I mean, you are supposed to stop for pedestrians in a crosswalk no matter where you are but if you spend a weekend in Boston or New York City, you'll see that you will be standing in the crosswalk for 10 minutes before someone lets you cross the street. People in New Hampshire are ...
If you're from the Midwest, especially Iowa, you probably say some things a little differently then your friends in other parts of the country. That being said, we've compiled a list of typical words or phrases that Iowans say. Chances are, if you're an Iowa native, these things have ...
a) learning the international phonetic alphabet so you can pronounce all the languages b) deliberately doing not-quite-accurate pronunciation even though you now Know Better so that people don’t overestimate your fluency 3for to save her shoes from gravel ...
Thus, you’ll often see Koreans spell the same word differently. Let’s take cities Daegu/Taegu or Busan/Pusan: “d” and “t”s are the practically considered the same alphabet in Hangul (the Korean alphabet). However, they’re not pronounced like how you’d hear them in the U.S....
“Old Shelby left Elkton to his son months ago and has been living permanently at his summer house in southern France. You would be performing your duties under the young Master Shelby.” “Oh…” Annabelle breathed, her eyes once again drifting to the front of the chapel, this time ...
Even though I’m a Southern boy, I do try to pronounce things correctly. For example, it bugs me when people mispronounce the German car by saying “Porsh” or “Porch.” Especially when it’s mispronounced by owners of the marque (It’s more correctly pronounced “porsh-uh”). Or when...
I’ve lost count how many times I’ve said where I’m from only for the other person (usually a southerner) to say it back to me in a broad, comedy northern accent, like someone given a speaking part at the last minute in a Victoria Wood sketch. I’m a big fan of ...
The new dinosaur with a ridiculous name to try and pronounce, Zhenyuanlong suni, stood at about 5 feet tall, had wings too short to allow them to fly and some of the most complex feathers seen on a dinosaur up to this point. The feathers’ complexity is clearly visible on the rock th...
12 Things That Shock People After Moving to New Hampshire Time to look at New Hampshire through the eyes of a new comer! What do we do differently that people from elsewhere think is weird? The answer is...A LOT OF THINGS. Gallery Credit:Kira Lew ...