Mejane Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Dh - "korder" from upstate NY This is how dh and I say it. Both from NY. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Jessica* Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 I say KW in all English words with qu that I can think of. :iagree: Western NYer here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 An almost /kw/ here in the Chicago suburbs. The w is elided enough that many people cannot tell it is there, hence a spelling problem for many people I know;). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 kw here. Born and raised in Texas. I've never heard anyone say it with a "k" sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathmom Posted June 13, 2010 Author Share Posted June 13, 2010 kw here. Born and raised in Texas. I've never heard anyone say it with a "k" sound. PM me your number and I'll give you a call! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie4b Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 kw from southeastern PA where we bury (rhymes with furry) people who are dead. However, it's a very soft kw and it could sound like courter or court. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mejane Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 kw from southeastern PA where we bury (rhymes with furry) people who are dead. We berry them in CT. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3littlekeets Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 I'm from Miami (really NY and Cuba :D) and I say kw, and Dh is from IN and he says kw as well. I barry my loved ones when they die. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I'm realizing that while I said I say courter, I do in fact say courder - or korder, whatever same thing. Quart is still court and quartz is still courts - it's only in quarter that the t becomes a d. Now bury. On my planet that does not rhyme with berry, furry, or bary. Sounds like Buh-ry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeganW Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 (edited) I've never noticed anyone NOT use the KW sound. Ditto - I never knew anyone didn't! If I heard "court-er" or "cour-der", I'd probably assume the person had a speech impediment. Born & raised in SC. Edited June 14, 2010 by MeganW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susankenny Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 I realized that although "quarter" and "quart" start with "qu", which should be pronounced /kw/, I don't say it that way. I say "quart" as though it were "court" and "quarter" like "courter." However, I do say "quarry" and "quartz" with a /kw/ sound. I grew up in southern NJ with parents from Ohio and New York. Is there a region or regions in the English-speaking world where people say quart and quarter with a /kw/ sound? I'm in SC & I say all things listed just as you do. I attempted to say quarter outloud with a "KW" sound & it came out like I was from Nu Yawk. lol. Susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjbeach Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Well I say it like you do, but I'm kinda from the same area- originally from New York, now living in Pennsylvania. I've never heard anybody use a kw sound, actually. ditto (Philadelphian) Only other heard it pronounced as "cott-er" from Irish friends/family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8circles Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 From the midwest. Quarter pronounced "courter" Quart pronounced with the KW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmith Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Dh and I both say courder, and then we drink some cawfee.:D Dh gets teased on business trips in MA. I've been in northern NJ all my life, while dh is Long Island and northern NJ. Other than that, we in no way sound like anyone on the Sopranos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yslek Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 /k/ in quarter and quart /kw/ in quarry and quartz soft "t" in quarter (between a hard "t" and a "d") I'm from WA state. Though I lived much of my childhood in Germany, my mom (also from WA) spoke English in the home. I don't know that I've ever heard anyone use the /kw/ sound on quarter or quart. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0mmaBuck Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 /kw/ here for both quart and quarter. WI native currently living in WA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopezmom Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 Well... the only one of those four /qu/ words I say as kw is quarry. I pronounce quartz the same way as quarts - that is, courts. I think others here pronounce them the same way, or where did I pick that up? Lived in MA pretty much my whole life. ETA: lived in MA my whole life, but don't have a "Boston Accent" - meaning, I do pronounce my Rs. I think Tigers is right that the Boston accent people do pronounce the kw. I say courter, they say kwatah. :iagree: with WSS, and I'm from Central Texas. Actually, I'm sitting here saying quartz over and over to see if I pronounce the /kw/, and I think I might. I have heard a few people say quarter with the /kw/, but not often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianmum Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 So surprised by the number of replies! Language is fascinating... I'm from Southern Alberta (Canada), on the prairies since I was 10, and say /kw/, although I also say "fer" and "gotta" half the time...took me a long time to realize what a hick I sound like, and then to be at peace with that, since my background is very British. Nancy in Alberta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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