Regional things a student should know

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<p>Accents- yup, got me pegged as Northern/inland North depending on the quiz. Post #564 atomom- the quiz had the correct association of those words with area for me. I had learned that in the old days TV broadcasters used my region’s accent for national news- I believe that as they all sounded local to me. My parents were particular about speech- no “ain’t” or other sloppy usage grammatically for us. Bag and vague do rhyme, of course… Fun with words.</p>

<p>I can also tell where Indians learned their English- H and his sister came with different accents due to the different schools they went to growing up. Years later they have been modified by their locales. The accent of Indiana is definitely getting Southern compared to places north/NW of them- there is a reason for the term “Hoosier accent”- S-inlaw’s kids mimic their peers.</p>

<p>All reasons for college students to be aware of regional differences- seguing back to the general thread topic.</p>

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<p>^ never heard a national newsperson say bague for bag. Maybe that is the exception…</p>

<p>I’m inland north as well according to the quiz, but from RI…go figure.</p>

<p>edit…actually, according to the quiz it’s the “midland” accent that is the common TV or radio voice.</p>

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<p>hahaha
Inland North per the quiz…yet was raised in the northeast, went to school in the south…</p>

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<p>quiz told me that I’m inland north but was born and raised in PNW as were my parents and grandparents - hmmm</p>

<p>Half the questions I wanted to say “He**, I don’t know!!” though.</p>

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<p>Not sure how you have a quiz like this without a question about “rs” to distinguish the NE accent…how about do bar and spa rhyme?..that would do it.</p>

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<p>In the South, the “e” in “pen” sounds like the “i” in “pin”. However, in some other parts of the country the “e” sounds like a short “a” (i.e. “pen” sounds like “pan”).</p>

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<p>That is a Boston/Maine accent, and not shared by most people in New England…not even by many people in Massachusetts or Maine, for that matter.</p>

<p>I’ve never been able to understand how people in the midwest get along with just one vowel sound. :)</p>

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<p>^ not many in MA? That is debatable…most of RI has it and all of southeastern Ma, north towards Boston and beyond. Some have a more pronounced “a” where and “er” should be. The worst is those that say hay-a(hair) and not fay-a(fair).</p>

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<p>How about tomb and bomb–not even close to sounding alike.</p>

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<p>Went to college in New England and stayed. For students moving to New England, especially metro-Boston, the culture here is much dressier than other college cultures. This applies both in terms of what is acceptable to wear to class, out to dinner, but also to a job interview or in an in class presentation.</p>

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<p>[English</a> is Tough Stuff](<a href=“http://www.frivolity.com/teatime/Songs_and_Poems/english_is_tough_stuff.html]English”>http://www.frivolity.com/teatime/Songs_and_Poems/english_is_tough_stuff.html)</p>

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<p>toomb and bom</p>

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<p>And neither of them sounds like comb.</p>

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<p>HA! true
comb rhymes with home
bomb rhymes with mom
tomb rhyms with . . . ?</p>

<p>then there’s crumb which rymes with thumb - yeah!</p>

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<p>And I’ve heard there are a couple of words without rhymes, one is orange</p>

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<p>This was up-thread a bit, but I wanted to bring it up in case any of your kids go to college here. If you go to Hofstra, it is IN Hempstead; SUNY Stony Brook is IN Stony Brook; Dowling College is IN Oakdale. But you are at college ON Long Island. Don’t say “IN Long Island.” Long Island is not a city (unless you are actually talking about Long Island City, which is in Queens).</p>