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in reply to a message by Lillian
Have you been outside of Texas much? :) I would assume someone who pronounced Sawyer as "Soyer" did have a Texas (or otherwise Southwestern) accent. I have always said "Saw-yer", just like it's spelled. My accent is that of someone who grew up in a suburb of Buffalo, New York, modified a bit by the fact that my parents were from the Virginia-West Virginia border area.
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Offtopic. But. I love Buffalo. :) It's right across the border from where I live. Good shopping, good name + Channel 2 News Buffalo is the best news station ever.
This message was edited 7/2/2006, 12:03 AM
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Well, I get around plenty *LOL*
but was born in New Orleans, raised here from the age of 4, most of my family's here, but I have kin all over the South, as well as Mexico (second and third cousins on my mom's side) -- so most of my travels are down here. My daddy's people are from Wisconsin, though, and they say LOYer (haven't asked them about Sawyer, but one is likely to be just as the other, I'd guess). Like I said, my girlfriend who says SAWyer is from a small Texas town too, and in most other ways our accents are quite similar.
And the fact is I can turn my accent on and off, or at least dial up or down the intensity. I might fool you if we spoke by phone instead of typing. :)
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
but was born in New Orleans, raised here from the age of 4, most of my family's here, but I have kin all over the South, as well as Mexico (second and third cousins on my mom's side) -- so most of my travels are down here. My daddy's people are from Wisconsin, though, and they say LOYer (haven't asked them about Sawyer, but one is likely to be just as the other, I'd guess). Like I said, my girlfriend who says SAWyer is from a small Texas town too, and in most other ways our accents are quite similar.
And the fact is I can turn my accent on and off, or at least dial up or down the intensity. I might fool you if we spoke by phone instead of typing. :)
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
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Well, this being July 3 there aren't many people around my university to ask today. My colleague who was raised in Los Angeles says Saw-yer. My colleague who was raised in central Illinois says Soy-er. However, this is obviously one of those differences that is hard to hear for people who aren't linguistically trained. I was sure she was saying Saw-yer myself even though she believes she says Soy-er. Don't know if that's more her mouth or my ears; probably a combination of both. :)
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And adding...
As I look down, the other responders seem to say SOYer / LOYer too! I think it's my girlfriend and you, doc, who are the oddballs! *LOL*
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
As I look down, the other responders seem to say SOYer / LOYer too! I think it's my girlfriend and you, doc, who are the oddballs! *LOL*
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
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