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Tatiana
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"Southern. Love it or hate it, your accent says you're probably from somewhere south of the Ohio River." It got me right. [Smile]
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"Where in the U.S. does father not rhyme with bother, and what is the difference in pronunciation?"

Say "father" so that it rhymes with "rather". And drop the "r".
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Er. The way I hear it, father doesn't rhyme with bother OR rather. The vowel is like the A in bah. Fah-ther. (Bother is baw-ther and rather has the same vowel sound as rat.) None of which helps if you are unfortunate enough to mispronounce baw, fah, or rat. [Smile]
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rollainm -- where is father pronounced that way?

Sharpie -- where is bother pronounced that way?

Thanks!
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Elizabeth
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quote:
Originally posted by rollainm:
"Where in the U.S. does father not rhyme with bother, and what is the difference in pronunciation?"

Say "father" so that it rhymes with "rather". And drop the "r".
Or, a western New York or Chicago accent would sound like "rather" with the "r."

It's even more like "Fayther."

Think Fargo, but not as pronounced. So to speak. (so to speak)
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Elizabeth
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An interesting thing to me is mountain language. In the Adirondacks, and in certain Appalachian accents/speech patterns, I notice many similarites.

Where is Jon Boy???
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rollainm
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I'm thinking really thick northern accent...? I don't know, but I've heard it said like that before.
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Boston, for sure. Or Maine.

I think this is why the English folk keep getting pegged as New Yorkers. The R-dropping.

Western New Yorkers would say "Polly" like "Paaally." (rhyming with "alley")

What si funny is the way we keep referencing things as sounding like other things. But if someone says "alley" like "Olly," well, the reference is moot.

I always wondered how Boston kids learned to spell.

Spell "car."

C-A
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