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Title: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: bandit957 on September 15, 2017, 11:19:22 PM
Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"? I do.

I'm also a "bring/brang/brung" guy.

Is this only a Midwest thing?
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: US 89 on September 15, 2017, 11:45:01 PM
Speaking from Utah, I can honestly say I have never heard this anywhere. It's definitely not a West thing.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: jakeroot on September 15, 2017, 11:51:23 PM
I often say it incorrectly, and then immediately I correct myself. I almost always say "buyed" when someone asks me if I bought [specific item], to which I sometimes reply "I buyed it -- sorry, bought it".

I don't hear anyone else say it. I think I'm just retarded.

EDIT 18 SEP: My original post suggested that I use "buyed" intentionally, which is not the case.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: jp the roadgeek on September 15, 2017, 11:58:54 PM
I always say bought; never hear buyed.     I usually hear "brang" from young kids, but sometimes, I'll use "done brung" kind of tongue in cheek.

One in these parts is whether you wait in line or wait on line.  The latter is kind of a New York area thing.

The one that drives me crazy is hung.  It's fine if you did it to the stockings by the chimney with care, but it's incorrect when it refers to having being put to the gallows; that would be hanged 
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: jwolfer on September 16, 2017, 01:34:35 AM
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on September 15, 2017, 11:58:54 PM
I always say bought; never hear buyed.     I usually hear "brang" from young kids, but sometimes, I'll use "done brung" kind of tongue in cheek.

One in these parts is whether you wait in line or wait on line.  The latter is kind of a New York area thing.

The one that drives me crazy is hung.  It's fine if you did it to the stockings by the chimney with care, but it's incorrect when it refers to having being put to the gallows; that would be hanged
Pictures hung, people are hanged....

Well some men are hung LOL

LGMS428

Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: kkt on September 16, 2017, 01:42:51 AM
I've never heard "buyed" except as an accident, and a rare one at that.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: cjk374 on September 16, 2017, 06:13:53 AM
I was always taught that the words "brang" & "buyed" do not exist as proper English or as any correct form of spelled words.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: GaryV on September 16, 2017, 06:57:58 AM
My teachers learned me to use the correct words.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: hotdogPi on September 16, 2017, 07:52:24 AM
My Ben & Jerry's make your own tie-dye shirt says:

I tied it
I dyed it
I buyed it
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: Duke87 on September 16, 2017, 10:36:21 AM
No, no I do not.

Though that's not to say there aren't any other verbs I do interesting things with. I fairly consistently use "dreamt" (rhymes with "tempt") as the past tense of "dream". This is technically not incorrect - however it is less common/possibly somewhat archaic, and I've had amateur language police harass me about it.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: kkt on September 16, 2017, 11:46:50 AM
Quote from: Duke87 on September 16, 2017, 10:36:21 AM
No, no I do not.

Though that's not to say there aren't any other verbs I do interesting things with. I fairly consistently use "dreamt" (rhymes with "tempt") as the past tense of "dream". This is technically not incorrect - however it is less common/possibly somewhat archaic, and I've had amateur language police harass me about it.

I use "dreamt" pretty often, not always.  It is correct.  You have my permission to swat the language police on the nose with the OED if they try to tell you otherwise.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: 1995hoo on September 16, 2017, 12:05:44 PM
Why would anyone older than, say, five years old say "buyed"?
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: Jardine on September 16, 2017, 02:19:40 PM
I say pled instead of pleaded, and I'd swear until a few years ago EVERYONE else did too, and now I'm the only one . . .
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: 1995hoo on September 16, 2017, 02:24:42 PM
Quote from: Jardine on September 16, 2017, 02:19:40 PM
I say pled instead of pleaded, and I'd swear until a few years ago EVERYONE else did too, and now I'm the only one . . .

The one that's puzzled me recently is the media using "admonishment" instead of "admonition," especially because the media usually opt for the form that uses fewer characters for space reasons (this is one major reason why the Associated Press omits the serial comma, for example).
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: Jardine on September 16, 2017, 02:40:37 PM
When did 'busted' get approved, BTW ?

And what's wrong with 'broken' ??
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: 7/8 on September 16, 2017, 03:35:24 PM
I never say "buyed", but I'll somtimes say "broke" instead of "braked". It's annoying that the past tense of "break" and "brake" are different.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: michravera on September 16, 2017, 03:59:55 PM
Quote from: bandit957 on September 15, 2017, 11:19:22 PM
Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"? I do.

I'm also a "bring/brang/brung" guy.

Is this only a Midwest thing?

I'v never used "buyed" unless I was deliberately making fun of either the language as a whole or trying to sound childlike.

