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 Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:58 pm
Have you ever though about how dull our dialect sounds? Or do you think we don't have a dialect? We do but it's limited to a few words
like pronuncing Shut up as though it were one word.
Vowel shifts
The merger of [oʊ] and [ʊ] to [ʊ] before [ɫ], making pairs like the following homophonous (the second word in the pair is pronounced like the first):
bowl / bull
foal / full
foley / fully
Folsom / fulsome
poll, pole / pull
polar / puller
Further diphthongization (splitting one sound into two) of [ɛ] as [ɛɪ]: "egg" and "leg" are pronounced "ayg" and "layg", "leisure" and "pleasure" pronounced "layzhur" and "playzhur."
The merger of /ɑr/ and /ɔr/, such that "born" may be pronounced "barn" and the town of "American Fork" becomes "American Fark."
Introduction, removal, and morphing of stops and plosives
Introduction of a "T" into certain words: "teacher" pronounced "teat-chur;" "preacher" as "preat-chur;" other examples include between the sounds "L" and "S" ("Nelson" and "Wilson" pronounced as "Neltson" and "Wiltson").
Shortening of some words from several syllables to one or two (different from general consonant cluster reduction): "corral" as "crall", "probably" to "probly" or "prolly."
the final "T" is frequently voiced as a glottal stop: "cute" becomes [cuʔ] and "late" becomes [laʔ]. Non-native speakers often have trouble distinguishing between the local pronunciation of words like "can" and "can't". The same also applies to the letter "T" in the middle of a word such as "mountain," "button," or the Northern Utah town of "Layton;" the "T" is replaced with a glottal stop (becoming, roughly, "mahw-uhn," "buh-uhn," or "Lay-uhn"). (This is possibly the most widespread element of the dialect.)
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419scambaiterKoko generated a random number between
1 and 90 ...
7!
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:59 pm
The unique pronunciations of the dialect, as is typical of American accents, are most marked in the speech of rural and older residents. Much of the state continues to move towards the General American accent (due in large part to immigration and technological/communication advances within the last fifty years, specifically the ubiquity of the television). More extreme elements of traditional "Utahnics" are sometimes used sarcastically by teenagers, in jest of the "older" accent; for example, "fer cute" or an exaggerated "see-ick" (for "sick") may be observed, especially among teenage females
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:22 pm
So where'd you copy and paste all that from?
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:35 pm
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Contralto in a Corset Captain
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 8:04 am
Dorkfishy So where'd you copy and paste all that from? I was actually thinking the same thing sweatdrop
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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:28 pm
Militant Christian Dorkfishy So where'd you copy and paste all that from? I was actually thinking the same thing sweatdrop You don't type all that on gaia just for the heck of educating us all on how screwed up our dialect is. Plus, he hardly says anything intelligent in other topics. (oooh. Burn!)
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:07 am
In addition to Koko.Dk's post, there is the 'i' to 'e' sounds. It's not 'pillow', it's 'pellow'. It's not 'milk', it's 'melk'. And for grammar Nazis like myself (and Koko), it SUCKS!!!!!!! And it's annoying...
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:15 am
Azrael89 In addition to Koko.Dk's post, there is the 'i' to 'e' sounds. It's not 'pillow', it's 'pellow'. It's not 'milk', it's 'melk'. And for grammar Nazis like myself (and Koko), it SUCKS!!!!!!! And it's annoying... Amen. It drives me up a bat-s**t-crazy wall when I hear my wife say "mountan" instead of "Mountain" or that god-forsaken "marshemallow" instead of "marshmellow". AAAH!
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Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 7:31 am
Darkslider Azrael89 In addition to Koko.Dk's post, there is the 'i' to 'e' sounds. It's not 'pillow', it's 'pellow'. It's not 'milk', it's 'melk'. And for grammar Nazis like myself (and Koko), it SUCKS!!!!!!! And it's annoying... Amen. It drives me up a bat-s**t-crazy wall when I hear my wife say "mountan" instead of "Mountain" or that god-forsaken "marshemallow" instead of "marshmellow". AAAH! Can I yell "AMEN!" too? Ki'in - Kitten Mi'in - Mitten There's a sell at the mall - no there's not. Not a big Dill - A pickle? ouch, now my brain hurts.
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Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:30 pm
Or when they say 'sac' instead of 'bag'. That may just be a northern thing to say 'bag' but it really bugs me.
XD And THEY make fun of MY accent...
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:06 pm
Dorkfishy Militant Christian Dorkfishy So where'd you copy and paste all that from? I was actually thinking the same thing sweatdrop You don't type all that on gaia just for the heck of educating us all on how screwed up our dialect is. Plus, he hardly says anything intelligent in other topics. (oooh. Burn!) Wikipedia and HVAD I HELVEDE !!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:31 pm
If I translated that correctly, and you told me to go to hell, well then...
I'll meet ya' there.
If I'm incorrect, well, ******** it.
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Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 1:55 pm
Dorkfishy If I translated that correctly, and you told me to go to hell, well then... I'll meet ya' there. If I'm incorrect, well, ******** it. I said What the hell? go to hell is "Gå i helvede!" Bell1: It's time to get your a** to class Bell2: You're already ******** late! Cool down byotch i'm sick of your ******** attitude! Hey at least I didn't call you a scum-sucking-road-whore![/Swearing]
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:49 am
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 3:52 pm
scum-sucking-road-whore??
Oh, you have no idea. :]
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