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Jitro
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24 Nov 2012, 12:46 am

And by the way, what's a piler? Does he mean "pliers" or "pillar"?



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24 Nov 2012, 5:12 am

Plodder wrote:
…(or else write down the pronunciation in a universally recognised way)…

At least some subset of IPA characters is supported in these forums:

Phonetic transcription of international in two English dialects = [ɪntə'næʃənəɫ] or [ɪɾ̃ɚ'næʃɨnəɫ]

but to insert them here is tricky.



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24 Nov 2012, 3:16 pm

billiscool wrote:
The way i say approach is 'ah perch''

uh-proch

tourist: tore rist (people think Im talking about the large turtle)

toor-e-ust

pilers: pil ahs

peal-uh

janurary: jan err air eee

jayun-yuh-airy

library: lie berry

lie-berry

fell: similiar to fail

fay-uhll
tour: tore

too-uhr

and all can add their own.

here me: so there is a tour today
person: tore
me: no a tour today
person: I don't understand

unner-stay-uhn

me:(aghhh) a tour, never mind. can I approach the tourist and help him
person: a perch what a tortoise
me: no I can I approach the tourist
person: what
me: never mind
me: i need some piler
person: pile uhs
me: yes I need some
person: a plie what a pllie
me: ahhhhh. forget it

me: can I borrow a crayon

cray-owuhn my kids call them crowns

person: crown
me: no, a crayon
person: a king crown
me: no, dam. forget it. ahhhhhhh


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24 Nov 2012, 9:28 pm

i read this book 35 years ago, it was called "a dictionary of southern-speak in jimmy carter's america" [been a while, i think that was the title] that had examples of northern-speak and southern-speak, one of which was the following-

SMEAR: a stain spread by friction, to spread something over surface: to spread something liquid or greasy over a surface, or be spread over a surface [northern definition].
SMEAR: one's organ of hearing- speech example: "watt's that unduh mah hay-uh? whah, that's SMEAR!"