Wiggle Room?

[Tom Zurinskas]

Right, the Philly accent.  Go "Iggles".  My friend from Philly called his
girlfriend "hunna" instead of "honey".  Seems to be an adversion to long e
there.  When it comes to that, I hear a lot of "were" for "we're" on TV
lately.

Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL4+
See truespel.com and the 4 truespel books at authorhouse.com.




Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL4+
See truespel.com and the 4 truespel books at authorhouse.com.





>From: GLL <guy1656 at OPUSNET.COM>
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>Subject: Re: Wiggle Room?
>Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 20:53:54 -0800
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>Douglas Dee writes:
>: Here in New Jersey, I definitely hear the "short i" in the first syllable
>: of "English."
>
>That reminds me of my last trip through western Pennsylvania, where I heard
>'eagle' pronounced likw 'wiggle' without the 'w.'
>
>The speaker was naming a local supermarket chain, Giant Eagle, yet to my
>ears
>it sounded like she said 'jint iggle.'
>
>That area of the country also inserts an 'r' sound in 'wash,' but also
>makes a
>verb construction 'needs + [pret]' where I might use 'needs + [inf].'
>Example: I would say 'The car needs to be washed,' but there I heard 'The
>car
>needs washed.'
>
>Anyone have an explanation of this use of verbs? A holdover from Germanic
>constructions? (As in "Throw the horse over the fence some hay.")
>
>- GLL
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