I've definitely used "byed" as a verbal form "to take a rest or to have no scheduled game for the period of time when everyone else is playing".

"How did you guys do in round 5?"
"We byed".
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: adventurernumber1 on September 16, 2017, 04:37:45 PM
Quote from: bandit957 on September 15, 2017, 11:19:22 PM

Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"? I do.


I usually say "bought," but sometimes I'll accidentally say "buyed," but it doesn't matter to me.

Quote from: bandit957 on September 15, 2017, 11:19:22 PM

I'm also a "bring/brang/brung" guy.


I am heavily one as well. Other people, including my mom, scold me when I say "brang," but I refuse to believe that "brang" and "brung" are not legitimate words. They are intensely a part of my personal vocabulary.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: hbelkins on September 16, 2017, 04:38:41 PM
Quote from: bandit957 on September 15, 2017, 11:19:22 PM
Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"? I do.

I'm also a "bring/brang/brung" guy.

Is this only a Midwest thing?

No, I don't say "buyed." I say "bought" Or perhaps "got." As in, "I got a package of paper towels at the store like you wanted, honey."

I don't say "brang" but sometimes my rural eastern Kentucky Appalachian-American upbringing comes out and I will say "brung." As in, "I brung those paper towels in when I got home and put them on the kitchen counter."

Quote from: Jardine on September 16, 2017, 02:19:40 PM
I say pled instead of pleaded, and I'd swear until a few years ago EVERYONE else did too, and now I'm the only one . . .

"Pleaded" is AP style. I used to say "pled" but being a newspaper editor broke me of that. Now, I cringe when I see a media outlet report that someone pled guilty instead of pleaded guilty. I think either are correct according to the dictionary, but pleaded is the correct journalistic term.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: Brandon on September 16, 2017, 05:44:20 PM
Quote from: bandit957 on September 15, 2017, 11:19:22 PM
Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"? I do.

I'm also a "bring/brang/brung" guy.

Is this only a Midwest thing?

Midwest thing?  Dude, you're from Kentucky, which is The South, not in any way, shape, or form, the Midwest.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: Roadgeekteen on September 16, 2017, 05:49:37 PM
Never heard this.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: hotdogPi on September 16, 2017, 06:10:49 PM
Quote from: Brandon on September 16, 2017, 05:44:20 PM
Quote from: bandit957 on September 15, 2017, 11:19:22 PM
Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"? I do.

I'm also a "bring/brang/brung" guy.

Is this only a Midwest thing?

Midwest thing?  Dude, you're from Kentucky, which is The South, not in any way, shape, or form, the Midwest.

He's from the suburbs of Cincinnati. Do things really change that much just by crossing the Ohio River?
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: CNGL-Leudimin on September 16, 2017, 06:34:07 PM
I say "comprado". The only thing is that English is not my first language :sombrero:. Should I use the word in English, it's always "bought". It's nice to see dialectal differences, as it happens with most, if not all, languages.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: hbelkins on September 16, 2017, 07:13:51 PM
Quote from: 1 on September 16, 2017, 06:10:49 PM
Quote from: Brandon on September 16, 2017, 05:44:20 PM
Quote from: bandit957 on September 15, 2017, 11:19:22 PM
Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"? I do.

I'm also a "bring/brang/brung" guy.

Is this only a Midwest thing?

Midwest thing?  Dude, you're from Kentucky, which is The South, not in any way, shape, or form, the Midwest.

He's from the suburbs of Cincinnati. Do things really change that much just by crossing the Ohio River?

Despite the fact that much of northern Kentucky (the three northernmost counties) and southwestern Ohio is populated by displaced eastern and southeastern Kentuckians and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, that region is much more midwestern than southern/southeastern.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: JJBers on September 16, 2017, 07:40:35 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on September 15, 2017, 11:51:23 PM
Although technically everyone says it erroneously, I often say it knowing its wrong, and then immediately I correct myself. I almost always say "buyed" when someone asks me if I bought [specific item], to which I sometimes reply "I buyed it -- sorry, bought it".
Pretty much the same problem here....
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: Brandon on September 16, 2017, 07:58:10 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on September 16, 2017, 07:13:51 PM
Quote from: 1 on September 16, 2017, 06:10:49 PM
Quote from: Brandon on September 16, 2017, 05:44:20 PM
Quote from: bandit957 on September 15, 2017, 11:19:22 PM
Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"? I do.

I'm also a "bring/brang/brung" guy.

Is this only a Midwest thing?

Midwest thing?  Dude, you're from Kentucky, which is The South, not in any way, shape, or form, the Midwest.

