You're Not From the Triangle If....

Posted: May 24, 2007

You’re not from the Triangle if you say________________________. I’ve decided to fill in the blank. Please feel free to add to my list.

ZEB-yoo-LAWN for Zebulon. It’s ZEB-yoo-lun

Ba-HAHM-uh for Bahama. It’s ba-HAY-muh

WEN-duhl for Wendell. It’s WEN-DELL. Accent on both syllables.

Lake Jordan. It’s Jordan Lake.

ANN-JEER for Angier. It’s ANN-jur.

Ka-TRELL for Kittrell. It’s KIT-trul.

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This has been a lot of fun. Thanks for playing along.

I did not intend for this to become any sort of forum for Yankee bashing and the most part it hasn't been that. I even thought about titling it a Newcomer's Guide to Pronunciation.

As some fine folks in the mountains might say: You-uns done good! And I 'preciate it!

Bill

bleslie
May 25, 2007 5:29 p.m.

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Good one kwnelson1!! And true

JerryO
May 25, 2007 4:46 p.m.

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Its "Durm", not Dur-ham...its one syllable!

livedietarheel
May 25, 2007 4:33 p.m.

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Meh-bin, not Meh-bane for Mebane! haha My boss just said it wrong yesterday! I second Bill about Wendell, Zebulon and Angier. My best friend is from Upstate New York and I here her say it wrong all the time! haha You should here her try to say Norfolk. I'm just sayin'!

JenS
May 25, 2007 3:57 p.m.

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"You-uns" instead of y'all. Also, forgettin' to use an apostrophe at the end of a verb....rather than a "g". After all, we'll still "bless your heart" if you're not fixin' to acclimate. Really y'all, sweet tea is redundant.

GarnerDoug
May 25, 2007 3:49 p.m.

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You're not a native of the triangle if you say "Go Duke"

terrible terrier
May 25, 2007 3:34 p.m.

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"It's also funny that some of these newsgroups get moderated for yankee bashing (and I'm NOT bashing anybody), then Bill opens this one up."

THAT is the funniest of ALL.

milky1
May 25, 2007 12:57 p.m.

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Well, pirate lady, you must admit,we do have a unigue accent. I'm from Beaufort County myself. That's Bo-fort, not Bu-fort. I'm kinda proud of it too.

JerryO
May 25, 2007 12:40 p.m.

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2thebeach, good point...you're probably right...

robster
May 25, 2007 12:14 p.m.

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Milky said: "Also, "From where do you hail?" "

Except down here, when someone says "hail", you're never sure if they mean ach-eee-double-hockey sticks or not. As in, "Oh, hail yeah!"

Plus, some of the boys I grew up with would make fun of your sentence form, "From where do you hail?", as being somewhat more educated than necessary.

It's also funny that some of these newsgroups get moderated for yankee bashing (and I'm NOT bashing anybody), then Bill opens this one up.