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**Intory** · 08-11-2012, 03:10 AM

I started noticing it after living outside the state for a few years..... As you know I lived in the south & NYC as well as here..........

I started noticing it while in NYC, like talking to my uncles etc..... In general we talk slower & a hard emphasis on the R's.......... In most of the country-north-south it has a more of a ah' sound, here it is pronounced as "ARE"..

To put it in focus, do you recall those movies during the 80's like valley girl, Encino man etc (It was exaggerated a bit in those movies)....... I hear it more in girls/women then men......

Way over board on the "like" as well as dragging certain words out, not to mention over using them......

The valley girl talk, yeah I remember that.

But as far as noticeable accents, there seem to be far less in the West than in other locations. Anyone I've ever met from there doesn't really have an accent at all. I say things like 'fixin to' and I can talk very Southern, especially if I am around people talking that way, but normally I do not.

How do you pronounce 'tour'? Two-er or Tore. Just curious.

08-11-2012, 03:10 AM	#14
Intory Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 457 Senior Member	I started noticing it after living outside the state for a few years..... As you know I lived in the south & NYC as well as here.......... I started noticing it while in NYC, like talking to my uncles etc..... In general we talk slower & a hard emphasis on the R's.......... In most of the country-north-south it has a more of a ah' sound, here it is pronounced as *"ARE"*.. To put it in focus, do you recall those movies during the 80's like valley girl, Encino man etc (It was exaggerated a bit in those movies)....... I hear it more in girls/women then men...... Way over board on the "like" as well as dragging certain words out, not to mention over using them...... The valley girl talk, yeah I remember that. But as far as noticeable accents, there seem to be far less in the West than in other locations. Anyone I've ever met from there doesn't really have an accent at all. I say things like 'fixin to' and I can talk very Southern, especially if I am around people talking that way, but normally I do not. How do you pronounce 'tour'? Two-er or Tore. Just curious.
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