Awkward words
#112
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I'm from the Pacific Northwest, which is salmon country. My husband is from central California, which is almond country. When I first met him, he and his family were discussing the "ammon harvest". I listened for a while, then finally asked him what ammons were. He told me it's how they pronounce almonds. I playfully teased him about mis-pronouncing it, because there's a very obvious L in almond. He fired back "Do you say 'sammon' or 'solmon'?" And I said welllll, good point, I guess....
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#117
"Tinkle" must be a NY thing! I grew up with that word and to this day, my 94 yo aunt (or "ant" as I say) and my 98 yo mother still say they have to "tinkle".
#119
My DD has a pet peeve with me: she pronounces "hanger" as hanga (Boston) while I pronounce it "hangrrr". My sister (from Nevada) always said "warsher" - New Englander that I am...washer.
I grew up in Brooklyn, NY. My Mom used to drink "cawfee", "wawlk the dawg" and drink "wawter". Since I've lived in New England for most of my life (over 40 years now), I think most of the NY has been "beaten" out of me. Although my DH says he can still hear it...
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