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Could our regional accents be disappearing?
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You say soda in Canada and you might get bushwhacked...
Eh, get scott to tell you about calling all pasta 'spaghetti'.
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There's another regional thing. Vernors.
When I was growing up when we asked for Vernors, we got ginger-ale which was often disappointing.
Later in my teen years and older, if you wanted Vernors you asked for it by name and the waiter would say something like, "We don't have Vernors but we have ginger-ale." I learned the distinction early on to ask for Vernors specifically or Canad Dry, or Schwepps, or...
FWIW, its not easy to find Vernors out here. When I do, its pricey.
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Because people in these regions know how to spell and are willing to work for the cause.
Vernors can cure any ailment. Upset stomach? Have some Vernors. Headache? Vernors. Cold or flu? One can of Vernors every two hours.
[doubling down]Even Vernor's calls it soda.[/doubling down]
This isn't a Hellmans/Best Mayonnaise thing where north of the Chicago Miracle Mile thing Soda is called Pop is it? Asking for a friend.
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[doubling down]Even Vernor's calls it soda.[/doubling down]
This isn't a Hellmans/Best Mayonnaise thing where north of the Chicago Miracle Mile thing Soda is called Pop is it? Asking for a friend.
The Hanson brothers might disagree unless Slapshot has been misleading me all these years.You say soda in Canada and you might get bushwhacked...
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When my head is congested I like to heat up Vernors in the microwave, (but not in its original can) and drink it hot. You'd be surprised how nicely it opens up the breathing
Well, if all one has is a baggle for breakfast...one can hardly get past the foyé for hunger.
*debates calling in @Tony S on whether plastic can really make a jar*
Well it IS an American movie...The Hanson brothers might disagree unless Slapshot has been misleading me all these years.
Besides, they came from the Iron League..
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I'd probably have more to say about the mysterious substance inside.Well, if all one has is a baggle for breakfast...one can hardly get past the foyé for hunger.
*debates calling in @Tony S on whether plastic can really make a jar*
In any case I am not from an authentic Italian American family. I mean, I am, but we didn't fit many of the stereotypes. My dad made sure of that. So if you want someone to comment on Prince Spaghetti Day I'm not your guy.
oh, I pretty much take it for granted that any ragout is a mystery substance, no matter how one spells it
Interesting idea...but one that is specifically wrong AFAIC. If anything, the southern accent (at least the over-done, exaggerated, and corporatized southern accent) is one of the only regional accents to persist. Just listen to country music -- currently one of the most popular commercial music genres. Every country singer - even those born in the north (looking at you, Clint Black and Jo Dee Messina) or even in another country (Keith Urban) -- somehow feel the need to sound like they were born somewhere south of the Mason Dixon line and deep in the boonies.
I actually like some country music...but can't abide the over-the-top southern accents most singers put on.
I actually like some country music...but can't abide the over-the-top southern accents most singers put on.
I saw a play in London’s West End years ago. It was called The Foreigner and it takes place in Deep South Georgia. (See it if you get a chance… super funny!) The actors had very authentic Deep South accent, but the woman behind me was most annoying as she complained constantly that the actors had terrible American accents. At intermission, I was fed up and in my best theater version of the standard American accent, I informed her of her mistake. Yes, there is such a thing as standard American and they teach it in broadcasting and theater classes. It’s why news anchors sound the same regardless of the area from which they hail.
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As you may expect, in a house of Pugliese, we only have home made sauce.
Jars and plastic bottles are not acceptable.
I had no idea before I lived with Phil but I am totally on board since enjoying his home made sauce.
(*this is why I forgive him of his soda vs pop issues)
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Wha yinz is talkin bout n at? I talk normal. Yinz all have da accent.
there was (maybe still is) a part of Sommerville that called it all 'pepsi'!
I don't know where the line is, but Ohio is in the "pop" zone.
Of course, the correct Boston-area answer is "tonic."
We ask the grocer special order it here. Vernon's that is, not pop.There's another regional thing. Vernors.
When I was growing up when we asked for Vernors, we got ginger-ale which was often disappointing.
Later in my teen years and older, if you wanted Vernors you asked for it by name and the waiter would say something like, "We don't have Vernors but we have ginger-ale." I learned the distinction early on to ask for Vernors specifically or Canad Dry, or Schwepps, or...
FWIW, its not easy to find Vernors out here. When I do, its pricey.
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