Originally Posted by gaigai

We moved to Texas from Pennsylvania just before I started third grade. Mom was helping me with my homework, and just about blew a fuse. I still remember her calling my teacher on the phone at home and saying:

"I don't care WHERE we are living, "TIN" and "TEN" and "TAN" are NOT homonyms!"

You see, with a proper southern or texan accent, they are all pronounced "Tayen"! LOL