He's from the suburbs of Cincinnati. Do things really change that much just by crossing the Ohio River?

Despite the fact that much of northern Kentucky (the three northernmost counties) and southwestern Ohio is populated by displaced eastern and southeastern Kentuckians and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, that region is much more midwestern than southern/southeastern.

Speaking from a Chicago/Detroit perspective, Cincy is more southern than midwestern.  It's roots are Appalachian, not Midlands or from New England.  Therefore, it's more southern than midwestern.  Same goes for far downstate Illinois and Indiana.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: jwolfer on September 16, 2017, 09:32:48 PM
Older versions of English had stem changes not different endings for different tenses

Some stem changes survive today in general use or in certain dialects.

Buyed fits the rules, so a child( or really anyone) learning English is likely to say buyed or goed instead of went

LGMS428
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: jwolfer on September 16, 2017, 09:41:42 PM
Quote from: Brandon on September 16, 2017, 05:44:20 PM
Quote from: bandit957 on September 15, 2017, 11:19:22 PM
Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"? I do.

I'm also a "bring/brang/brung" guy.

Is this only a Midwest thing?

Midwest thing?  Dude, you're from Kentucky, which is The South, not in any way, shape, or form, the Midwest.
Northern Kentucky is as Southern as Northern Virginia or South Florida.

If someone said Alexandria, Virginia or Boca Raton, Florida was not in any way shape or form Northeastern that would be crazy

LGMS428
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: hbelkins on September 16, 2017, 10:57:05 PM
Quote from: ParrDa on September 16, 2017, 09:24:19 PM
Another midwest thing that bugs me: "I seen" instead of "I saw"

This is also common in the rural Appalachians.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: SignGeek101 on September 16, 2017, 11:43:15 PM
Never heard "buyed". I have heard "brang" instead of "brought" though.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: Takumi on September 17, 2017, 12:06:06 AM
Quote from: jwolfer on September 16, 2017, 09:41:42 PM
Quote from: Brandon on September 16, 2017, 05:44:20 PM
Quote from: bandit957 on September 15, 2017, 11:19:22 PM
Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"? I do.

I'm also a "bring/brang/brung" guy.

Is this only a Midwest thing?

Midwest thing?  Dude, you're from Kentucky, which is The South, not in any way, shape, or form, the Midwest.
Northern Kentucky is as Southern as Northern Virginia or South Florida.

If someone said Alexandria, Virginia or Boca Raton, Florida was not in any way shape or form Northeastern that would be crazy
+1. Virginia is a completely different state north of Fredericksburg.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: kkt on September 17, 2017, 07:54:04 PM
Quote from: Jardine on September 16, 2017, 02:19:40 PM
I say pled instead of pleaded, and I'd swear until a few years ago EVERYONE else did too, and now I'm the only one . . .

You're not the only one.  AP style is wrong about a lot of things.  Don't get me started on the penultimate comma.



Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: vdeane on September 18, 2017, 01:09:54 PM
The Oxford Comma is quite necessary.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/adamdavis/the-oxford-comma-is-extremely-important-and-everyone-should?utm_term=.ebyYYNmD0#.bjAqqK6MA
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: jakeroot on September 18, 2017, 01:30:10 PM
Quote from: vdeane on September 18, 2017, 01:09:54 PM
The Oxford Comma is quite necessary.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/adamdavis/the-oxford-comma-is-extremely-important-and-everyone-should?utm_term=.ebyYYNmD0#.bjAqqK6MA

I didn't realize that people didn't put a comma before "and". I've always done this. Of course, I always put punctuation marks outside of quotes (when at the end of a sentence), rather than inside the quotes. Not sure when I started picking up British writing styles.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: ColossalBlocks on September 18, 2017, 01:49:45 PM
Those who say 'buyed' instead of 'bought' shall be convicted of treason of the highest order in Alanland.

Those convicted of treason shall be sentenced to death. The execution is tonight, with Noelbotevera, Max R., and myself being the executioners.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: jakeroot on September 18, 2017, 01:55:41 PM
Quote from: ColossalBlocks on September 18, 2017, 01:49:45 PM
Those who say 'buyed' instead of 'bought' shall be convicted of treason of the highest order in Alanland.

What about those who've said it accidentally? I admitted as much in the third post. Apparently everyone else is fuckin' perfect.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: JJBers on September 18, 2017, 02:21:19 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on September 18, 2017, 01:55:41 PM
Quote from: ColossalBlocks on September 18, 2017, 01:49:45 PM
Those who say 'buyed' instead of 'bought' shall be convicted of treason of the highest order in Alanland.

