state by state accent opinions!!!

[trolln4walii]

Illinois reporting in with Can't

 

[buddy]

The Great State of Pennsylvania,
Keystone of the original thirteen colonies,
Birth Place of Benjamin Franklin, Dan Marino and Punxsutawney Phil,
Casts its vote for(drum roll, please).......
Ant.

 

[Blackman]

Can't.

The Jersey contingent agrees.

 

[cisco]

Ants are insects; the u is in there for a reason.

 

[BADTODABONE]

Ants are insects; the u is in there for a reason.

for U ncles like you....

 

[michaeljbird]

rhymes with can't


the African Americans here say haunt
some say aun-t 2 syllables

 

[SixFive]

I say it like the bug. Black people around here, however say it like haunt, and they also say axe for ask. They also add an 'r' in to the word question (querstion), so it's "I needs to axe u a querstion.

restaurant = res-ter-ont

 

[BADTODABONE]

...is that urr bruick?

 

[smurphy]

I prefer to speak English. In English, we generally attempt to pronounce based on spelling. Obviously, the correct answer is "Haunt".

Silent U? Gimme a break. ...this isn't nucular science.

 

[Simply In The Red]

Silent U? Gimme a break. ...this isn't nucular science.

:lol2 :lol2

 

[Agent 0659]

queRstion? :wtf:

 

[kneifl]

Some people must have been bored last night

kneifl

 

[Skittles06]

I prefer to speak English. In English, we generally attempt to pronounce based on spelling. Obviously, the correct answer is "Haunt".

Silent U? Gimme a break. ...this isn't nucular science.

Thats correct :iagree:

 

[Wilson]

Can't in WV

 

[treyburn]

Around these parts some people pronounce Aunt..............Mom.

 

[TJBELL]

the word AUNT .....


does it rhyme with Haunt

A New Englander says Aunt (Rhymes with Font)

 

[Dogfish]

haunt from mn,but never told anyone but born and early years in des miones iowa.iowa a great wastland nothing but corn fields,and a few dog tracks!

 

[_Symmetrical_]

Cant in Maryland

Cant in South Carolina

 

[ScreaminPain]

Mama, I don't want to hyjack your thread, but another word that has similar pronounciations is Lawyer.

I use the "law-your".....but I hear some say "loy-yer. Which is it?

 

[bjfinste]

I've honesty use both interchangeably. Must be because I grew up in WI but my local "metro" area was Minneapolis/St. Paul. Got a little of both.