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02-26-2011, 09:56 AM #1
How do you pronounce or say:
The following words?
First, what state do you live in?
How do you pronounce:
Nevada: Ne-vaaa-da or Ne-vaaahhh-da
Caribbean: Care-a-be-in or Ca-ribb-e-in
What do you say?
Soda or Pop?
Cinnamon roll or cinnamon bun?
Round-a-bout or rotary?
Sprinkles or jimmies?
If you can think of any other good ones, LMK!
I say:
(Virginia)
Ne-vaaahhh-da
Both Caribbeans.... Depends on what comes out of my mouth!
Soda
Cinnamon Roll
Round-a-bout
Sprinkles (If people say jimmies in VA, people will look at you like you're crazy!)Last edited by andrewhoya; 02-26-2011 at 01:39 PM.
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02-26-2011, 01:38 PM #2
Southwestern Missouri
Nuh-va-duh ('a' as in 'apple'), not Nuh-vay-duh (which is more common where I live) or Nuh-vah-duh
Ca-ribb-e-in
I usually don't say 'soda' or 'pop'; I just say 'drink' or use the brand name (most people here say 'pop')
Cinnamon roll
Roundabout
Sprinkles
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02-26-2011, 01:40 PM #3I usually don't specify between 'soda'/'pop'; I just say 'drink' or use the brand name (most people here say 'pop')
Most people do that too. I'll ask what kind of "soda" a place has, though. Although, I haven't had soda in a long time
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02-26-2011, 02:12 PM #4
What the heck are sprinkles and jimmies???
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02-26-2011, 02:18 PM #5
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02-26-2011, 11:28 PM #6
In Ok i say Pop or soda,
But hear is one for you, do you have a TV or a picture box?
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02-27-2011, 03:44 AM #7

If I'm "about to do something"; I say "I'm fixing to do something"
I say "y'all" instead of "you guys"
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02-27-2011, 11:45 AM #8
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02-27-2011, 11:58 AM #9
I have caught my mom saying that, but she is in her 70s too so it was prett funny
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02-27-2011, 01:57 PM #10
I am from WV.
We say Ni-vah-duh
Ca-rib-e-un
Most people around here say pop. I say soda but I lived in northern VA and parts of PA for most of 15 years and picked up calling it soda.
Cinnamon bun and roll. Buns are puffy, rolls are flatter and firm.
Round-a-bout or rotary. In reference to what?
Sprinkles or jimmies. What the heck is a jimmie?
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