How do you pronounce words?

[Kate]

After watching John's latest video on tiggerrific orange ruins, it got me to thinking: "How many ways are things pronounced?" (He pronounced "orange" like "or-nge", while I pronounce it like "aw-ran-ge", and my Oma (german grandmother) pronounces it like or-ahnge.) Nerdfighters live all around the world and in many different regions, so there must be a million different ways we pronounce words.

I can't think of any other words though.

How do you pronounce the word "orange", and what other words can you think of?

[Cimawr aka Sionnach Dhu aka Sarah]

Are you from the West Coast? My nieces lived in Seattle for years, and that's how they say it.

[Indigo Robot]

I also noticed that, and started saying it aloud to myself just to see how it sounded when I said it. I say it like "or-enge". I always thought that was just how you say it.

[Tarafighter]

I say or-ange (I think... hard to say now that I'm thinking about it)

There's either pronounced ee-ther or I-ther (I pronounce the I, no idea why!)

A lot of food related ones (no joke, my friends and I argue over these ones all the time!):
Um I know some people who say pasta as Paw-sta and some who say past-a
And Milk I've heard as Mill-k and Mel-k
Bagel is funny too, I've friends who say Bay-gel and friends who say Baa (yes, like sheep) -gel
Scones as Se-coo-nes or Se-caw-ens

Thats all I can think of at the mo' =) I'll add more if I think of any, this stuff I always find fasinating!

[Kate]

Here's my pronunciations:
ee-ther
Pah-sta
Mill-k
Bay-gil (lol @ baa-gel)
Sk-owns

What part of the world are you in? I'm from Massachusettts, so around here we get a bit of the "pahk the cah in Hahvad Yahd" kind of thing going on. Although we kinda make fun of the really boston accented people, cause it sounds funny. ;)

I have a hard time differentiating between saying three and free, I don't know if that's an accent thing or not.

[Rachel]

I saw or-nge. Here in SJ we say wudder instead of wAHter for water.

OH.. My boyfriend's mom says know like "nee-oo". It's enteretaining.

[Indigo Robot]

Oh! How many of you say pillow like "pellow"? I say pillow, but a lot of people say "pellow" where I live. I'm not from here, so I always just thought that was why I say it different from everyone else.

[Rachel]

I say pillow "pellow" and I also used to say "melk" instead of milk. Where are you from? I am from Nevada.

[Shawn]

My husband says "pellow"! Drives me up the wall, because I say "pillow." He also says "Ellinois" instead of "Illinois" and "Alls you have to do is..."

I put up with it because it's not worth trying to correct him every time, but I still cringe a little.

[Rosianna]

I say or-inge! Britishism.
I also say pillow.
Some people say "toothbrush" like "tuthbrush", making the two "oo"s really short! I don't understand that.

[Kayla]

I pronounce wash like war-sh and rinse like wrench.

I got it from my mom and she is from PA so that might be it.

[Laurel]

My dad say warsh also. He also says far-ty (fourty) far (four) and har-se(horse) He's from St. Louis

[Sarah]

I say ornj.
I also say SEE-ment in stead of suh-MENT (cement).
Sometimes I say worsh instead of wahsh (wash).
If you're from Kansas, and talking about the Arkansas River, it's ahr-KAN-zass, not ARK-an-saw.
And I say sheet-soo instead of shit-zoo (Shih Tsu).