I never realized I had an accent until I left SW PA. We pronounced Powell and pow; Howell-how; Cowell-cow; cot-caught and many more the same. As you can guess I married a Powell and he was forever trying to get me to say Pow-ell. Never worked.
Anyone else have that problem?
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- Sat Apr 01, 2006 4:28 pm
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: Powell-Pow; Howell-How; Cowell-Cow
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- Sat Apr 01, 2006 4:23 pm
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: Soft Drinks: pop, soda, coke, et al
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Soft Drinks: pop, soda, coke, et al
I grew up in Western PA and we always called it 'pop'. In the summer I would visit relatives in Allegany Co, MD, just 70 miles away and was shocked to here them selling 'tonic' at the baseball games. Later learned that is what is was called over there