Did you know that you can sort of figure out where someone is by just a few words they might say? Well it’s true. In the south, if two cars collide, it’s a wreck but to the rest of the country, it’s an accident. Think about it. In fact, there is one word that can tell you if someone is from New York, the south or the rest of the country. That’s right just one little word and that word is ‘saw’ like ‘I saw a bird’ not a thing that cuts wood.
In the south they say ‘I seen a bird’. The rest of the country says ‘I saw a bird’ while in New York, they say ‘I sore a bird’. It’s that funny? I think it is. In the south the words won’t and want are pronounced the same but pronounced like won’t. I could go on and on but I think you get the idea. Listen to the way people say some things and then see if you can figure out where they are from by the way they say some words. It’s sort of a game I play and it’s fun to me. I also have a tendency to pick up accents rather easily too because of it which is too funny to me but not so funny to my mother. It drives her nuts.