Several other bloggers did this a few weeks ago, and so when I had a chance (aka when it was daylight because it looks better, and when TH was out of the house so he wouldn’t laugh at me ) I made my own.
Tell me truly…
Are you in the soda or pop club?
How about coo-pon or cue-pon? (This is a neverending battle between TH and me!)
If you wanted to follow along, here is the list of words/questions:
Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught
- What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
- What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?
- What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
- What do you call gym shoes?
- What do you say to address a group of people?
- What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped
- body and extremely long legs?
- What do you call your grandparents?
- What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry
- groceries at the supermarket?
- What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
- What is the thing you change the TV channel with?
I’ve probably asked this before, but what do you think about Vlog posts? Should I make more? Think how fun it will be once T1 starts talking and he can make some with me!
If you’d like to do some Vlogs yourself, but don’t know what to talk about (ahem, me) you can join Vlog Fridays with Marsh Mellow Goodness, or you can join the VOTMC (Vlog of the Month Club) if weekly is too frequent for you.
January 21st, 2011 on 8:38 am
My husband and I have the “coo-pon/cue-pon” fight ALL.THE.TIME! He thinks I’m odd for saying “cue-pon.” Little does he know, I’m right.
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January 21st, 2011 on 8:50 am
Pop! And I really think I say coo-pon, although I’m sure I say it both ways. I’m a pacific northwest Canadian girl. I did my vlog here http://xoxb.wordpress.com/2011/01/12/vlog-2/
Although I’m sure our accents will be different because I live North of the border
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January 21st, 2011 on 8:59 am
This was really fun to watch. Esp. with T1′s contributions. So cool that you did this one!
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January 21st, 2011 on 9:06 am
This was fun to watch; good idea!
I say ‘soda’ and ‘cue-pon’.
I LOVE that you said “because I’m vain like that”…cracked me up!
More vlogs!
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January 21st, 2011 on 9:15 am
bless you T1!! what a cutie!
great vlog, would love to see more!
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January 21st, 2011 on 9:29 am
Ha! That was so fun. T1 was hilarious.
I agree with you on most words, except soda and a few others. I also say data both ways and I say route both ways. I say New Orleans differently too. Know what’s funny? My twin and I say coupon differently! I say it the same way as you. Oh, I also say crayon correctly
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I think the “addressing a large group of people” probably has to do with the term “ya’ll,” but I’m not sure. I NEVER say ya’ll even though I grew up in the south.
A “daddy longlegs” is what we called a “granddaddy longlegs.”
I hate it when people call a shopping cart a buggy! Even though I grew up in the south where it’s common, it bothers my ears for some reason.
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Andrea Reply:
January 21st, 2011 at 9:32 pm
OH NO! I say buggy.. dang it..
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Kelli Nicole Reply:
January 22nd, 2011 at 9:28 am
Lol. I’m pretty sure my grandma does too! I grew up in the deep south, but my mom grew up in California so I learned from her. I wasn’t even allowed to say “ya’ll” growing up, ha!
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January 21st, 2011 on 9:42 am
That was fun! I am non-american like TH, and I never even knew there was another way to say coo-pon. Might be the way they teach us english here in Europe!
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January 21st, 2011 on 9:43 am
This was awesome. Great job.
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January 21st, 2011 on 9:44 am
That was really cute. I am moving to Portland this year, and I love that so many people out there have a bit of a Canadian sounding dialect
) PS, hope your camera is ok after T1 knocked it down, ha.
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January 21st, 2011 on 10:12 am
Oooo. I’m going to have to do this. I’ve always said soda, but people will try to correct me and tell me that I’m saying it wrong. It’s technically Soda Pop, so I’m just taking the first word. Haha. Anyway, I’ll have to do this on my own and then come back and compare with yours to see how the Eastern Washingtonians fair against each other.
I think the vlog (I’ve only heard it said as one word rather than v-log) is a great idea. You do great at it. T1 is so cute and fun to see, even if he’s sleepy.
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January 21st, 2011 on 10:18 am
I may take a stab at this! I laughed SO hard at the end when T1 knocked the camera down. He’s adorable!
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January 21st, 2011 on 10:23 am
I say cue-pon. I don’t say soda or pop. I call everything coke then I usually specify what type I want..
