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My grandfather pronounces almonds ammonds.
posted by Deron Bauman in language, observations
9 Responses to “regionalisms”
My grandparents always converted “ow” to “er”: “I got to go get me some minners to fish with”; “Somebody open a winder, the dog farted….”
Renner will confirm that my Yankee mother pronounces my name “Sheilar”.
“Poi-tree.” That’s how my mother pronounces “poetry.” Mom’s from Kilgore.
You can tell the folks from my dad’s home town. New Smyrna is, of course, “NOO-sa-MER-na.”
I asked an almond ….farmer(?) why he called them ammonds, and he said that he calls them ALmonds when they’re still in the tree, but the harvested nuts are ammonds, because you harvest them by shaking the tree, and “it shakes the L out of them”.
Hardy har har.
(Um, and that IS a true story.)
Erin, did you ask my grandfather?
He told me the same thing.
Only if your grandfather is a California almond …grower(?) who also makes wine.
Grower. I think you’re right (as in Blue Diamond Growers).
I’ve heard that very same explanation for the pronunciation.
Grandpa is from California and his family does / did grow almonds, but he is out of the bidness.
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My grandparents always converted “ow” to “er”: “I got to go get me some minners to fish with”; “Somebody open a winder, the dog farted….”
Renner will confirm that my Yankee mother pronounces my name “Sheilar”.
“Poi-tree.” That’s how my mother pronounces “poetry.” Mom’s from Kilgore.
You can tell the folks from my dad’s home town. New Smyrna is, of course, “NOO-sa-MER-na.”
I asked an almond ….farmer(?) why he called them ammonds, and he said that he calls them ALmonds when they’re still in the tree, but the harvested nuts are ammonds, because you harvest them by shaking the tree, and “it shakes the L out of them”.
Hardy har har.
(Um, and that IS a true story.)
Erin, did you ask my grandfather?
He told me the same thing.
Only if your grandfather is a California almond …grower(?) who also makes wine.
Grower. I think you’re right (as in Blue Diamond Growers).
I’ve heard that very same explanation for the pronunciation.
Grandpa is from California and his family does / did grow almonds, but he is out of the bidness.