And there's more........towed for told, coby for Colby cheese Riga mortise for rigmarole, left for let, seal for sill, and my all time favorite......pacific for specific. Kasey
Oh, boy. Ohio accents. Here we go. "POO-sh" in place of 'push' is from eastern Ohio. Just like "BOO-sh" in place of 'bush'. Actually, saying it's an "Eastern Ohio" pronunciation is a euphamism for saying it's Appalachian-hill-jack-ignorant. Ooops. In fact, in central Ohio, we mis-pronounced Appalachian as "Apa-LAY-chan". It was only later that a painfully correct social work major took me aside and explained how deeply I must be offended those "who didn't have the same ACCESS to education that I had." As I recall, I said something like, "Oh. I thought they just hated school and wanted to get home to drink apple wine and neck with their cousins." My father, who was raised on Long Island. He always says "lie-LACK" in place of "LI-lock" for lilac. Anyway, when transplanted into Ohio, he already knew that the top of a building is a "r-ooo-f" and was appalled by the [eastern Ohio] "ruff". As in, "Clem, take these here shingles, an' a hammer, an' go-an' that there ruff but be careful so'es ya don't fall in the booshes." That's Apa-LAY-chan. My favorite local pronunciation though was an odd combination explaining a labor dispute at a place of business where they mix coal and iron. The Cleveland broadcaster explained, "Negotiations continue today at the Armco STILL MEAL." I swear as G*d is my witness I heard it as plainly as I am breathing. It made a big impression as I'm still talking about it more than 20 years on.......... I am my mother's son, for better or worse. I'm just lucky that she taught me to be a bigot toward undereducated folks rather than some other bigotry I could name. It's okay to make fun of stupid people, right?....... No?Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com