I also wasn’t aware that people said Alabama different ways! LOL. (I was born/raised/still live there)
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Jenna Reply:
January 21st, 2011 at 10:26 am
There is a different way to say Alabama?
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Erin J. Reply:
January 21st, 2011 at 10:40 am
It was in your list
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Jenna Reply:
January 21st, 2011 at 10:59 am
Oh, duh! Maybe it’s people with really thick southern accents that sound different when they day it?
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January 21st, 2011 on 10:37 am
Oh my goodness, you are adorable. I didn’t think I would like watching vlogs but you come across very differently in a video when I can actually hear your voice than you do in posts/formspring.
Fun!
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Lindsay Reply:
January 22nd, 2011 at 12:18 am
I agree! It was super cute and I loved the very end where the camera met its demise ha!
I don’t say soda or pop (eww) I say coke. Everything is coke!
And my husband is from Minnesota so he says “both” like you do. Dialect is very interesting!
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Lindsay Reply:
January 22nd, 2011 at 12:40 am
Ok I feel like I should explain my distaste for soda and/or pop. I have family from Arkansas and Missouri and they would always call it sodapop when they were in Texas visiting and it drove us all crazy…it just makes me cringe! Although I do understand that it’s weird to call everything coke. A typical conversation here is “Do you want a coke? Ok, what kind?” Ha!
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January 21st, 2011 on 10:40 am
I’m going to have to watch again but I do believe you say “both” like there is an “L” in it, which apparently is what I do sort of like “bowlth”
People always ask me where I’m from because they are convinced I have some sort of accent but I don’t as I was born and raised in the same area as most of the people I meet.
I think some people might say Al-e-bama?
Bugs that curl up are “potato bugs”
Also totally Cue-pon.
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Jackie Reply:
January 22nd, 2011 at 4:32 pm
I USED to say both like you, with an L… until my (now husband) boyfriend made fun of me… so I corrected it. But all of my family say it with an L.
And now my husbands family say it with an L as a joke! haha
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January 21st, 2011 on 10:54 am
hahahahaha…I love that he knocked the camera over at the end.
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January 21st, 2011 on 10:55 am
Oh and it’s called a “sun shower” they happen mainly in the summer here.(Toronto)
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January 21st, 2011 on 10:57 am
Loved seeing the vlog (i also have only heard it said as one work – not V-Log.) My favorite part was when T1 knocked the camera off. Adorable.
I’m from the bay area, and I say “soda” and “coo-pon”.
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January 21st, 2011 on 10:58 am
Ha! This was absolutely hilarious! I love it. I grew up in Tacoma (really close to Seattle) and you pretty much say everything the same as you did in your video. When I went to a youth camp in Colorado everyone made fun of me for calling it “pop” when everyone else there called it “soda” or just referring to all soda pop as just “Coke”, it was kind of confusing!
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Ali Reply:
January 21st, 2011 at 10:58 am
Oops! I mean “I pretty much say everything the same as you did in your video”
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January 21st, 2011 on 10:59 am
I said “Pop” when I was younger (born in Chicago), but now say “Soda” after spending most of my years in the south. I cant get behind calling everything “Coke” though.
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January 21st, 2011 on 11:08 am
I LOVED this! you are adorable and so it T1! I would love to see more of these v-logs!
I’m from Texas and I have a pretty thick southern accent, so I’ll be doing this as well!
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January 21st, 2011 on 11:20 am
Wow, you look gorgeous! Very interesting video also for us non-native English speakers.
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January 21st, 2011 on 11:24 am
You sound totally different than I pictured!
I would love you to do more vlogs! I think it’s so fun to “see” other bloggers.
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January 21st, 2011 on 11:39 am
I always thought vlog was one word… blog comes from “web log” but we don’t say “b-log” which is why I thought vlog was said as one word… I guess.
I think I might do this! Looks like fun. I don’t have a home or origin, as I’ve moved far too many times in my life. I say coo-pon, and I guess I say soda. But I have so many different influences on my accent, having spent a good portion of my youth in both England, the South, and Washington state.
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January 21st, 2011 on 11:47 am
Oh my goodness, you are so cute!
And I say everything the same as you, except you emphasize the “o” in both more than I do.
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January 21st, 2011 on 11:51 am
Love the Vlog! Love hearing your voice and seeing T1 live! I saw soda, and coo-pon, but other than that I say things the same as you (raised in California).
