how do you pronouce words?

ginab591
Sun, 31 May 2009 22:02:26 +0000

Espresso/Expresso: expresso
Math/Maths: math
Soda/Pop: soda
Often/Offen: offen
Aunt/Ant: ant
Pen/Pin: different
marry/mary: different
fairy/ferry: very different
Whorrible/Haribble: whorrible
Stock/stalk: different (Stalk=stawk)
Cot/Caught: different
Dawn/Don: different
Aaron/Erin: different
Weren’t: two syllables
Pajamas: Puhjamuhs
Our/Are: same or different
Florida: Floor-ida
Missouri: Mizz-or-ee
Forest: Four-est
Mirror: Mirror (if said fast the second syllable may be dropped)
Drawer: Drawr (One syllable)
Long Island: Probably about “Lon Guy Land”
Orange: Or-ange
you all/y’all/you/you guys-you guys.
water: wodder

Location: suburbs of NYC. Born in Queens, all my parents and older family members were born and raised there.