unsinkable Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 PEE-buh-dee Just watchin' some special election coverage... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyNellen Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 As a native Bay-stater, MA really has some great town names and even better pronunciations for them. My personal favorite is Leicester (Les-tuh) :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share Posted January 19, 2010 As a native Bay-stater, MA really has some great town names and even better pronunciations for them. My personal favorite is Leicester (Les-tuh) :-) I could listen to New Englanders talk all day long. And Southerners. And my ds's best friend's dad who is from Nigeria. I love the sound of some "accents." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMA Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 The pronunciations for many New England towns, such as Peabody and Leicester, are British (We are New England after all). The missing r in pronunciations, especially at the end of a word, are New Englanders' accents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2denj Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 I was born and raised in Southern NH and even though I talked like that, I have always thought that it was funny that we called Worchester, MA Wis-tuh, MA. Of course my favorite thing to say now is: Pahkin yah cah is wicked hahd. LOL!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2koh Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 :lol::lol::lol: I'm loving this thread! I grew up in the deep south with a yankee mom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen in NS Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 My personal favorite is Leicester (Les-tuh) :-) I lived there when I was little! Pahkin yah cah is wicked hahd. LOL!!!! :lol::lol::lol: Both of my parents are from Boston and the North Shore area. Pahk the cah in Hahved Yahd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumiller Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 The pronunciations for many New England towns, such as Peabody and Leicester, are British (We are New England after all). The missing r in pronunciations, especially at the end of a word, are New Englanders' accents. Having always lived here in New England, mostly NH with a brief stint in MA during my early 20's, I have always wondered why we drop the 'r' in words like water (watah) but add it to names like Linda (Linder)?! :001_huh: My dh works with a woman whose name is Linder (this is exactly how she spells it) so I asked him if everyone calls her 'Lindah'. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulubelle Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 I voted today and I don't live in "Wister" (Worcester)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 (edited) When I moved to Boston they explained it to me by stating that saying a body part was never correct - there are no bodies, mouths and so forth. So you would have pee-buh-dee and ports muth. By the way, all the Rs ended up in the warsh in TX Edited January 21, 2010 by KidsHappen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIch elle Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Maybe because I'm a native of New Jersey and my dh is a native of New York;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3littlekeets Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 As a Yankee living in the Deep South, I still get stumped by how southerners can say "heels" for "hills" and "hills" for "heals" and "mills" is pronounced "meals," and "meals" is pronounced "mills." They have things for "sell" and will "sale" you things at a great price. And, if you are really lucky, they will send you an "e-mell." LOL....and my daughter's speech therapist is a Southern Belle ...YIKES :lol::lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in C-ville Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 We lived in Beverly Farms for four years while dh was in seminary at Gordon-Conwell. Twice a year we headed to Pee-buh-dee for the CBD sale. :) One of my favorite stories was the Sunday we had a guest preacher. By mistake he said, "Today, I'll be reading from the New England Version" instead of the "New International Version." To dh I said, "That's the one without any "r's." Wuh-ster was one of my favorites. But now I live in VA just up the road from Stanardsville. Go back and read that. There is no "d" after the "n," but you still pronounce it "StanDardsville." And then there's Staunton. Most people would pronounce that Stawn-ton. But, that's not how it's pronounced here. That would be Stan-ton. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 LOL! My grandfather was born and raised there and his family lived there for quite a few years before that, so even though I grew up in Jersey, we'd pronounce it Pee-buh-dee. As a kid, I could not understand how people could mistakenly call it Pee-body. My 9yo ds, who was born in MD, lived most of his life in PA and now lives in MS, has a Boston accent for many things. And his voice sounds so much like my grandfather's. I love it! My favorite is Gloucester - Gloww-stah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in C-ville Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Oh yes, I had forgotten Glow-stah. However MA isn't the only place with pronunciation peculiarities. As I mentioned above, there's Standardsville, Stauntion, but also Fauquier, Botetourt, Buchanan, Newport News, Powhatan, Powhite Pkway, Buena Vista, and then locally - Michie Tavern, Rio Road, and our beloved Monticello. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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