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January 21st, 2011 on 11:55 am
Fun! My readers would probably like this because my thick accent usually surprises people. They tell me that my voice doesn’t match what they pictured quite often.
Love the ending. Very dramatic.
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January 21st, 2011 on 11:56 am
Aw, you’re so cute! I love hearing people’s dialects! I think it’s interesting you say “bolth”
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January 21st, 2011 on 12:11 pm
This may sound terrible, but I mean it in the nicest way possible. I love your Vlogs! I like hearing you speak and seeing your maneurisms. Many times in posts your tone doesn’t come across correctly and while you mean well and good, other people (myself included occasionally, I admit) will take it the wrong way. Sometimes in formspring questions and occasionally on your food blog, I sense some defensiveness from you that comes off with an tone of, “I’m going to do what I’m going to do so stop telling me to do something different.” That’s probably because as I’m reading your words and hearing it in my head with my deep, low voice. However when I hear it in my head with your high, sweet voice it has a tone more of, “Thanks you so much for the advice, but I’d like to do it this way.” I also love seeing your hair and jewelry since you always look so cute and put togehter. Please do more!
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January 21st, 2011 on 12:11 pm
I grew up not far from you and say things pretty similarly… But I will say that I think I’ve altered my speech a bit in the past twelve years since I’ve been away from home. As in, I definitely say “soda” now.
I grew up around people who said “warsh,” so I said that a lot growing up. Some of the other words – like “coupon” and “data” – I’ve always said both ways. Maybe a side effect of having a parent raised in the East?
You look really pretty (and thin) in the video. And T1 is adorable. I was so afraid he would rip out your earring though! I don’t have my ears pierced, so I’m not sure how easy that would be… but it seems very scary!
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Jenna Reply:
January 21st, 2011 at 12:49 pm
He has come close to ripping it out many times.
Warshington! I forgot that there are some people who say it that way. Sick.
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January 21st, 2011 on 12:23 pm
I grew up in Idaho so I think that we have similar dialect. I say Soda and Coopon. Besides those two everything else I say is the same as you.
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January 21st, 2011 on 12:42 pm
You are too cute!
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January 21st, 2011 on 12:59 pm
Oh my gosh…I laughed so hard at the end of this!! G would have NOTHING to do with vlogging other than eating the equipment. Oh well.
You inspired me…I did one too. Although I wasn’t inspired enough to even shower let alone get gussied up. Whoops. Guess I’ll take it down after a few days. Here it is: http://www.otherpiecesofme.com/2011/01/vlogging-friday.html
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January 21st, 2011 on 1:04 pm
Hooray, I loved this! T1 is so cute and you look so pretty! I’ve been contemplating cutting bangs but all your photos/videos make me want to try harder and do more updo’s. Fingers crossed…
Anyway, I’m from Seattle and I loved it because we speak exactly the same way! Except that my mom is from Chicago so we used to say pop a lot. Now I think I’ve switched to soda, but I’m not sure why….
I will second your comment about Eastern Washington being nicer – it’s usually gorgeous! We went snowshoeing in Leavenworth over Christmas and it was beautiful and sunny… and then driving home once we hit Steven’s Pass everything was gray and cold. Which is why I still live here in Chicago.
Also – funny story: my husband’s family is all from the suburbs of Chicago, and I may be the first person from the PNW that they know. I say that because they all pronounce Oregon incorrectly – they say “ora-gone” and it drives me crazy. We’ve been playfully fighting over it for years, and then I noticed about 6 months ago that I slipped and said it a few times. Gah! This is what happens when you get married!
Anyway, long comment, sorry – someone is trying to avoid work! Keep up the Vlogs, I love them.
Cheers,
Stephanie
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January 21st, 2011 on 1:21 pm
I’ve heard other bloggers call them “vlogs” (as opposed to “v-logs”) but I say call them whatever you want
I pretty much agree with all of your pronunciations except for a few…caramel (I say “cahr-uh-mel”), crayon (I say “cray-on”
), Pecan (I say “pee-can”), New Orleans (I say “New Or-lins”), I say coupon like TH, and I have more of an emphasis on the “may” when I say “mayonnaise” 
I am from New Jersey. Also…we call when it’s raining and sunny out a “sun shower.”
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January 21st, 2011 on 1:29 pm
OMG you are HILARIOUS! T1 is so cute, and you look darling.
