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ladybug8
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OK Long Islanders how do you pronounce..
catalog and dialogue? When I had to videotape myself teaching I cringed when I played it back. I taught a lesson on Greek dialogues but instead saying "dia LOG" I said, "dia LAWG". My friend giggled too. Even though she will say, "I will take my "dawg" for a walk." she will say, "I ordered from a cataLOG."
P.S I passed the video but I wonder if they were laughing at me up in Albany!
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MissJones
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Re: OK Long Islanders how do you pronounce..
cat-uh-log
dye-uh-log
dog is dawg!
orange is are-inge
water is waw-ter or woh-ter depending on my day. 
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SweetestOfPeas
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Re: OK Long Islanders how do you pronounce..
you forgot ask about coffee 
CAWFEE
My mom says that but it's more like cawwwwwwwwfee  
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| Posted 4/21/07 8:40 AM |
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Emily
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Re: OK Long Islanders how do you pronounce..
My way aka the Midwestern or Newscaster:
dia-log
cata-log
d-og
cough-ee
DH's way aka Queens/LI:
dia-lawg
cata-lawg
dawg
cawf-ee
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| Posted 4/21/07 8:46 AM |
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curliegirl
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Re: OK Long Islanders how do you pronounce..
I really try to tame the LI accent, it's horrible! Sometimes they just slip out though!
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| Posted 4/21/07 9:20 AM |
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munchkinbugs
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Re: OK Long Islanders how do you pronounce..
Posted by MissJones
cat-uh-log
dye-uh-log
dog is dawg!
orange is are-inge
water is waw-ter or woh-ter depending on my day.
Same here.
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| Posted 4/21/07 9:22 AM |
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Booklady1017
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Re: OK Long Islanders how do you pronounce..
catalawg
dialawgue
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Porrruss
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Re: OK Long Islanders how do you pronounce..
I had such an argument with my mother recently about the *proper* (standard american english) pronounciation of "forest", "orange" and "horrible"......
HER way:
are-enge
far- est
har-ible
SAE way:
Or-enge
FOR-est
Hor-ible
She teaches English grammar and was adamant the NY way is *the* right way.
Having moved from NY 7 years ago and taken many phonetics courses, I've lost most of my NY accent- although it wasn't intentional.
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| Posted 4/21/07 11:00 AM |
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klingklang77
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Re: OK Long Islanders how do you pronounce..
I have lost quite a bit of my NY accent from living overseas for the past 3-4 years and from different linguistics courses. I've lost the main /aw/ sounds, but they are only tamed. When it comes to saying 'atom' and 'Adam' they sound the same. I teach ESL and when I teach pronunciation, many sounds come out. It is really funny when I have to emphasise on a certain sound and I say it and they say it back to me. Then, I understand how my accent really sounds...
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Elizabeth
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Re: OK Long Islanders how do you pronounce..
ou mean how do "Lawnguylindaz" prounounce these words
I grew up in NY but people are always surprised bc I dont have a NY accent. My DH does though.
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Porrruss
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Re: OK Long Islanders how do you pronounce..
Posted by klingklang77
When it comes to saying 'atom' and 'Adam' they sound the same. ...
Actually, because of coarticulation (the effect certain sounds have on other sounds in conversational speech) atom and Adam are actually supposed to be pronounced the same way- so you are not in error.
For example- latter and ladder sound the same when in connected speech. It takes too long (and sounds strange) to stop the voicing needed to create the "t" sound- so it's voiced like a "d"
I am a phonetics nerd.....
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klingklang77
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Re: OK Long Islanders how do you pronounce..
Posted by Porrruss
Posted by klingklang77
When it comes to saying 'atom' and 'Adam' they sound the same. ...
Actually, because of coarticulation (the effect certain sounds have on other sounds in conversational speech) atom and Adam are actually supposed to be pronounced the same way- so you are not in error.
For example- latter and ladder sound the same when in connected speech. It takes too long (and sounds strange) to stop the voicing needed to create the "t" sound- so it's voiced like a "d"
I am a phonetics nerd.....
One of my linguistics professors over in Australia told me that that was something that is more prominent in NY speech. I think she was comparing my speech to the Australians in the room. She was always comparing speech between me and another American in the class compared to Australian speech.
ETA- I am a phonetics geek as well. I studied it and it is part of my job.
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nrthshgrl
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Re: OK Long Islanders how do you pronounce..
Posted by babybug631
Posted by MissJones
cat-uh-log
dye-uh-log
dog is dawg!
orange is are-inge
Same here.
Except water is always woh-ter for me.
I think it's great that you're teaching the Greeks how to speak Lawng Island.
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The longer I live here the worse my LI accent gets!
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| Posted 4/22/07 8:39 AM |
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Jesaroo
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Re: OK Long Islanders how do you pronounce..
i think i say it "correctly"
although my LI comes out in other things i say.
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