tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post8212559958867033946..comments2023-07-26T03:02:44.055-07:00Comments on ANWA Founder & Friends: English LessonMarsha Wardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15389060049107102815noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-20402667333949658072012-08-23T11:28:47.149-07:002012-08-23T11:28:47.149-07:00Where we used to live (rural Utah) a local eatery ...Where we used to live (rural Utah) a local eatery advertised on the radio that at their establishment you could get a "full mill dill." Pam Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17101099770476255954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-22963253391662041592012-08-13T21:11:33.636-07:002012-08-13T21:11:33.636-07:00I meant "short i" oopsI meant "short i" oops<br />Susan Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12790466760098695931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-20455268634478509432012-08-13T21:10:42.604-07:002012-08-13T21:10:42.604-07:00Oh, Marsha. THANK YOU so much for writing this. Ev...Oh, Marsha. THANK YOU so much for writing this. Ever since I moved to Utah, the language here has frustrated me. I have to translate in my brain before I can understand what exactly people are trying to say here. Then, when they actually write the way they say something, like sells instead of sales. Dont' get me started.<br />Like, someone was bearing their testimony about having a filling and I wondered why they would talk about their dental work in a testimony. Yet, instead of saying pink (short a), they say peenk (long E). It's all backwards here.<br />The clincher came when someone in the bishopric announced the song "We'll Sing All Hell to Jesus Name." Even the Utahns balked at that one. Good times here. :)<br />But I LOVE Utah. Glad to be here. I just have to translate, but most of the time, by the time I get what they said, I'm already two sentences behind. *sigh*Susan Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12790466760098695931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-68604212138901715212012-08-09T08:37:05.165-07:002012-08-09T08:37:05.165-07:00LOL! Thank you Marsha! I have seen "sells&quo...LOL! Thank you Marsha! I have seen "sells" written so many times when the writer meant "sales"...and I agree...it is an accent thing. I noticed in Utah that people say "fur" when they are using the word "for" and "Pell" for "pill", etc. I am guilty of dropping "t" in words like mountain and saying "crick" instead of "creek"...and "ruff" instead of "roof". But most of those don't end up being spelled differently. I wonder why "sales" does.Kari Pikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13855609339118198399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723124266752750306.post-40351686206133553762012-08-05T19:54:21.937-07:002012-08-05T19:54:21.937-07:00Wait, are we talking about possibly a matter of mi...Wait, are we talking about possibly a matter of mistaken word identity due to an unfortunate accent? I visited my parents in Utah recently and they kept quoting "Brother Hells." At first I thought, "I think they mean brother Hales," but it was pronounced "Hells" so often that I actually leaned over to ask someone how they spelled the last name of this person. Maybe they're saying "Sales" but it just sounds like "Sells."Kamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08816124780657036981noreply@blogger.com