Yes please to more vLogs – and I’m with your hubby … it’s coo-pons, not cue-ons.
Keep ‘em coming!
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January 21st, 2011 on 2:08 pm
I’m from Oregon (relocated to DC!) and you’re almost word for word accurate, at least for the Willamette Valley. Except I say soda and always have, though I think I’m the minority. Also, props for saying “Oregon” correctly, something the whole eastern seaboard seems to have issues with!
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Kelli Nicole Reply:
January 21st, 2011 at 4:41 pm
I’m trying to figure out how people could say Oregon incorrectly. What do people in the east say? “Ore-uh-gone”?
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Errign Reply:
January 21st, 2011 at 5:03 pm
Yep, Kelli. I live on the East Coast and I am totally guilty of this – trying to convince myself to say it the right way, but it’s a habit – my whole family says it that way!
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Kelli Nicole Reply:
January 21st, 2011 at 5:06 pm
Ha! Funny how people can say the same word so differently.
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January 21st, 2011 on 2:19 pm
I think the question about addressing a group of people had to do with if you say “yall” or not. Like, “do yall think my baby could get any cuter?” In your case, the answer is no! haha
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January 21st, 2011 on 2:26 pm
You are too adorable! I love it! (and T1 of course – but you knew that!)
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January 21st, 2011 on 2:31 pm
OH – and I also say “cran” for “crayon”. It’s too much effort to say “cray-on”.
Have you heard of “bubbler” for water fountain? That’s what I called it! And a milkshake is a “frappe” (pronounced frap) and chocolate sprinkles are “jimmies”. Massachusetts for ya!
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January 21st, 2011 on 2:34 pm
That was the best thing ever! Especially T1 at the end, knocking the camera down was priceless:) I love hearing different dialects, I may have to do one of my own too.
Oh, and New Orleans is pronounced “Norlins” with an emphasis on the “O.” Basically, in the South you just slur everything together. Like Louisiana is “Luzianna” and Mississippi is “Mizippi.” But even though I was born and raised in the South (kind of, I grew up in VA but the North is steadily trickling down) my parents are from Chicago and Utah so I speak more like a westerner.
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January 21st, 2011 on 3:14 pm
This is niffty! I say most of mine the same way as you do (I think). I’m originally from California but Ive lived in Utah for 18 years. Utah accents are really weird.
Alot of Utahns leave the “T” out of mountain and Layton etc.
and Theres a city, Hurricane, I say it like the storm but if you from Utah you say hurricun.
And also what about milk, pillow, pen?
Ive heard alot of people say melk, pellow, and pin.
Ill be linking my vlog on my blog later today.
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Jenna Reply:
January 21st, 2011 at 3:31 pm
Melk! I only say it that way when I’m joking around
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Kate Reply:
January 21st, 2011 at 3:40 pm
I don’t say the T in mountain either, and I’m from southeastern Idaho! Ha!
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Stephanie C Reply:
January 21st, 2011 at 8:35 pm
Ah! I do the Melk and Pellow thing when I am being lazy with my pronunciation.. my husband gets on my butt for this all the time! And I am from California!
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January 21st, 2011 on 3:38 pm
You’re gorgeous! As someone from Idaho, we actually say things VERY similarly, which was interesting to hear! Although, I’m on team soda (though everyone from home calls it pop) and I say coo-pon, not cue-pon
I hope you’ll join us sometimes for vlogging Fridays! I hear you on the makeup factor, though
Absolutely love T1!
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January 21st, 2011 on 3:55 pm
I really enjoyed this post. Hearing you speak was totally different than reading your writing. Both are enjoyable, but the vlog added a completely different element to your personality. I say keep them up!
And, btw, you looked fabulous!
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January 21st, 2011 on 3:58 pm
Bless you, T1!
I say q-pon as well. Another one to test is Oregon (which you said!) OR-A-GUN or OR-A-GON.
You are so cute.
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January 21st, 2011 on 4:04 pm
Okay, so from a girl from the south, this would be VERY different!!! I think when it said how do you address a group of people, it meant, whether you say “y’all” or “you guys” or whatever. Here, in Alabama (I don’t know how else that could be said unless we have a bit of a “twang” that others don’t), we would of course say “y’all” and follow “Alabama” with “roll tide.” We also call the toilet paper on the house “rolling” the soda or pop is neither… we always say “coke” and then have to clarify which flavor we prefer. And the thing you push groceries in is a “buggy”… anyway, I thought this was super fun and I wish I had a webcam… I think it would be fun to compare my southern drawl with your pacific northwest dialect!!
