National, regional, and local dialects can be interesting and amusing. I'm sure there are professors who have built careers on studying this.
One that I have encountered: I lived in Cincinnati for about 10 years. There, if someone didn't understand what you said, he/she is likely to respond with "Please?" It took me a while to realize that what he/she meant was "Sorry, I didn't hear that" or "please repeat that." Thus is a dead giveaway that someone has lived in Cincinnati; since moving to California, I've surprised people who responed to with that me by asking how long they lived in Cincinnati.
But making blanket statements can be invalid. I don't agree that the US can easily drop the letter "U". Should we stop referring to our country as USA? Many other common words here require "U": scuba, umpire, pumpkin, bull (and it's related acronym BS), curiosity, bundle, lull, sum, sumptuous, uterus, and probably hundreds more require the "U".
I must admit that I find some US pronunciations quite irritating (irrationally, I admit). The major one that comes to mind is how some pronounce words like "strength" and "length" as if the letter "g" didn't exist. I have no idea why, but hearing this affects me like hearing fingernails on a blackboard. This idiosyncrasy seems to be particularly prevalent among sportscasters and sports commentators.
Of course I mean no disrespect in saying all this; just sharing thoughts that probably say more about my deficiencies than anything else.
So yes, as damar noted: "We all have our quirks! Its fun though!"
One that I have encountered: I lived in Cincinnati for about 10 years. There, if someone didn't understand what you said, he/she is likely to respond with "Please?" It took me a while to realize that what he/she meant was "Sorry, I didn't hear that" or "please repeat that." Thus is a dead giveaway that someone has lived in Cincinnati; since moving to California, I've surprised people who responed to with that me by asking how long they lived in Cincinnati.
But making blanket statements can be invalid. I don't agree that the US can easily drop the letter "U". Should we stop referring to our country as USA? Many other common words here require "U": scuba, umpire, pumpkin, bull (and it's related acronym BS), curiosity, bundle, lull, sum, sumptuous, uterus, and probably hundreds more require the "U".
I must admit that I find some US pronunciations quite irritating (irrationally, I admit). The major one that comes to mind is how some pronounce words like "strength" and "length" as if the letter "g" didn't exist. I have no idea why, but hearing this affects me like hearing fingernails on a blackboard. This idiosyncrasy seems to be particularly prevalent among sportscasters and sports commentators.
Of course I mean no disrespect in saying all this; just sharing thoughts that probably say more about my deficiencies than anything else.
So yes, as damar noted: "We all have our quirks! Its fun though!"
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