What about those who've said it accidentally? I admitted as much in the third post. Apparently everyone else is fuckin' perfect.
5 years community service at Alanland National Industrial Park
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: triplemultiplex on September 18, 2017, 02:22:27 PM
Quote from: ParrDa on September 16, 2017, 09:24:19 PM
Another midwest thing that bugs me: "I seen" instead of "I saw"

And in the Northeast, it's "I sawr".
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: Brandon on September 18, 2017, 02:32:24 PM
Quote from: triplemultiplex on September 18, 2017, 02:22:27 PM
Quote from: ParrDa on September 16, 2017, 09:24:19 PM
Another midwest thing that bugs me: "I seen" instead of "I saw"

And in the Northeast, it's "I sawr".

While dropping the "r" everywhere else.

Please, pak the cah.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: jakeroot on September 18, 2017, 02:52:14 PM
Quote from: Brandon on September 18, 2017, 02:32:24 PM
Quote from: triplemultiplex on September 18, 2017, 02:22:27 PM
Quote from: ParrDa on September 16, 2017, 09:24:19 PM
Another midwest thing that bugs me: "I seen" instead of "I saw"

And in the Northeast, it's "I sawr".

While dropping the "r" everywhere else.

Please, pak the cah.

Intrusive "R" versus non-rhotic "R". English really is a lovely language.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: cjk374 on September 18, 2017, 04:43:48 PM
I love speaking my southern English to non-southern people. I found out years ago that I say things that actually need explanation. I said to some folks, "I'm fixin' to go to the coke machine & get a coke. Y'all want one?" I had hell trying to figure out a way to explain "fixin' to" because I have said it all my life, then came the discussion about coke/soda/pop.

Ain't English awesome?
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: US 81 on September 18, 2017, 05:06:43 PM
I worked with someone from rural Michigan who said "buyed" more often than "bought" and who also frequently said "I seen" rather than "I saw."

I wondered if it was regional, or if it was an affectation....




Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: GaryV on September 18, 2017, 05:10:53 PM
Quote from: US 81 on September 18, 2017, 05:06:43 PM
I worked with someone from rural Michigan who said "buyed" more often than "bought" and who also frequently said "I seen" rather than "I saw."

I wondered if it was regional, or if it was an affectation....
Or an individual.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: jakeroot on September 18, 2017, 05:36:41 PM
Quote from: US 81 on September 18, 2017, 05:06:43 PM
I worked with someone from rural Michigan who...frequently said "I seen" rather than "I saw."

I wondered if it was regional, or if it was an affectation....

Were they African American? In my experience, "I seen" is a common "ebonic" variation of "I saw". Not the case in the South, where whites and blacks seem to share many of the same linguistic characteristics, but perhaps in Michigan. Not sure how strong the Michigan accent is among the white population up there.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: US 81 on September 19, 2017, 04:53:59 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on September 18, 2017, 05:36:41 PM
Quote from: US 81 on September 18, 2017, 05:06:43 PM
I worked with someone from rural Michigan who...frequently said "I seen" rather than "I saw."

I wondered if it was regional, or if it was an affectation....

Were they African American? In my experience, "I seen" is a common "ebonic" variation of "I saw". Not the case in the South, where whites and blacks seem to share many of the same linguistic characteristics, but perhaps in Michigan. Not sure how strong the Michigan accent is among the white population up there.

No, he was white/Caucasian. 
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: jakeroot on September 19, 2017, 06:25:56 PM
Quote from: US 81 on September 19, 2017, 04:53:59 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on September 18, 2017, 05:36:41 PM
Quote from: US 81 on September 18, 2017, 05:06:43 PM
I worked with someone from rural Michigan who...frequently said "I seen" rather than "I saw."

I wondered if it was regional, or if it was an affectation....

Were they African American? In my experience, "I seen" is a common "ebonic" variation of "I saw". Not the case in the South, where whites and blacks seem to share many of the same linguistic characteristics, but perhaps in Michigan. Not sure how strong the Michigan accent is among the white population up there.

No, he was white/Caucasian.

Hmmm. Did he have a speech impediment? (i.e. did he cock up other words too? Other than the aforementioned use of "buyed").
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: US 81 on September 20, 2017, 05:57:06 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on September 19, 2017, 06:25:56 PM
Quote from: US 81 on September 19, 2017, 04:53:59 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on September 18, 2017, 05:36:41 PM
Quote from: US 81 on September 18, 2017, 05:06:43 PM
I worked with someone from rural Michigan who...frequently said "I seen" rather than "I saw."

