Pronunciation Variation

[The Blackangel]

How do you pronounce some words? I grew up as a redneck, and learned to talk like one. For example, take the word Pecan. Most people pronounce it puh-con. I learned to say it as pee-con. Then there’s some location that I pronounce differently. Take Louisiana. I pronounce it loo-zee-anna. New Orleans is another. I pronounce it N’olinz. Nevada I enunciate the A. I pronounce it Ne-vay-da. Actually a huge number pronounce it that way, because there’s a town here where that is the proper pronunciation. Then there’s the name of our state, Missouri. Most people pronounce it Missouree. A lot of us pronounce it Missouruh.

Even Tech N9ne pronounces the state Missouruh.

[killamch89]

It's quite interesting because I pronounce most of those words way different. But then again, my sister-in-law who's American pronounces Cool Kewl and it cracked me and my bro up so much.