I once had a Texan boss at work who said pitcher when he meant picture. I corrected him. He corrected me back, 'pitcher! pitcher!'
Since then , which was long ago, I have heard more of that, and so have long settled down to thinking that my Texan boss was right, or at least right by some dialects. But just now I happened upon someone on YouTube raging at pitcher for picture for being one of the most -well, whatever.
What do you think?
That's what I'd call a "southern drawl" and I hear it in parts of Arizona too. A lot of "drawl" is about taking the path of least resistance, and that "c" in "picture" does take a little extra effort to include.
There was a time when I raged against it, too, but I finally figured out that I don't own the language, nor does anyone else. People have as much right to say pitcher for picture as people in Kentucky have to say LEW-uh-vul rather than LOO-ee-vil.
tromboniator said
There was a time when I raged against it, too, but I finally figured out that I don't own the language, nor does anyone else. People have as much right to say pitcher for picture as people in Kentucky have to say LEW-uh-vul rather than LOO-ee-vil.
In my visits to KY, I always heard it pronounced as two syllables - Lew-vull -but Louisville OH is Lew-we-ville.
Rio Grande. OH is pronounced Rye-oh Grand, not Ree-og Grahn-day.
Lima OH is pronounced Lye-muh, not Lee-hum
Lancaster OH is named after Lancaster PA, but the original is Lanca-stir, but the one in ohio is LANcaster.