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Nov 17, 2015
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GuitarGuy
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Bro, I live there, and that's how they say it. Lay. Un. No discernable T sound.
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The Utah accent is annoying. Just putting that out there.
Iman23
11/17/15 10:37am
Elder Perry disagreed
WDaddy
11/17/15 10:41am
You mean the one that doesn't exist? Not sure what accent you are referring to.
Hank Rearden
11/17/15 10:42am
The one where they have a sell on nells up t' the moun'uhns in Lay'uhn
GuitarGuy
11/17/15 11:07am
"Lay'uhn" does not exist. LAYtON with a soft T absolutly does though.
Zach Morris
11/17/15 11:28am
Bro, I live there, and that's how they say it. Lay. Un. No discernable T sound.
GuitarGuy
11/17/15 12:23pm
Glottal stop.
TaiJuan
11/17/15 12:29pm
Your issue is where the syllable breaks. Mount'n. layt'n.
TaiJuan
11/17/15 12:31pm
Exactly. There is absolutely a T there but at some point the myth of the missing
Zach Morris
11/17/15 12:36pm
American Fark and St. Jarge are two of my favorites.
Born2Fish
11/17/15 4:21pm
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Born2Fish
11/17/15 4:22pm
Don't forget Her-ken
mannheimadler
11/17/15 4:40pm
irregardless of what you might think, I think it's fer reals
BigYfan
11/17/15 11:11am
Which is why I've ditched it in favor of the Southern Belle accent.
John Doe
11/17/15 10:42am
I do declare!
monkeycowboy
11/17/15 10:43am
Bless your heart
Tokolosh
11/17/15 10:55am
Love that one.
Born2Fish
11/17/15 4:22pm
What is a Utah accent?
Jericho
11/17/15 10:45am
How do you pronounce the word "fork"?
VACOUGFAN
11/17/15 10:48am
Me? Or Utahns?
Jericho
11/17/15 10:58am
I'm referring to the Utahn accent.
VACOUGFAN
11/17/15 10:58am
Outside Utah it's Seal the Deal. Inside Utah it's Sill the Dill
Iman23
11/17/15 10:48am
I thought it was Sizzle the Dizzle. I'm so confused.
VACOUGFAN
11/17/15 10:49am
Also, the only people I know who insist on pronouncing the "G" in "ING"
Iman23
11/17/15 10:53am
Forrest Gump was a strict observer of hard pronunciation of the trailing G....
ByuMba90
11/17/15 11:21am
Who's to say which accent is correct.
Cooler4
11/17/15 3:12pm
It's Pahk the Cah. (not pawk the caw... that's more an English accent)
VACOUGFAN
11/17/15 3:25pm
people from Spanish Fark who were barn in a barn and drink chocolate melk
byujag
11/17/15 10:50am
RE: people from Spanish Fark who were barn in a barn and drink chocolate melk
monkeycowboy
11/17/15 10:55am
What eltz do Utahns say weird?
molodyets
11/17/15 11:07am
And where do you hail from Esquire?
TonyStark
11/17/15 11:24am
we're not talking about me, but I do have a couple weird pronounciations
byujag
11/17/15 1:10pm
My neighbor is a Methodist who grew up in SLC.
ClackamasCoug
11/17/15 10:50am
What's worse? The PNW over-pronunciation of the "t." It's unnatural.
TaiJuan
11/17/15 10:53am
Wow. Had never heard that before. Interesting.
VACOUGFAN
11/17/15 10:56am
if anything its an under-pronunciation of the "t" that bothers me
MormonThug
11/17/15 10:59am
Yes, it's called a glottal stop. You can hate it, but it sounds much more normal than over-pronunciation. Where are you
TaiJuan
11/17/15 11:21am
springville utah.
MormonThug
11/17/15 12:17pm
I only noticed the central utah accent before I moved away.
MormonThug
11/17/15 12:19pm
You will find some springville natives who have the accent for sure, but it's dying statewide. The glottal stop issue is
TaiJuan
11/17/15 12:21pm
RE: What's worse? The PNW over-pronunciation of the "t." It's unnatural.
ByuMba90
11/17/15 11:24am
I finally understand why Jan Jorgenson always sounds strange to me.
MormonThug
11/17/15 12:22pm
I've seen that commercial and thought the same thing. kiTTen spoiled roTTen
Cooler4
11/17/15 3:41pm
Tell that to the many call centers who are based here because there is no accent
SandYFan
11/17/15 10:56am
Can't be bec there is a huge amount of colleges in the area chuck full of young people who want to stay instate.
VACOUGFAN
11/17/15 11:00am
Nope.
SandYFan
11/17/15 11:06am
Yeah, I think they mean no foreign (Indian) accent,
Mississippi
11/17/15 11:07am
Are you referring to when we say the word "Moun'uns?"
IndependentGeorge
11/17/15 11:01am
Gasp! That's crazy talk! Go warsh your mouth out!!
Texas Hammer
11/17/15 11:04am
I remember as a kid visiting Utah in the 80s that the Utah accent was very
Josef K
11/17/15 11:05am
There are certainly odd Utah pronunciations and peculiarities
Cachanilla83
11/17/15 11:06am
This is one of the heaviest Utah accents I've ever heard:
Cachanilla83
11/17/15 8:58pm
1. SE Idaho. 2. Rural.
TaiJuan
11/17/15 9:03pm
I always found it odd that Utahns pronounced the word "soda" as "pop"
mncougar
11/17/15 11:26am
I actually have heard that way more in the Midwest than in Utah
mannheimadler
11/17/15 11:30am
It's about 50/50 here in MN. I grew up in CA, first time I ever heard "pop" was
mncougar
11/17/15 1:24pm
Well, I'm from S. Utah, so maybe that changes my experience. Here in Nebraska
mannheimadler
11/17/15 2:08pm
RE: I always found it odd that Utahns pronounced the word "soda" as "pop"
TaiJuan
11/17/15 11:31am
My son tried to pronounce "Dad" as "Pops" to impress his friends.
CougarThug
11/17/15 11:54am
I usually only hear it when I'm in southern Utah. It's very distinctive there.
OpusX
11/17/15 12:11pm
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