How do you say...
Check it out: The Atlantic has created this great video that pairs dialect maps of the United States with audio of people saying the words in question. Just watch -- it'll all make sense.
It's interesting watching the different parts of the country light up with different words. And it highlights a few of the ways this part of the country uses different words. Example: sun shower. (Also: Do people around here really use the word "shrimp" for pill bugs?)
[via Kottke]
Earlier on AOA:
+ What do you mean you say it like that?
+ An Albany dialect?
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Very cool. I knew the coke, pop, soda thing, but never realized there were so many others.
... said Barold on Nov 26, 2013 at 8:21 PM | link
I've lived in California and the South, and my parents were raised in Buffalo and Boston, so I have a very interesting way of speaking. I do call it a pop, a casket, the BART, a freeway and the devil is beating his wife!
... said Kathleen Lisson on Nov 27, 2013 at 3:46 PM | link