Most annoying accent

[Claude Balls]

Gotta go with Boston, just because that's where my in-laws (soon to be ex) are from. Can't stand listening to them talk up the Boston sports teams in that annoying accent.

 

I think the worst word pronounced in WNY is "pop" it usually comes out as "paaaap". I used to hate listening to Brinson say "let's go have a paaap. But it even comes out bad when my in-laws try to mock the word out, because it's "soda" to them. But they always say "can I have a "pawp"

[ORSabre]

Rhode Island combines the worst parts of both the Boston and New York accent and delivers a nightmarish hybrid.

[JujuFish]

they also call subs "hoagies" which i find to be rather ridiculous

Because "submarine" is so much less ridiculous.

[ExiledInIllinois]

Almost the same accent they have in Chicago as they do in BFLO... Now go into the sticks and they say the vowels long:

 

Elite becomes E light

 

I live in the town of Steger (where they used to make the pianos)... And that is pronounced:

 

Stayger

 

Around here a town like Richton Park, I would pronounce it: Rickton.

 

Matteson, Illinois is a big debate... Some say: Madison... I would say: Matt son...

 

Oh... I voted for BOS being the worst!

 

"Just paa-k the caa and be done with it!"... The "r's" and "a's" magically get turned around. In Illinois, they get all mad when you pronouce the "s" in Illinois... But, they tack the possessive ('s) onto everything:

 

Soldier Field then becomes: Soldier'S Field... Done with a ton of words... WTF??

 

Man, they are worse the hillbilly's I deal with when they come up from the south on the river... They sound like they got sh*t in their mouth!!... Of course they think I speak a mile-a-minute!

 

:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[ExiledInIllinois]

Gotta go with Boston, just because that's where my in-laws (soon to be ex) are from. Can't stand listening to them talk up the Boston sports teams in that annoying accent.

 

I think the worst word pronounced in WNY is "pop" it usually comes out as "paaaap". I used to hate listening to Brinson say "let's go have a paaap. But it even comes out bad when my in-laws try to mock the word out, because it's "soda" to them. But they always say "can I have a "pawp"

 

That is a Chicago thing (paap) too! Same as: "You guys." Like: "You guys have a nice time!"... Etc.. etc..

[JujuFish]

I think the worst word pronounced in WNY is "pop" it usually comes out as "paaaap". I used to hate listening to Brinson say "let's go have a paaap. But it even comes out bad when my in-laws try to mock the word out, because it's "soda" to them. But they always say "can I have a "pawp"

I can't rationalize in my head what "paaaap" is supposed to sound like.

[darksabre]

Because "submarine" is so much less ridiculous.

 

At least it kind of looks like a Submarine. stick a few garnish toothpicks in the top for a periscope and you get the mental picture. Wtf is a "hoagie"? Now they're just making up words.

 

And "grinder"? When I think a bunch of meat and veggies on a long roll with mayo, I definitely think of the word "grind". <_<

[ExiledInIllinois]

At least it kind of looks like a Submarine. stick a few garnish toothpicks in the top for a periscope and you get the mental picture. Wtf is a "hoagie"? Now they're just making up words.

 

And "grinder"? When I think a bunch of meat and veggies on a long roll with mayo, I definitely think of the word "grind". <_<

 

 

And if history serves correct... The first sub sandwhichs were created for people building submarines during the war... Italian submarine sandwhichs.

 

From Wiki... Wonder how true?

 

The term is believed by some to have originated in a restaurant in Scollay Square in Boston, Massachusetts at the beginning of World War II [1]. The sandwich was created to entice the large numbers of navy servicemen stationed at the Charlestown Navy Yard. The bread was a smaller specially baked baguette intended to be similar to the hull of the submarines it was named after.[2]

[Mike Oxhurtz]

Gotta go with Boston, just because that's where my in-laws (soon to be ex) are from. Can't stand listening to them talk up the Boston sports teams in that annoying accent.

 

I think the worst word pronounced in WNY is "pop" it usually comes out as "paaaap". I used to hate listening to Brinson say "let's go have a paaap. But it even comes out bad when my in-laws try to mock the word out, because it's "soda" to them. But they always say "can I have a "pawp"

 

You mean Bahston. Where they pahrk the cahr! I was stationed with a couple of guys from the Salem, Mass area, and they had bad accents.

[inkman]

...because it's "soda" to them.

