Thursday, February 03, 2005

word survey

How do people in your area typically pronounce these two words?:

OIL:
1 syllable, like 'awl' or 'oll',
2 syllables, like 'aw-ull' or 'oh-ill',
or 3 syllables, like 'aw-ee-ull' or 'oh-ee-ull'?

CRAYONS:
1 syllable, 'krahnz',
2 syllables, 'kray-onz',
or do they call them 'crayolas' or 'colors'?

Which term do people in your area prefer for each of these items?:

wide piece of furniture:
SOFA,
COUCH,
DIVAN,
or something else?

cold storage unit:
FRIDGE,
REFRIGERATOR,
FRIGDAIRE,
ICEBOX,
or something else?

carbonated beverage:
SODA,
POP,
SODA POP,
COKE,
COLA,
or something else?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

1. oh-ill
2.krey-ohnz
3.couch if it`s wider than 5 ft. Sofa if it`s shorter.
4.Reefer
5.soda pop. Actually sodi water, because it confuses people.

Joatmoaf

sackofcatfood said...

OIL: as in "Euler" the mathematician

CRAYON: kra-un

FURNITURE: couch

COLD STORAGE UNIT: cryogenic storage unit

CARBONATED BEVERAGE: carbonated beverage

As you can see, I am a pretty big nerd, but not optimally. Thank you for pointing out my inadequacies.

Hmm.. maybe I could call a "wide piece of furniture" a "multiply-accomodating declination device" and "crayons" "chromatic paraffin."

What do you think?

Hatless in Hattiesburg said...

chromatic paraffin marking cyliders... i like it!