Thanks for sharing… T1 is precious!
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January 21st, 2011 on 4:16 pm
Im from Australia, and we tend to speak more like people from England, apart from a few strange exceptions, where we talk like Americans. I dont even understand why we do it, I would love to pronoune sounds consistently but it sounds weird to do so. Mostly its the ‘a’s in certain words… like dance. In most of our words we pronounce the ‘a’ like “arr’. For example Americans say ‘ass’ while Australians say ‘arse’, Pajamas has a combination of both of these a sounds. the first is a short ‘a’ while the second is like ‘arr’- paj-arr-mas. However when we say dance we dont say ‘darrnce’. Its weird. Oh, and you sounded more like ‘pecarrn’ while we (I atleast) say pecan with ‘a’ like in dance. Same with caramel… we say it car-a-mool.
Its fun hearing how other people say things differently.
Oh, and you look really pretty.
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January 21st, 2011 on 4:45 pm
Appalachian should TOTALLY be on that list! The people from there say it completely different than people from anywhere else.
I didn’t notice how you said “both” until I read other comments. I’m pretty sure I grew up saying “bolth” and once I realized it as an adult/teenager I forced myself to say “both” instead.
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brandy Reply:
January 22nd, 2011 at 1:41 pm
That was my comment about “bolth” I didn’t even know I was pronouncing it “odd” until a few years ago when I said it outloud at work and all of my co-workers were like “What did you just say?” and made me then say other words that had “oth” in them and both was the only one I threw an L in. I’m from Toronto Canada so I have no clue why I would say it this way.
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January 21st, 2011 on 5:30 pm
Loved the vlog, I might try this myself.
I’m from Texas and I all soda/pop is referred to as coke down here.
Texan: What kind of coke to you want
Texan: Sprite
And I would say, Hey y’all, to a big group of people. And yes, I did spell y’all right.
Thanks!
Sallie
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Amanda Reply:
March 24th, 2011 at 3:22 pm
I know this is old, but it drives me crazy when people spell “y’all” wrong! It’s like they don’t know how to create a contraction.
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January 21st, 2011 on 5:33 pm
I loved it! You and T1 are so cute! I think I might try to make my own dialect video…or sound recording…not quite sure if I can/want to make a video of myself.
And I have to say I agree with Sallie (commenter above), in Texas it’s coke! And of course, we say “y’all.”
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January 21st, 2011 on 5:34 pm
Doesn’t seem like too many people from the East Coast have chimed in! We do say Ore-uh-gone, and Nev-AAHH-duh, which is also apparently wrong, according to my California-born husband. I also say care-a-mel, and (this is weird) if I’m talking about the nut I say pe-KAHN but if I’m talking about the dessert I say PEE-can pie. And yay to the girl from MA above – I live in Minnesota now and no one here says jimmies! One I didn’t see included on the list is tour – I say it like tore but a lot of people say tew-er. (Oddly, both my parents say tew-er but my sisters and I all say tore).
I don’t usually like video things, but I really liked this, Jenna. I also have to add to the people who said you sounded different than they expected…when I met you in person your voice was COMPLETELY not what I had expected!
Awesome!
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Jenna Reply:
January 21st, 2011 at 9:01 pm
Wait, you say it with an a sound like the a sound in “hahaha” or “hat”? I say it with hat sound (I realize there are better ways to explain this, something about hard and soft vowels or something…)
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Kate Reply:
January 22nd, 2011 at 9:44 am
If you’re talking about Nevada, I say it like hahaha…I didn’t even know there was another way until I went to college.
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Life of a Doctor's Wife Reply:
January 21st, 2011 at 9:33 pm
My husband is an Easterner and he says “poor” differently than I do… Your description of “tour” reminded me of it. He says “poo-er” while I say “pore.” I wonder if this is an Eastern thing or a my-husband thing.
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January 21st, 2011 on 5:53 pm
We pretty much say everything the same except “Coo-pon” and New Orleans. Growing up in Chicago I remember people calling the rain while the sun was out acid rain. I was scared to go out in that kind of rain for a while.
