Posted on 06/05/2013 3:10:55 PM PDT by SMGFan
I am from Ohio, too, but I was still always frustrated by my grandparent's pronunciations of words. They lived in Springfield.
Grandma, it's NOT "Cincinatta". Today is NOT "fri-dee". We DON'T live in Day-n (Dayton), and for God's sake it's a green pepper not a "mango".
Also a couple of years earlier our family was in Wisconsin and a bunch of us kids went into town and we were walking around and I got thirsty but didn't have much money So I started asking people if there was a water fountain anywhere nearby because I wanted some water. They kept sending me to the park where there was a beautiful ornamental fountain. Finally someone asked why I wanted a water fountain and I told them I wanted a drink of water. I was informed that such a thing was called a "bubbler"...
My grandpa was a comnsummate gardener and he would brag about his "mangoes" all the time.
As a kid I thought he was just funnin' me. But he meant it.
I've never heard this outside of Ohio.
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