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Originally Posted by NatCh
A very reliable differentiator as to whether an "American" is a Northerner or Southerner is the way they pronounce the word "greasy." If the "s" has a "z" sound, they're almost always a Southerner, and if the "s" is pronounced with an "s" sound they're almost always a Northerner.
Totally worthless, of course (unless the Civil War erupts again, I guess), but it's kinda fun, regardless.  |
And for East vs. West try the words weather and whether. (witch, which, etc.) If they sound the same then they are an Easterner. I had a friend from Pennsylvania that worked as a Radio announcer and had diction lessons but he could not even hear the difference between those two words much less say them differently.
Dale