That 's because it is soda to the rest of the world, sans Boston with their #%^$#!ing "Tonic". I hate the word pop when referring to soda, no offense. It just sounds like a 4 year old's version of the word.

[TM8-PL16]

calling it "soda" is annoying to me... for the record. Everyone can call it whatever they want, but I call it pop. I don't get the "4 year old's version" comment... but to each his own.

 

Living in the Pittsburgh area, I obviously voted for it... western PA has the worst english/grammar in the country, or at least one of them. Aside from all the examples mentioned in other posts about western PA words, they are several others... like have you ever heard anyone say "behint" instead of "behind"? there was a kid I graduated from HS with that could not say the D, he only said it with a T, no matter how many times you pointed it out to him. I hear this at least a few times a month from someone around here. Also, they leave out the words "to be" in a lot of phrases... for example "the car needs washed", "the floor needs swept"... it annoys the crap out of me, "the car needs TO BE washed, you morons!!!"

 

also, they call vacuum cleaners 'sweepers'... when I first moved here I had no clue what a sweeper was, we always called it a vacuum or a vacuum cleaner.

 

Also, when I first moved here I didn't talk for a while because no one knew what I was saying and I didn't know what anyone else was saying... they say "on" like "awn" and we say it more like "ahn" so anyway peoples names like Don and Dawn sound the same around here, that is silly to me. I had a kid in my class named Todd, he would never answer me when I asked him anything because he "didn't hear his name"... I said it like Tahdd and he was used to hearing Tawd. annoying...

[JoeFerguson]

That 's because it is soda to the rest of the world, sans Boston with their #%^$#!ing "Tonic". I hate the word pop when referring to soda, no offense. It just sounds like a 4 year old's version of the word.

 

 

To avoid confusion, I always call it "carbonated soft drink".

[Guest Sloth]

I go w/ the pop, but I don't people saying soda. What does bother is the people in the south. Their general term for a soft drink is coke! The first time I was in the south a waitress asked me what I wanted to drink. I said I want a coke and she asked me what kind. I thought she was meaning regular, diet, etc...So I said a regular coke. She again asked me what kind. It was then I learned they call a soda a coke. A coke is a specific drink, but they look at it as a general term! I still say pop when I go down south just to get a laugh out of it.

[Mike Oxhurtz]

During the period of when I first started dating my wife, I asked her if she wanted a pop, and she asked me what was that. Then I had to explain "Pepsi, Coke...etc". Pop is definitely a northern thing.

 

Since I've been out of the Buffalo area for so long, I don't refer to a soft drink as "Pop" 100% of the time. When I talking to my family or friends from the WNY area, I call it "Pop", but anytime else I call it "soda". It seems weird, but I adjusted to my surroundings.

[Claude Balls]

That 's because it is soda to the rest of the world, sans Boston with their #%^$#!ing "Tonic". I hate the word pop when referring to soda, no offense. It just sounds like a 4 year old's version of the word.

You need to get out a little more it sounds like. "Pop" is actually used in more places than you would think. I have heard it used in Cali and there was somewhere else out west I heard it used. Of course it could have been from transplants, but it is spreading, kind of like how the white hot dog is. :unsure:

 

I was at Pocono Speedway many years ago and I went to get a hot dog at the concession stand. I asked the girl for a red hot, she looked at me kinda strange and said, whatya mean "red" hot dog? I said I want a red hot dog, not a white one. She's like, wtf is a white hot dog. I thought what the hell, I'm not that far from Rochester.

 

Another annoying word those goofy Bostonians use is "bubbler" for a water fountain. "Is there a bubbler somewhere in here?" Or how about a frappe when referring to a milkshake. I always got the "frappes aren't made with milk, that's why they are called frappes and milkshakes are called "milk"shakes". I know I've never walked into a Bill Gray's or a MacDonald's and asked for a vanilla frappe.

[Bmwolf21]

Another annoying word those goofy Bostonians use is "bubbler" for a water fountain. "Is there a bubbler somewhere in here?" Or how about a frappe when referring to a milkshake. I always got the "frappes aren't made with milk, that's why they are called frappes and milkshakes are called "milk"shakes". I know I've never walked into a Bill Gray's or a MacDonald's and asked for a vanilla frappe.

Mmmmm....Bill Gray's...where's that drooling smiley when you need it?

[Claude Balls]

Mmmmm....Bill Gray's...where's that drooling smiley when you need it?

