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Old 02-04-2007, 05:35 AM
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Old 02-04-2007, 05:40 AM
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My Dad at age 84 keeps us in stitches with his Archie Bunkers. One he can't ever seem to master is threadmill instead of treadmill. Being that English once was my second language, I had my own struggles with phonics.
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Originally Posted by Chazmo,Feb 4 2007, 09:27 AM
Seriously, if you head up into northern Maine, you might actually have trouble speaking with the fishermen and other locals there.
Humphh... I have no trouble atall. You outah-statahs an' summah-complaints jes' doan know how to tawk, z'all.
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Old 02-04-2007, 05:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Chazmo,Feb 4 2007, 09:27 AM
Seriously, if you head up into northern Maine, you might actually have trouble speaking with the fishermen and other locals there.
Same thing is true in New Jersey. Its hard to understand people here too. Worse still, its even harder to make yourself understood.
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Old 02-04-2007, 06:16 AM
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[QUOTE=Chazmo,Feb 4 2007, 08:27 AM] Don't get me started...
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Originally Posted by Chazmo,Feb 4 2007, 09:27 AM
I'll be no one can give me a explanation for "nukular" though, other than an unwillingness to sound educated...
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Originally Posted by S1997
The nuclear > nucular (/ul>lu/) change is common in languages, too. /l/ and /r/ are classified in phonology as liquids.
Of course, if a liquid is thick enough, it becomes a sauce; but analogous things can apply, it seems, as in a recent example in another thread, the difference between "marina" and "marinara".

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Originally Posted by DrCloud,Feb 4 2007, 11:05 AM
Originally Posted by S1997
The nuclear > nucular (/ul>lu/) change is common in languages, too. /l/ and /r/ are classified in phonology as liquids.
Of course, if a liquid is thick enough, it becomes a sauce; but analogous things can apply, it seems, as in a recent example in another thread, the difference between "marina" and "marinara".

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I'm sure most of y'all are familiar with this Southern contraction for "you all". But I'm wondering about the prevalence of the variant we have around here:

You'uns.

Jim, any insight on this one?
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Originally Posted by raymo19,Feb 4 2007, 11:28 AM
I'm sure most of y'all are familiar with this Southern contraction for "you all". But I'm wondering about the prevalence of the variant we have around here:

You'uns.

Jim, any insight on this one?
Another southern-style contraction we hear a lot "down here" is younguns as a description for children or young people.
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