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January 21st, 2011 on 6:51 pm
I live in Seattle and I didn’t know a name for when the sun is out and raining. Why? Because when it’s raining here there is never sun. In fact we just went three WHOLE weeks without sun. It was depressing. Just gray clouds and rain.
I took this test in a linguistics class and we also watched a video about dialect. It was pretty funny to hear people from Boston or the South.
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January 21st, 2011 on 7:20 pm
I grew up in the Seattle area, and I’m definitely a “soda” girl. But the biggest things I’ve noticed about the PNW dialect is pronouncing “t” as “d.” For example, “Seattle” is pronounced “Seaddle.” Also, Seattleites have a tendency to pronounce “bag” as “beg”; I know I do!
Super interesting post!
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January 21st, 2011 on 7:42 pm
If you watch T1′s mouth carefully, you will see that when you are first saying the list of words, after he laughs, that he is trying to move his lips to imitate the sounds he hears from you…
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Jenna Reply:
January 21st, 2011 at 9:14 pm
Awww when I watched it carefully I saw the same thing!
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January 21st, 2011 on 8:10 pm
Love the Vlog, so fun to hear an actual voice and see a cute baby!
I’ll have to think about doing one of these as well!
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January 21st, 2011 on 8:32 pm
I TRY not to get into these discussions with my husband OR his family because his grandmother is English and super into vocabulary and pronunciation. So his entire family is super adamant about pronunciation as well.
At my sister-in-law’s (who is a teacher) bridal shower, her grandmother started a whole conversation about how it’s not FOUR-head, it’s for-ed. She brought up an old nursery rhyme about some little girl being horrid and how four-head wouldn’t rhyme with horrid.
My husband also says ‘moss-keeto’ rather than ‘muhs-keeto.’
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January 21st, 2011 on 9:53 pm
I think this was an awesome post! I’m from MA, now RI and I say some things different from you. I saw aunt as in awnt not like ant lol. I say pee-can, coo-pon, route as root, ca-ra-mel,cray-on, new orlens, and syrup as seer-up. Haha ok so that is a lot that is different but that’s ok! My husband calls the remote a switcher and I called it a bleeper growing up.
What is it called when it rains while the sun is out? I’m curious now!
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Jenna Reply:
January 21st, 2011 at 10:25 pm
Apparently it’s known as a sun shower!
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Oph Reply:
January 22nd, 2011 at 1:31 pm
Ohh who would’ve thunk it lol! Thank you
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Kim Reply:
January 22nd, 2011 at 10:10 pm
It’s also known as “The Devil Beating His Wife” – that’s what my Nana always said, and living in the South my whole life, that’s always what I’ve heard it called.
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January 21st, 2011 on 9:57 pm
What a fun idea! I really liked your first vlog. Good job!
As a side note, I always say “coke” rather than soda or pop. Coke then refers to any type of carbonated beverage.
But you and the baby are precious!
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January 21st, 2011 on 10:18 pm
So, regarding coo-pon, cue-pon, I call the coupons like you use at the grocery store cue-pons, but at work, for Finance related coupons, I say coo-pon bc that is how everyone in my field says it. TH may be getting coo-pon from his business school background. Just a thought?
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January 21st, 2011 on 11:24 pm
OMG OMG!! I finally got to watch the video from home since I was at work earlier today–you say “Both” like I do (and my family does), with an “L” sound in the middle.
My husband has tortured me for YEARS saying I say it like I have a lisp or was just pronouncing it wrong. I’m making him watch this!
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January 22nd, 2011 on 1:32 am
I finally got around to posting my So. Cali/ Mostly Utah dialect vlog.
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January 22nd, 2011 on 1:19 pm
Loved your vlog! I hope you do more of them, they’re pretty fun! You’re very natural in front of the camera, I feel like I look so awkward.
I say “coo-pon,” and here in Pittsburgh we say “pop” instead of soda. Love the ending… T1 is so cute
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January 22nd, 2011 on 1:31 pm
I love it! Do more, or at least let T1 do some.
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January 22nd, 2011 on 4:12 pm
That was totally fun! I call it soda, usually coo-pon but sometimes cue-pon, and a potato bug. I was raised in the SF Bay Area and now live in Utah. Drives me crazy when people here call a pen a pin. My boss asked me for a “pin” once and I did not know what I was supposed to give him!
