how do you pronouce words?

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<p>Espresso/Expresso: Espresso
Math/Maths: Math
Soda/Pop: Soda
Often/Offen: Offen</p>

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<p>I hate when people say “pitcher” instead of “picture”</p>

3

<p>^or “axe” instead of “ask”</p>

4

<p>Correctly.</p>

5

<p>or potato instead of tomato</p>

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<p>Aunt/Ant: Aunt
Pen/Pin: Pen
Soda/Pop: Pop…actually i use them interchangeably</p>

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<p>Aunt/Ant: Ant
Pen/Pin: Pen</p>

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<p>I’m taking a class right now on dialects like this…it’s specifically about French dialects but we always end up talking about different American accents, too…it’s interesting.</p>

9

<p>i hate when people pronounce “library” as “lie-barry” instead of “lie-brarry”</p>

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<p>my boyfriend rhymes pin with pen, marry with mary, fairy with ferry, and a bunch of other things that drive me absolutely insane. </p>

<p>also, taking this opportunity to espouse that AARON and ERIN are two different names and have two different pronunciations, thanks!</p>

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<p>Espresso/Expresso: Expresso
Math/Maths: Math
Soda/Pop: Soda
Often/Offen: Offen
Aunt/Ant: Ant
Whorrible/Haribble: Whorrible
Stock and Stalk sound the same
On rhymes with Dawn and Don</p>

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<p>Whorrible/Haribble: Haribble
Stock and Stalk sound the same
On rhymes with Dawn and Don, which sound the same</p>

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<p>Espresso/Expresso: Expresso
Math/Maths: Math
Soda/Pop: Soda
Often/Offen: Often
Aunt/Ant: Ant
Whorrible/Haribble: Whorrible
Stock and Stalk sound the same
On rhymes with Dawn</p>

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<p>Pin/Pen: different
Marry/Mary: same
Fairy/Ferry: same
Aaron/Erin: same</p>

<p>location: southern california</p>

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<p>how do you pronounce “asks”? It sounds really weird when I say it.</p>

<p>Espresso/Expresso: Espresso
Math/Maths: Math
Soda/Pop: Soda
Often/Offen: Often
Aunt/Ant: Both
Whorrible/Haribble: Whorrible
Stock and Stalk sound the same
On rhymes with Dawn and Don
yea/ye: yea
ae/uh: both</p>

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<p>Crown=Crayon
Pin=Pen</p>

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<p>where are you from? i’ve never heard this pronunciation before. </p>

<p>a lot of people in southern new england say “cray-in” instead of “cray-on” (though i’m not one of them, haha).</p>

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<p>Espresso/Expresso: Expresso
Math/Maths: Math
Soda/Pop: Soda
Often/Offen: Offen
Aunt/Ant: Aunt
Whorrible/Haribble: Whorrible
Stock and Stalk sound the same
On rhymes with Dawn and Don </p>

<p>Pin/Pen: different
Marry/Mary: same
Fairy/Ferry: same
Aaron/Erin: different</p>

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<p>i want this map hanging in my room, it’s awesome</p>

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<p>Washington: WaRshington</p>

<p>No idea where that R comes from! I grew up in the state and most of my family adds the R but I think it sounds silly.</p>