Things that ain't right

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

I've always said pe-can but I don't like it so my vote doesn't matter.

And it's GRAVY not sauce.

If you are talking about Thanksgiving turkey or roast beef. Absolutely.

If you are talking about marinara or a ragu, then obviously it is sauce. It is said that off the boat Italians adopted "gravy" (hurts to even type that) to fit in better as Americans. Such a shame to disown an incredible culinary heritage.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

I've always said pe-can but I don't like it so my vote doesn't matter.

And it's GRAVY not sauce.

Milk gravy over biscuits ... and sauce is your arena, but it ain't gravy.

And y'all have ham .... ours is "country" and salty .... for making red-eye gravy too

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by PorscheGAL

I I say Pee-can

+1 from northern Ohio

Maybe a bit of an h after the a. Pee-cahn but depends of what comes out. I don't really give a rat's ask.

[KFC911]

I do like bofem Bob !

[herr_oberst]

Watching the Sopranos and hearing Ralphie call red sauce 'gravy' was one of the many great highlights of the show.

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6

If you are talking about Thanksgiving turkey or roast beef. Absolutely.

If you are talking about marinara or a ragu, then obviously it is sauce. It is said that off the boat Italians adopted "gravy" (hurts to even type that) to fit in better as Americans. Such a shame to disown an incredible culinary heritage.

As mandated by my grandfather. To quote him " Maso, we Amerigan now we parliamo Amerigan...capisch?"

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

My "rule of thumb" is talk to a lot of the locals, people living there. That is proper way to pronounce that city or town's name.

In the deep south single syllable words become two syllable words. Bed becomes bee-yad, and different slang is used. For instance, if one's bike falls over, it "tumped over". And it can't just tump, it has to tump over.

And of course we all know "bless your heart" is not really a compliment in the south.

Everything damaged is "tore up."

You can talk to the locals all you want but that last little bit will never come to you. I hate when actors try a Southern accent.

[Tobra]

Hang around with some kids from the South a few weeks and you will sound like them

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

My "rule of thumb" is talk to a lot of the locals, people living there. That is proper way to pronounce that city or town's name.
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Sometimes you need to pay close attention to the context. After we moved to a place outside of West Alexandria I heard people say “Westellic” now and then. I thought it a town somewhere in the area. Then a new friend was introducing me to someone. “This here’s Patrick. He lives over by Westellic.” Ha!

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Everything damaged is "tore up."
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Yep. Broken is “tore up.” If it has a lot of something, it’s “eat up.” As in, “That junk yard is eat up with tore up Fords.”
It’s even in local radio ads. “Burbanks Barbecue is eat up with atmosphere.”

[rattlsnak]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

If you ever hear someone say they are a native of New Or-Leans they are lying. Most locals pronounce it more like Narleans. Just one word.

Depends on which parish or which side of the tracks you're from. Born and raised there and it's always been "NuOrlins". In Plaquemine's or St. Benard Parish, it's anybody's guess if those people can speak any intelligible English.

And no, they are no cajuns in NOLA, those people are on the other side of the Atchafalya Swamp - closer to South Central/West La. (Lafayette, Abbeville, Jennings, etc. )

[ben parrish]

Pee-can. South Ga is home and there are a LOT OF Pee-can orchards in south Ga. Oh yeah, it’s also Vi-daya Onions..Not Va-Dalia…that one drives me crazy.

[GH85Carrera]

One of my wife's friends lives in South Carolina. She has a cute thick southern accent. When she talks to my wife for an hour or so on the phone, my wife starts to get more and more of a southern accent. It takes her a few hours to get back to "normal" speech.

Of course the southern word y'all is used through most of the south, and even Yankees that come to stay will start using it. And of course everyone knows the plural of y'all is "all y'all".