SoCal (natives never say “Cali”) Vitamin D

[Georgepds]

Say Worcester

 

[Spiky Bugger]

Say Worcester

Wuhs-tur?

 

[DianaCox]

Wistah

 

[southernlady]

Wurstah

 

[southernlady]

There is a town in NC where you can instantly tell who is local and who isn’t by the pronunciation.
Rutherfordton....

Spoiler: Pronounced

Ruffton

 

[Georgepds]

Wurstah

No R In the middle... but an A for effort

 

[Georgepds]

Wuhs-tur?

Close... but the r at the end betrays you. I sentence you to watching the departed and good will hunting

 

[Georgepds]

Tourists often ask for the way to war-chester

 

[Spiky Bugger]

Close... but the r at the end betrays you. I sentence you to watching the departed and good will hunting

Darn! I should know better. And my late FIL was a Southie. When I met my husband, I wondered why a guy from Baja Indiana kept saying “dollah” and “quatah.” Then I met my FIL.

 

[DianaCox]

I had a friend in college from Newton MA. He not only dropped his Rs in the Boston accent, he added some to words like drawring and gnawring. I declared it Newton’s Law of Conservation of Rs.

 

[hilary1617]

I had a friend in college from Newton MA. He not only dropped his Rs in the Boston accent, he added some to words like drawring and gnawring. I declared it Newton’s Law of Conservation of Rs.

My cousins were raised in Newton! You're spot on regarding Conservation of R's. They are removed and appended in equal measure there. It's not just about taking the r's away. My dad had a thick Boston accent (he grew up in Brookline). When I was a child, I thought that pancakes were flipped with spatulers and we would go on car trips to Canader...

 

[DianaCox]

I think they were probably cah trips ...

 

[hilary1617]

I think they were probably cah trips ...

Indeed!

 

[galaxygrrl]

I say Cali sometimes. But never San Fran or Frisco.....

 

[Marquis Mark]

I've lived in CA since I was 8 years old. NOBODY says Cali, except people that aren't from CA and it's very annoying.