The Deep Southern New Jersey "Drawl"

[Retriever]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

Another weird one is "weary", not as in being tired, but as in being on alert about something. I suspect people mix up leery and wary and come up with weary.

We used to have a forum member who considered herself to be quite the expert on the topic of schools and school districts, and she consistently stated that people should be "weary" regarding certain districts. Yup! She was truly a person who should be advising people on the topic of education.

Another mix-up that puzzles me has to do with the people who use the word "worse" when "worst" is the correct word usage--as in "that is the worse restaurant".

Then, we have the people who... somehow... think that the two words "a lot" have morphed into one non-word, namely "alot".

[HudsonCoNJ]

Originally Posted by Retriever

I used to work with a guy from PA, and I had to get used to his references to "hocks" (hawks) and his "dotter" (daughter).

I don’t know man, the pronunciation of these are so similar that I’m surprised you even notice it. I’m weary of people like you and MightyQueen. You guys nitpick alot. You guys are the worse

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by HudsonCoNJ

I don’t know man, the pronunciation of these are so similar that I’m surprised you even notice it. I’m weary of people like you and MightyQueen. You guys nitpick alot. You guys are the worse

I am loosing my patients!

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

It's called the caught/cot merger. Somehow the vowel sounds in those types of words began to be said the same way or became interchangeable.

Same thing happens in some parts of the country with short i and short e. That's the pin/pen merger.

I used to wonder, reading on City-Data, how so many people could mix up "since" and "sense". They sound different and they are spelled differently enough that there shouldn't be a mistake. Then I realized that some people pronounce "sense" just like "since".

Another weird one is "weary", not as in being tired, but as in being on alert about something. I suspect people mix up leery and wary and come up with weary.

I hear the other ones, but not mine.

[Gerania]

I just had to dry my keyboard because of youse guys.