That more frontal A (close to 'eh') I seem to hear around Chicago and GreatLakes.Everyone always laughs at me for the way "cash," "bash," and "trash." Does anyone know what part of the country pronounces it with a slightly shortened long A sound?
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- Wed Apr 12, 2006 3:09 pm
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: How do you say "cash"
- Replies: 3
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Re: How do you say "cash"
- Wed Apr 12, 2006 3:05 pm
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: Question 13...
- Replies: 6
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Re: Question 13...
The Old Road (The one replaced by the Interstate!)
As I understood it the question refers to a small local 2-lane road that runs along a bigger highway (not necessarily an Interstate) for a short run, and not the old U.S. highway that the Interstate replaces...
As I understood it the question refers to a small local 2-lane road that runs along a bigger highway (not necessarily an Interstate) for a short run, and not the old U.S. highway that the Interstate replaces...
- Wed Apr 12, 2006 3:02 pm
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: Question 13...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 19315
frontage roads?
I too could not answer this question because where I grew up in PA/NJ there was no such thing. I saw such roads for the first time only in the Deep South (Mississippi) where they are called "frontage roads" and in New Orleans where they are "service roads". Yet the test says FR i...
- Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:54 pm
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: Po-boys
- Replies: 13
- Views: 44039
grinders and heroes
When I lived in Vermont I came to understand that a Grinder was a sub that had been heated- the roll toasted in the oven (with cheese to melt if desired) and dressed afterward- in short the same thing Quiznos now sells nationally for twice the price. If made cold, it was still a sub or hero, not a G...
- Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:36 pm
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: Soft Drinks: pop, soda, coke, et al
- Replies: 84
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another soda/pop term -and unsweet tea
Grew up in Southeast PA but have lived all over- in Eastern PA we were drinking soda while our interstate rivals in Pittsburg were drinking pop, which I've also heard from there, across Ohio and definitely into Michigan and Illinois. In New Orleans, like so many other things, none of the above apply...
- Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:17 pm
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: Where You At?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 54172
verb reversal and "Wayat"
Having lived in New Orleans 12 years (Wayat Katrina!), I've heard people all over the city reversing verb order on questions, e.g. "Who dat is?". One time a little kid pointed to a stuffed doll on my desk and proclaimed, "I can have that" -took me a minute to realise he meant it ...