So, add this to the list of things Nella misprounces.

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So, on top of saying "sangwich" instead of "sandwich", and "headacke" instead of "headache", supposedly I say "draws" when I'm talking about "drawers" (you know as in a cabinet drawer). I've never really noticed this before, but I have L. in my office to thank for this round of self-enlightenment, as she tricked me into saying "drawer" several times before I realized the look on her face was not one of confusion from mishearing me, but of glee at my pronunciation of the word in question. This is like the time one of the maintenance guys stopped me dead in my tracks as I was crossing the Drill Hall, insistent that I must be from the south and whereabouts was I from based solely on the way I had said "visited my dad". Oye Vey.

Do you know how LONG it sometimes takes me to convince people I am actually from Long Island, that no, I'm not a transplant from the South, or the West, or Canada, or Minnesota, or Boston, OR Ireland, so some other accented place???

And she's still yelling "Drawer" at me at random intervals over the filing cabinets. So glad my accent of strangely-difficult-to-place and that likes to fuck with random words brings such joy to others' lives.

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Comments

[mirroriste.livejournal.com]

At least you don't say wessels? :3

[stepliana.livejournal.com]

My ex-roomate says 'Draw' and I never stop giving her shit for it.

[hjalmartazar.livejournal.com]

wait how are we supposed to pronounce drawers? because i just saw draws too... it's 2 syllables? LOL
i talk odd myself because i'm from rhode island originally... and apparently i do that annoying thing where there is a "k" at the end of "-ing". i hate doing that and try to stop myself from doing it but it's so hard. :/

[hjalmartazar.livejournal.com]

say, not saw*

[mellifluous-ink.livejournal.com]

I still say meh-DEE-ahn when I say 'median'. I pronounce things using French rhythm a lot. Also I pronounce the final 's' in 'apropos' (though I'm trying hard to break that habit). Moggie says it gives me a charming air of eccentric foreigner.

I still love the way you say 'whore'. I really need to learn how to pronounce it like you do.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Well, since the Spanish for blood is "sangre," maybe a sangwich is a sandwich involving blood. And I think I usually pronounce "drawers" to rhyme with "doors," which is probably wrong.

Incidentally, I found this journal through a common interest in Oz, and then I later learned that I'd seen you in videos. The Internet is sometimes a lot smaller than you'd think, I suppose.