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<blockquote data-quote="pigless in VA" data-source="post: 720065" data-attributes="member: 11832"><p>I believe the Brits call a sweater a "jumper." I thought it was a type of shoe. </p><p></p><p>In Virginia's northern neck, it is called "Wal-Mark." One lady also called a desk, "dest."</p><p></p><p>One of my exes called those knitted hats "toebonnets." He asked me to get the toebonnet from the closet, and I busted out laughing. It sounds like a sock to me.</p><p></p><p>People in the southern part of Virginia all say "burfday." They haven't a clue they are saying it wrong. "Bafroom" is another one. "Cawn" and "si REEENS." </p><p></p><p>The oddest thing I have ever heard anyone say was "athernoon." Try it. It is so much easier to say afternoon. Death and deaf are sometimes interchangeable, and you have to pay attention to context. </p><p></p><p>We had a lovely preschool teacher from New York who habitually turned the "a" sound at the end of a name into an "r."</p><p>One year she had an "Aver" "Rever" and "Alysser" in her class. Reva's mom complained.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigless in VA, post: 720065, member: 11832"] I believe the Brits call a sweater a "jumper." I thought it was a type of shoe. In Virginia's northern neck, it is called "Wal-Mark." One lady also called a desk, "dest." One of my exes called those knitted hats "toebonnets." He asked me to get the toebonnet from the closet, and I busted out laughing. It sounds like a sock to me. People in the southern part of Virginia all say "burfday." They haven't a clue they are saying it wrong. "Bafroom" is another one. "Cawn" and "si REEENS." The oddest thing I have ever heard anyone say was "athernoon." Try it. It is so much easier to say afternoon. Death and deaf are sometimes interchangeable, and you have to pay attention to context. We had a lovely preschool teacher from New York who habitually turned the "a" sound at the end of a name into an "r." One year she had an "Aver" "Rever" and "Alysser" in her class. Reva's mom complained. [/QUOTE]
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