Your pronunciation of words.

this 'pasta' argument reminds me of that scene in the movie Sybil [the one with sally field] and the guy from across the way had said how he could tell where you came from within the united states by how you pronounced w*a*t*e*r. she said waahter and he said she grew up in the mid west.

i have heard people say war-ter.

people from Rhode island say war-sh. for wash.

OREange instead of areange.


these things are regional sayings and what you are surrounded with. My parents grew up in Brooklyn but they have never ever spoken like Joe Pesci in My Cousin Vinny. I lived for the first nine years of my life on Long Island. we never adopted the lungislund way if speaking and i am glad we didn't. it hurts my ears when i hear people who have had good educations and are lawyers and doctors say i know-uh!, aw my gawd-uh!