MikeInEburg
Veteran Member
Listen hun, can't tell. It's a merlin secret.
Mike
Mike
Pronunciation of Kubota
- Thread starter montelatici
- Start date
- Views: 13503
OP
montelatici
Platinum Member
The little town north of Glen Burnie?
Just a bit off topic, but anybody else remember the Candid Camera show years ago where an interviewer, speaking with a gentleman from the south (yeah, a Yankee here
) about pronunciation...
He was asking the interviewee to pronounce the two words, "oil" and "old."
I have a pretty good ear for languages, but I could hear no difference whatsoever-- "oal" and "oal"! Sorry, but I just had to laugh!
I still find regional accents and euphemisms a fascinating hobby, enjoying all these posts! (Where is Baw-Mer-- Baltimore? Never heard that one!)
) about pronunciation...He was asking the interviewee to pronounce the two words, "oil" and "old."
I have a pretty good ear for languages, but I could hear no difference whatsoever-- "oal" and "oal"! Sorry, but I just had to laugh!
I still find regional accents and euphemisms a fascinating hobby, enjoying all these posts! (Where is Baw-Mer-- Baltimore? Never heard that one!
)
JOHNTHOMAS
Super Member
- Joined
- Apr 14, 2008
- Messages
- 7,719
- Location
- Somerset, Ky
- Tractor
- F2690 4WD RTV X1140 MX5400 HST ZD1211
I could never figure the Bal-ti-more being Baw-mer myself but that's where he was talking a-boot.Just a bit off topic, but anybody else remember the Candid Camera show years ago where an interviewer, speaking with a gentleman from the south (yeah, a Yankee here
He was asking the interviewee to pronounce the two words, "oil" and "old."
I have a pretty good ear for languages, but I could hear no difference whatsoever-- "oal" and "oal"! Sorry, but I just had to laugh!
I still find regional accents and euphemisms a fascinating hobby, enjoying all these posts! (Where is Baw-Mer-- Baltimore? Never heard that one!
One of our best ones in the south to mid south is Fire. Far and Fire are both pronounced the same. I know this will confuse some of my southern friends because they will say "Yah, they are pronounced the same so what's his point". Actually it was a Louisiana Pastor that pointed this out so clearly to us from Ky one day. He was one of those Fire is Fi-er guys. He didn't know what a farman was.
BungeeII
Gold Member
- Joined
- May 18, 2006
- Messages
- 371
- Location
- Lapeer County, Michigan
- Tractor
- Ford 860, 861, Bolens GT2000, Eliminator 1700, Cub LT2180
I know this is going WAY off topic, but after watching Top Gear yesterday, this thread has me thinking about the way they pronounced something...
san-BURH-ned
A large, hairy, drooling, tri-colored k-9.
My FIL is from Kentucky... He has the hardest time pronouncing "solder" in a way that I understand. soar-der is about the way it comes out. I figure in another couple years I'll be used to it and won't have to ask him "huh?" so many times before I figure it out.
san-BURH-ned
A large, hairy, drooling, tri-colored k-9.
My FIL is from Kentucky... He has the hardest time pronouncing "solder" in a way that I understand. soar-der is about the way it comes out. I figure in another couple years I'll be used to it and won't have to ask him "huh?" so many times before I figure it out.
