Yankee Girl Survives First Year at Southern University

[limegreen]

I just saw my first drive-thru daiquiri stand last summer!

I've been told I pronounce "bag" in a very unique way. I think it sounds completely normal to my ear, but everyone else finds humor in it. Looking at the map for bag, I don't say it like either of those options. Hmmm.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by limegreen

I just saw my first drive-thru daiquiri stand last summer!

I've been told I pronounce "bag" in a very unique way. I think it sounds completely normal to my ear, but everyone else finds humor in it. Looking at the map for bag, I don't say it like either of those options. Hmmm.

I was hoping to find a map regarding the word "both" - for some reason, I throw an L in the middle of it so it sounds more like the word "bowl" with a -th at the end.

Apparently I'm just weird

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I was hoping to find a map regarding the word "both" - for some reason, I throw an L in the middle of it so it sounds more like the word "bowl" with a -th at the end.

Apparently I'm just weird

Do they have a map for Probably? I pronounce it "prolly". I know that's not right, but I say it anyway.

[clemsongirl]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I was hoping to find a map regarding the word "both" - for some reason, I throw an L in the middle of it so it sounds more like the word "bowl" with a -th at the end.

Apparently I'm just weird

I do this too!! And when I went to Clemson people asked me why I put an L in both, when I'd never noticed it before in my life because everyone where I live does it. Southerners pronounce it more like "bowth", which sounds really weird to me; my Georgian boyfriend and I have gotten in bolth versus bowth arguments before. My mom and I also once had a solid minute during a car ride of trying to pronounce both with no L in it, and we ended up sounding wicked silly.

In short, it's not just you!

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by clemsongirl

I do this too!! And when I went to Clemson people asked me why I put an L in both, when I'd never noticed it before in my life because everyone where I live does it. Southerners pronounce it more like "bowth", which sounds really weird to me; my Georgian boyfriend and I have gotten in bolth versus bowth arguments before. My mom and I also once had a solid minute during a car ride of trying to pronounce both with no L in it, and we ended up sounding wicked silly.

In short, it's not just you!

Haha, good to know!

I also was completely unaware of this until I moved out of New England and had it pointed out to me.

Actually, quite a few of these maps (#1, 5, 6, 21, 26, 63, 73, 78, 86, 84, 103...) explain why I get weird looks when I speak

[ASTalumna06]

Also, with #117, I was hoping the question would be, "What do you say when you're going into the level of a building that's partially or entirely underground?"

My answer totally would have been "I'm going down cellar."

(and for those of you thinking I missed a word or two in that sentence... I didn't.)