• syrooks@infosec.pub
      3·
      11 months ago

      No one I’ve ever known on the east coast has called it a “ruff”. Maybe like one person but certainly not widespread

  • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
    8·
    11 months ago

    My favorite I had to unlearn was washing maching. Pronounced w-or-shing machine. Like “war shing”. Apparently that’s a Dutch/Midwest mix.

    • elephantium@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      11 months ago

      See also: Drinking melk instead of milk, and adjusting the antanna to get better radio reception.

  • dingus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    Here’s another one…whenever I go to a coffee shop, I like to order flavors with caramel. Where I’m from in the Midwest (dunno if every Midwest state is the same), it’s pronounced “CAR-ml”. Well I’ve since moved away from the Midwest.

    Almost every time I order my drink, the employee will always say “do you mean CARE-uh-mel???”. …Yes…yes that’s what I mean…