I wondered if it was regional, or if it was an affectation....

Were they African American? In my experience, "I seen" is a common "ebonic" variation of "I saw". Not the case in the South, where whites and blacks seem to share many of the same linguistic characteristics, but perhaps in Michigan. Not sure how strong the Michigan accent is among the white population up there.

No, he was white/Caucasian.

Hmmm. Did he have a speech impediment? (i.e. did he cock up other words too? Other than the aforementioned use of "buyed").

He did indeed conjugate many words differently than "standard" American English, but it definitely seemed to be usage and not a speech impediment: past tense verbs, usually if not always first-person, both singular and plural.

FWIW, he described himself as having been raised in a very rural area of the UP. (As a Texan who has not yet had the pleasure of visiting, I don't really see any "citified" areas of the UP on the map....)
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: LM117 on September 20, 2017, 07:36:50 AM
I've been through a few states and never once heard anyone say "buyed". Never.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: jakeroot on September 21, 2017, 12:35:18 AM
Quote from: US 81 on September 20, 2017, 05:57:06 AM
Quote from: jakeroot on September 19, 2017, 06:25:56 PM
Quote from: US 81 on September 19, 2017, 04:53:59 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on September 18, 2017, 05:36:41 PM
Quote from: US 81 on September 18, 2017, 05:06:43 PM
I worked with someone from rural Michigan who...frequently said "I seen" rather than "I saw."

I wondered if it was regional, or if it was an affectation....

Were they African American? In my experience, "I seen" is a common "ebonic" variation of "I saw". Not the case in the South, where whites and blacks seem to share many of the same linguistic characteristics, but perhaps in Michigan. Not sure how strong the Michigan accent is among the white population up there.

No, he was white/Caucasian.

Hmmm. Did he have a speech impediment? (i.e. did he cock up other words too? Other than the aforementioned use of "buyed").

He did indeed conjugate many words differently than "standard" American English, but it definitely seemed to be usage and not a speech impediment: past tense verbs, usually if not always first-person, both singular and plural.

FWIW, he described himself as having been raised in a very rural area of the UP. (As a Texan who has not yet had the pleasure of visiting, I don't really see any "citified" areas of the UP on the map....)

Most of the remaining "unique" accents in this country seem to be in areas with little outside contact. I'm sure certain villages in the Upper Peninsula would qualify. A more famous example might be the High Tider (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Tider) accent spoken in some of the isolated coastal North Carolina communities.
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: triplemultiplex on September 21, 2017, 05:25:49 PM
"Buyed" sounds like something a toddler would say.
e.g.
"My daddy buyed a new car!"
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: Brandon on September 21, 2017, 05:39:17 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on September 21, 2017, 12:35:18 AM
Most of the remaining "unique" accents in this country seem to be in areas with little outside contact. I'm sure certain villages in the Upper Peninsula would qualify. A more famous example might be the High Tider (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Tider) accent spoken in some of the isolated coastal North Carolina communities.

Define a "unique" accent.  There are a lot of accents out there, across the US and Canada.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_English
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents
And my accent: http://michigannative.com/ma_home.shtml
Which is a subset of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inland_Northern_American_English
With all stages of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Cities_Vowel_Shift
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: LM117 on September 21, 2017, 06:13:01 PM
Quote from: Brandon on September 21, 2017, 05:39:17 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on September 21, 2017, 12:35:18 AM
Most of the remaining "unique" accents in this country seem to be in areas with little outside contact. I'm sure certain villages in the Upper Peninsula would qualify. A more famous example might be the High Tider (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Tider) accent spoken in some of the isolated coastal North Carolina communities.

Define a "unique" accent.  There are a lot of accents out there, across the US and Canada.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_English
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents
And my accent: http://michigannative.com/ma_home.shtml
Which is a subset of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inland_Northern_American_English
With all stages of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Cities_Vowel_Shift

Having grew up in eastern NC, my accent is the lovechild of Larry the Cable Guy and Foghorn Leghorn. :-D
Title: Re: Do you say "buyed" instead of "bought"?
Post by: jakeroot on September 21, 2017, 06:32:58 PM
Quote from: Brandon on September 21, 2017, 05:39:17 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on September 21, 2017, 12:35:18 AM
Most of the remaining "unique" accents in this country seem to be in areas with little outside contact. I'm sure certain villages in the Upper Peninsula would qualify. A more famous example might be the High Tider (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Tider) accent spoken in some of the isolated coastal North Carolina communities.

Define a "unique" accent.  There are a lot of accents out there, across the US and Canada.

"Unique" meaning "spoken by a very small group of people".