How to pronounce?

[Oregon Blues]

Pekin is Pee-kin right?

Right,

 

[galanie]

I from Mass. There is no such thing as an R at the end of a word.  Lakenvelder is lakenveldahh.

Sure there is! Any word spelled with an a at the end has an r at the end! Marther's Vin Yad.

 

[duckinnut]

I have to walk down to the bahn yaahd and tern my caah around.

 

[galanie]

I'm a native of Texas and was amused when spending a weekend on Cape Cod that anyone could make fun of MY accent and talk like that themselves hehe. The weatherman on local TV is the one that said "Marthers Vin Yahd."

 

[duckinnut]

I'm a native of Texas and was amused when spending a weekend on Cape Cod that anyone could make fun of MY accent and talk like that themselves hehe. The weatherman on local TV is the one that said "Marthers Vin Yahd."

Sometimes that yankee accent can lead to good things. My brother and I were traveling to Florida and had a lay-over in Atlanta and we visited an establishment in the airport. These two lovely Georgia peaches were just fawning over us and our accent. And buying us adult beverages. Too bad we ran out of time. No matter were you go in this country, there are always regional accents. Like in NY City you don't order a "hot dog" it is a "hort dorg".

But in full disclosure I should add that my father was born and raised in northern Florida. My parents and brothers live there for a while as did I but was still inside my mother. So I am a southerner of sorts.

 

[Eggcessive]

I was wondering about marans. Here in hillbilly land where I grew up some say MARR-in with a hard r, and I have said ma-RAN. I realize it is French and the s is silent, but which is correct?

 

[galanie]

Sometimes that yankee accent can lead to good things. My brother and I were traveling to Florida and had a lay-over in Atlanta and we visited an establishment in the airport. These two lovely Georgia peaches were just fawning over us and our accent. And buying us adult beverages. Too bad we ran out of time.  No matter were you go in this country, there are always regional accents. Like in NY City you don't order a "hot dog" it is a "hort dorg".

But in full disclosure I should add that my father was born and raised in northern Florida. My parents and brothers live there for a while as did I but was still inside my mother. So I am a southerner of sorts.

Oh yeah, it's that way all over. My chuckle was over those having regional accents laughing at those that have accents from another region. Glass houses and all that. But southern accents in general suffer from the movies and such portraying southerners as ignorant clowns.

 

[wilbilt]

But southern accents in general suffer from the movies and such portraying southerners as ignorant clowns.

Sure. Just like anybody from California owns a surfboard, lives on the beach and calls everyone "dude".

 

[SierraView]

I from Mass. There is no such thing as an R at the end of a word. Lakenvelder is lakenveldahh.

I have a friend from NH and he puts a R at the end of words that don't have a R. Like he will say the name Anna like Anner

 

[RedIII]

Wow, this is kind of a fun thread to read, even with the side topics. I tend to forget that people on here have all different accents when they speak aloud. Usually when I read something, I "hear" what I'm reading in the same way I talk. Does that make sense? I like to think that I don't have an accent, per se, but every now and then, I can hear a slight drawl to whatever I'm saying. Kind of funny.

I was wondering about marans. Here in hillbilly land where I grew up some say MARR-in with a hard r, and I have said ma-RAN. I realize it is French and the s is silent, but which is correct?

I don't know which it is for sure, but I usually say it "ma-RAHN". Yeah, I know. I'm not much help.