Posted on 06/21/2013 1:46:29 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
This was pretty much unique in human history.
Even within a region, that word varies with context. I summon my memories of my Western Pennsylvania yute where a white man's form of eubonics known as Pittsburghese is uttered. It's a dialect that follows no known rules aside from consistently being inconsistent. :-)
As for "route", take the case of US Rt. 19. variously known as Perry Highway, McKnight Road or Warshington [sic] Road. It was universally called "Raut Nineteen" by everyone I knew, friends, foes, family, colleagues and television announcers. In contrast, Saw Mill Run Boulevard or PA Rt. 51 was referred to as "Root Fifty-One".
I've called upon a couple of 'Burghers (and those with some ties, even tenuous, to the area) to confirm or deny the correctness of my recollections since I've been gone from the tri-state for over four decades. My memory may be slippy 'n'at. Yoi!
You still have the magic.
Root 51
Rout 19
Rout 40
Root 66
Thank you! It's so good to hear from one of my all-time favorite FReepers. (And it's not just because you confirmed my memory). God Bless you, MM!
EITHER. Some say E-ther, some say I-ther.
Then there are words that are spelled the same but mean different things.
I saw a saw saw a board that was going on the fence of a house where I get free room and board.
EITHER. Some say E-ther, some say I-ther.
Then there are words that are spelled the same but mean different things.
I saw a saw saw a board that was going on the fence of a house where I get free room and board.
It's been all downhill since then, that's for sure.
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