Yummy!!!

[Bmwolf21]

Yummy!!!

Thanks, Rayzer...I'm only about 5 hours from there with no trips to Ra-cha-cha planned anytime soon. Bill Gray's and Pontillo's are two of my required stops when the wife makes me visit the in-laws...

[Mike Oxhurtz]

What I hate about people from the NYC area and Long Island, is that many of them consider people like us from Buffalo, "Canadiens".

 

I always ask them if they like football, if they do and they say they like the Jets or Giants, then I tell them that they're from New Jersey. If they give an argument back, I ask "what state does your team play in...exactly!!!!"

[Claude Balls]

Thanks, Rayzer...I'm only about 5 hours from there with no trips to Ra-cha-cha planned anytime soon. Bill Gray's and Pontillo's are two of my required stops when the wife makes me visit the in-laws...

Sorry wolf, had to do it to ya.

 

Mmmm.....Pontillos ;)

[inkman]

You need to get out a little more it sounds like.

I've been to Canada, Boston, D.C., Connecticut, many parts of Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, many parts of Florida, Georgia, Maryland, and nearly all parts of New York State and the only place I've ever hear the word "pop" is Western New York. Perhaps hearing all the LongGuyLanders, during my college years, bashing everything and everyone not from Long Island made a lasting impression.

[Claude Balls]

I've been to Canada, Boston, D.C., Connecticut, many parts of Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, many parts of Florida, Georgia, Maryland, and nearly all parts of New York State and the only place I've ever hear the word "pop" is Western New York. Perhaps hearing all the LongGuyLanders, during my college years, bashing everything and everyone not from Long Island made a lasting impression.

Don't get out west much do ya? That's where I've heard it used some. It definitely doesn't get used east of here.

 

Notice how you can't go to Florida and not meet someone who moved there from NY. When I was in Florida at the Tampa/Sabres game back in February, the guy behind us moved there from Buffalo. Then in Sarasota I met a dude from Macedon and one from Oswego. Half of this freakin country's population is made up of ex-New Yorkers.

[inkman]

Another annoying word those goofy Bostonians use is "bubbler" for a water fountain. "Is there a bubbler somewhere in here?" Or how about a frappe when referring to a milkshake. I always got the "frappes aren't made with milk, that's why they are called frappes and milkshakes are called "milk"shakes". I know I've never walked into a Bill Gray's or a MacDonald's and asked for a vanilla frappe.

We could devote an entire thread to Boston and thier BS. From their half-dozen made up holidays a year to their butchering of the english language to their own euphamisms for normal everyday things:

 

Bubbler - drinking fountain

Tonic - Soda "pop" ;)

Rotary - Traffic Circle

Carriage - Shopping Cart

Elastic - rubber bands

Grinder - sub

Jimmies - chocolate sprinkles

Mum - Mom

Scrod - an indiscriminate piece of fish

[Guest Sloth]

I've been to Canada, Boston, D.C., Connecticut, many parts of Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, many parts of Florida, Georgia, Maryland, and nearly all parts of New York State and the only place I've ever hear the word "pop" is Western New York. Perhaps hearing all the LongGuyLanders, during my college years, bashing everything and everyone not from Long Island made a lasting impression.

 

When I had a track scholarship at Mississippi State University, I took a North America geography class. There were about 150 students in the class and the professor literally asked everyone what they used as a general term for soft drinks. 80% of the class used coke as their general term. The rest of the class, other then me, used soda as the general term. I was shocked I was the only person using the word pop.

A number of friends I had at Mississippi State thought saying "you guys" was gay. I couldn't stand y'all and I would not say it. I can't stand a southern accent...even though my wife is from the south. It's ok for a hot "dixie chick" to speak w/ a southern accent. It's a huge turn on.

[Claude Balls]

We could devote an entire thread to Boston and thier BS. From their half-dozen made up holidays a year to their butchering of the english language to their own euphamisms for normal everyday things:

 

Bubbler - drinking fountain

Tonic - Soda "pop" ;)

Rotary - Traffic Circle

Carriage - Shopping Cart

Elastic - rubber bands

Grinder - sub

Jimmies - chocolate sprinkles

Mum - Mom

Scrod - an indiscriminate piece of fish

That's some funny sheet. I forgot about the jimmies. I remember the first time my wife asked for those, I was like wtf did you say? She also always calls her mom mum when emailing her. No wonder we're getting divorced.