I realize that everybody has specific ways of saying things.
A lot of people in/from California pronounce Milk as Melk.
And our Boston friends have that peculiar use of the letter R.
My dad, a Texan, has the best accidental pronunciation of Massachusetts ever: MassaTwoShits.
Growing up in Oklahoma as I did, I drop my Gs and say y'all more often than I should.
But my grandma, from Nebraska, where they seemingly have no accents, has the strangest collection pronunciations I've ever heard.
First, she uses the one that a lot of midwesterners use. Wash: Warsh
No biggie.
But then it gets weird.
Branson: BRAWNson
Pueblo: PEEeblo
Puberty: POOberty
Chemo: ChEHmmo
And, our personal favorite (though we all seem to have blocked the context in which she said it):
Penis: PENnis (rhymes with tennis)
Pennis, anyone?
But you can bet your ass she can pronounce McMuffin without incident or misunderstanding!
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