Interesting Pronounciations

[Shorty]

Where I come from, we have a distinct way of mis-pronouncing words. There's actually a specific term for the ways Utahns warp the english language - "Utahnics". It involves one part drawl, one part laziness, one part vowel mix-up.

Example: "Or" is pronounced as "ar" and "ar" pronounced as "or".

Sample Utahnic pronunciation: "Morgery feeds
harses carn in the born." Or, my favorite: "Marmons who pray to the Lard."

We also say things like "mownan" for "mountain - missing the T entirely. "Melk" for "milk", etc.

Do you come from a place that slaps a drawl on their words, or twists them around in general? Do you yourself have an unusual way of pronouncing certain words, or do you know of someone who does?

[Pheesh]

When I read those phrases it just sounds Irish.

I'm not sure, I suppose the way I pronounce everything would seem strange to you people, being from another country and all.

[Jings]

I'm not sure, I suppose the way I pronounce everything would seem strange to you people, being from another country and all.

We're not all from the same country

Edit: I think you were talking about people from Utah, I should absorb information before pouncing in and responding.

[Pheesh]

O_O you aren't!?

I'm just too lazy to think of what words we say that would sound especially strange.

[Rantz]

Well, I have a Swedish accent, so there are obviously a lot of characteristic pronunciations there. xD

I've been told I have a very special way of pronouncing words like "chocolate" and "occur", though. Something about having a weird click to my tongue or whatever. I tend to doubt the sanity of people who pick up on strange little things like that, though.

[Mo-Nercy]

Aussies tend to leave out 'r' sounds in words or say it as if the word is spelt with an 'h' instead.

Park, mark, stark --> Pahk, mahk, stahk.
Which means for us the word 'source' is pronounced exactly the same as 'sauce'.

I once had a university tutor who had a particularly strong Aussie accent and she told us a story about a time she spoke at a conference in America and everyone mistook the word "today" for "to die". =]

[Pheesh]

Hey...we do too. But see, I would have thought that all words with 'ar' translate to 'ah' in speech.

If there's anything, I would say that some Australians tend to have very nasally voices (I'm looking at you, Far North Queensland), which is both annoying to listen to and can make for some humorous conversations. As an example, if you were to hear one of these people say "How you going?" it'd sound like "Howya ga'an?"

[Quindiana Jones]

The letter t only exists when I'm typing.

For example, bow and boat sound similar when I say them, except that the o sound in boat will end abruptly whereas bow carries it on a little.

Also, the phrase "who's he when he's not at home?". The only word that is pronounced as it is spelled is "when". For me, it's "'oo's 'e when 'e's no' a' ome?". xD

[Shorty]

I've been told I have a very special way of pronouncing words like "chocolate" and "occur", though. Something about having a weird click to my tongue or whatever. I tend to doubt the sanity of people who pick up on strange little things like that, though.

Yeah, whoever said that is delusional. Everyone knows Swedes have a silly accent.

[Mo-Nercy]

Hey...we do too. But see, I would have thought that all words with 'ar' translate to 'ah' in speech.

If there's anything, I would say that some Australians tend to have very nasally voices (I'm looking at you, Far North Queensland), which is both annoying to listen to and can make for some humorous conversations. As an example, if you were to hear one of these people say "How you going?" it'd sound like "Howya ga'an?"

And "Carn" for come on. I love that word. xD

Yeah, I guess words ending with 'er' and 'ar' tend to become 'ah'. I've heard that this 'r' phenomenon also occurs in Boston-American-English (or whatever it should be called).

[NorthernChaosGod]

Nope, I'm from California and pronounce words correctly.

[Imperfectionist]

The letter t only exists when I'm typing.

For example, bow and boat sound similar when I say them, except that the o sound in boat will end abruptly whereas bow carries it on a little.

Also, the phrase "who's he when he's not at home?". The only word that is pronounced as it is spelled is "when". For me, it's "'oo's 'e when 'e's no' a' ome?". xD

Seriously, why weren't you born in London? XD

[Bunny]

Whenever someone says "Warshington", I want to kill them with fire.

[Momiji]

I make as much of a point of pronouncing words correctly as I do when it comes to spelling them correctly.

[Breine]

While travelling I was told that my accent sounds American. Many people thought I was from the US before me actually telling them I'm from Denmark.

I'm pretty sure there's a Danish accent hiding in there somewhere, though.