Anna in the San Francisco Bay area asks about her family’s pronunciation of measure as /ˈmeɪʒər/, rhyming with hay sure, rather than /ˈmɛʒər/, rhyming with treasure. It’s uncommon, but not unique. Anecdotal reports put it in parts of the Great...
When Lauren from Arlington, Texas, was little, she called her pink blanket with a silky trim pink blanket, but her grandmother, of Czech and Polish descent, used ookush for a child’s security blanket. While woobie and blankie are familiar, ookush is...