Itâs more complicated than just geography though
Kentucky for example is very different then Ohio
Texas is still very much âsouthâ but itâs a very different culture than the south east
Some of the border states vary based on interpretation
Also, stuff like this you donât get to change after 40-50 years regardless of reasons⊠that shits stuck lol
My only exception to all this is Florida⊠the tip of the peninsula, is a very different vibe⊠like a very tropical New York⊠that is NOT the south lol
You arenât wrong but I donât think it is as simple as literacy levels. The number of times I see people asking about, or blatantly ignoring things written on signs I canât believe that they are all illiterate, they just donât read.
For example there is a street corner with a big sign saying âno left turnsâ and yet about 1 time in 10 I get held up there by someone turning left.
The other day I heard a newsreader saying a foreign place name and wondered just how much damage has been done to American pronunciations by the orthographical changes made by Noah Webster.
My thought was that Americans see âOWâ on the end of a word and assume it should be pronounced as in cow, thus giving us Glazg -OW. Whereas people from the UK know that spellings are just vague suggestions and so pronounce it glaz-go. (Or if you are local glez-gae)
Given that the Dance troupes âThe Cholmondeleysâ and"The Featherstonehaughs" are pronounced âThe Chumleysâ and âThe Fanshawsâ I donât assume that any pronunciation is straightforward.
One year I worked out at a golf open down the coast, on my way there I was on a bus behind some American tourists and we passed through âMusselburghâ. One of them turned to the other and said âMuscle Berg, thatâs like Edin Berg, do you think they are related?â I was so tempted to say it is pronounced Borough (burra) and it means Town⊠But I didnât.
Of course just to confuse things Middlesbrough spells it without the first O.
I pronounce it with a soft âOâ , Chomleys, but iâm not from the UK, so now I know how to pronounce correctly thanks
Interestingly ( to me at least ) about 6 weeks ago, I drove down a âCholmondeley Aveâ and my sat nav even pronounced it âChomleyâ / âChumleyâ I was quietly impressed by Mrs Garmin, I was expecting a butchering of it, something like âCha-mon-da-layâ
Since this happened, I ordered a Halo Scanner direct from the manufacturer with the latest and greatest firmware.
The device left Guernsey on the 18th, and arrived in Helsinki on the 23rd thanks for the incredimazingly shit speed of Royal Mail (theyâre not as bad as the Czech post, but close).
And then from the 23rd to the 27th, the parcel essentially sat there at the Finnish customs office. And when they finally sprung into action and released the parcel, that cost me 20.25 euros on a 80.76-euro purchase. Thatâs 25% on duties + VAT + processing.
So you know what? Fuck Brexit. Fuck brexiteers. What a bunch of fucking idiots⊠Youâve ruined your country: I only ever order from the UK when I absolutely have to now. But Iâd rather have my left nut crushed in a vise, and I know Iâm not the only one. Good job you nitwits
KSEC is great for customer service and all. But Iâm afraid to admit the extra cost of customs in terms of money and delivery speed totally killed their attractiveness for me. Iâd rather deal with the subpar Lab401 customer service and get my gear quicker and cheaper. I would prefer ordering from KSEC but I wonât because of customs. Sad but true.
I had some fun with github pages this morning and proudly resent to you isitsoontmyet.com!
A page where you and me can find out if it actually is or is not SOONâą yet.
