SPEAK   FLORIDA

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         FLORIDA STYLE of TALK IS INTERESTING 

Chris and the team studied several resources and developed this short list of popular ways Florida people pronounce things.

   WORD on left  < = >  MOST FLORIDIANS SAY on right

almond  = al (like all)  mond

amphitheater  =  amp (amp not amf)   i    theater

anniversary = anni  ver  sary (like sock)

asterisk = asteri  sk

aunt =  ant

been = bin

bowie knife =  bow (like low)  y  knife

caramel = car  ra  mel

candidate  =  candi (pronounce the d)    date

citizen  =  cit  i  zen (zen not sen)

pronounce 'cot'   and 'caught'

  half floridians the same

  half floridians pronounce them different

cauliflower  =  caul  i (like lit)  flower

chromosome  = chro mo zome

coupon  = coop (like chicken coop)   on

crayon =  cray  ahn

CREAM cheese  = (stress on the first word)

creek (a small body of running water) = creek (like seek)

I ____ it from the lake. =   dragged  not drug

Elvis Presley =  Pres (like s not like z)   ley

especially = 'especially' not 'expecially'

et cetera  =     ets  et  er  a

Florida  = flor (like sore)   i (like it)   da

flourish =  flour (like flir)   ish

garage  =  gar age (like azure and not with d sound)

grocery = groc cer (like sock )   y     about half floridians

grocery = groc cer (like shock)  y     about half floridians

handkerchief =  hand  ker  chief (like sit) 

huge, humor, humongous, human... = pronounce the h

insurance = in SUR ance (stress on the second part)

lawyer =  lawy (like boy)   er

Mary  merry   marry  =   all 3 sound the same

mayonnaise =  man  aze

miracle = mir (like near)  a  cle

mischievous = mis  che (like cheat)  vous 

                 and not mischievious  mis che (like cheat) ve ous

Monday  ----  Friday etc. = Mon day (like say)

nursery = nur  ser (like sock not like shock)  y

pajamas = pa  ja (like father)  mas (like must)

pecan = pee KAHN (like wand  accent on second part)

poem  =  po  em (two syllables)

quarter = qua (like kw or quantity)   ter

really = ree (like see)  ly

realtor (a real estate agent) = reel  ter

roof, room, broom, root  = (like mood)

route (route from one place to another)  = rhymes with hoot

spigot or spicket to refer to a faucet or tap

        that water comes out of  =   spigot

strength = the g is pronounced as (g) half floridians

strength = the g is pronounced as (k) half floridians

syrup = syr (like sir)  up

Texas =  Tex  as (like s not like z)

Thanksgiving = Thanks GIV ing (stress on the second part)

umbrella  = um BRELL a (stress on the second part)

 

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