different accents.  I'm
kinda surprized I still have the Dixis part.

tom