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January 22nd, 2011 on 4:45 pm
Okay that was awesome to watch. I don’t think I would like any and all vlogs, especially if they were just random… but I like that this one had a “format” and then hearing you add your little bits here and there.
I’m from Vancouver Canada and I feel we sound very different in some ways.
Onto specific words. I USED to say both “bolth” like you, and my husband (then boyfriend) made SO MUCH fun of me I now say it without an L. I never even knew I said it WITH an L, and my whole family does!
I say “pop” and in Australia they made fun of me (lived there for 2 years), they say “soft drink”… not soda OR pop, but soft drink – which I never understood because I don’t think of carbondated drinks as SOFT I think of them as Hard because of the bubbles, they they think of hard as in alcoholic, so a soft drink is non acoholic.
Totally coo-pon
I say caramel, crayon, pecan and mayonnaise different as well
Oh, and I laughed out loud when T1 knocked over the camera ::)_
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Jenna Reply:
January 22nd, 2011 at 5:12 pm
I agree, pop isn’t soft, it’s hard! I’ve never thought of it that way before.
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Hannah Reply:
January 23rd, 2011 at 4:29 am
I was about to write that in Australia we call ‘pop’ soft drink or fizzy drink!
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January 22nd, 2011 on 4:50 pm
you look crazy beautiful!
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January 22nd, 2011 on 5:18 pm
The vlog format is interesting, but wouldn’t work for everything. I guess it could be good to show T1′s progress, show places, outfits (you get to turn around) and small talk…
Accents are something I will always struggle with. It took me a while to get used to the Southern accent and I still can’t say “southern” the way they do
I have a hard time understanding people from the deep deep South just as much as Bostonians.
I also get amused because I have this mutt accent made up of French, British and (Southern?)American and people always make guesses as to where I come from: England/Scotland/Australia/South Africa. Some people are even pretty adamant that my accent sounds exactly [insert country's adjective].
I do have to say that I felt flattered when my British neighbor back in France told me I still sounded more British than American.
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January 22nd, 2011 on 10:25 pm
I really enjoy your vlogs, they are so fun!!
And T1 is adorable, as I tell you regularly.
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January 23rd, 2011 on 8:43 am
Ah – I love this (but I guess its clear why)! I really like the sound of your voice…don’t know if that sounds weird or not…
Thank goodness someone else doesn’t use the term sun shower! I had no freakin clue what that was.
Also – T1 is just too cute. His little sneezes at the end…awwww
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January 23rd, 2011 on 10:06 am
You are so cute! So is T1
Thanks for this, I enjoyed watching!
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January 23rd, 2011 on 1:41 pm
I’m surprised this one wasn’t on the list:
Tuesday: Toos-day or Chews-day?
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January 23rd, 2011 on 2:50 pm
Oh so cool! I love this idea. I am from Seattle and I think I will have to do one. It’s neat how different we all are. I just returned from a trip to New Orleans and it’s crazy how many words and phrases are different there than here. I love it!
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January 24th, 2011 on 12:50 am
I always called the bug that rolls up into a ball a “potato bug” for some reason…the only other thing I have heard is a rolly-polly.
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January 24th, 2011 on 3:02 am
Hi I’ve been a long time reader, found your blog when I was planning my wedding and this is my first ever comment.
I also followed your sister when I was wedding planning.
I love seeing the pictures of your son growing up and the lives you and your husband follow.
I live in NZ and really enjoyed your dialect blog. I didn’t know what I expected you to sound like but it was so cute.
If I had a blog I would do a NZ dialect for you as it is very different.
Hope you had a great weekend and I look forward to seeing what you get up to next
p.s I am also trying to lose weight and I love to have my picture taken
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January 24th, 2011 on 12:43 pm
You look gorgeous, and T1 sneezing was the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. Makes my ovaries ache!
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January 26th, 2011 on 5:27 am
ok, here is mine!
http://lizzyfun.blogspot.com/2011/01/dialect-vlog.html
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February 1st, 2011 on 5:35 pm
[...] a do the ever-popular Dialect Vlog that is going around blog world. {Ex. see Kath’s, Caitlin’s, Jenna’s & [...]
February 5th, 2011 on 12:45 am
I am actually fascinated by this vlog! Just done it myself too!
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