How do you pronounce "water"?

[eplebnista]

wah-tur

 

[TheVrolok]

I dated a girl from Pennsylvania, she pronounced it "Woo-ter." That was the weirdest damn thing.

It's a southeast PA/Philly thing... not the Commonwealth at large. I say "wah-ter" unless I'm around Philly friends when I'll jokingly use "woo-ter."

 

[ChaoZ]

war-ter

 

[nageov3t]

wha-ta

I don't have an accent at all for the most part, but my Jersey really shines through when I say water of coffee.

 

[CKent]

You guys ever been to the mid east? WOOTER!

I think you meant midwest. Mid east is more like "ALLAH AKHBAR!! I KILL YOU SO HARD YOU DIE FROM IT!!"

 

[Ika]

for some reason philly began to infect me this past year, I've been saying "woor-ter" lately. My entire life I've said "wah-der".

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

I think you meant midwest. Mid east is more like "ALLAH AKHBAR!! I KILL YOU SO HARD YOU DIE FROM IT!!"

Maybe he meant PA area, which isn't quite east coast but isn't really central either.

 

[2Xtreme21]

It's a southeast PA/Philly thing... not the Commonwealth at large. I say "wah-ter" unless I'm around Philly friends when I'll jokingly use "woo-ter."

This. The Philly area has a lot of retarded pronunciations.

Though this coming from a person who speaks Pittsburghese like it's his job.

(I don't say "warsh" though for wash like many other people do around here).

 

[SoulAssassin]

wudder

<-south jersey native

 

[oppie1]

like every other person in my area says it...

woo-der

 

[destrekor]

This. The Philly area has a lot of retarded pronunciations.

Though this coming from a person who speaks Pittsburghese like it's his job.

(I don't say "warsh" though for wash like many other people do around here).

Oh? That's a Pittsburgh thing too?
I wonder if it's more a thing of our area of the Appalachia region. I have family that live in Southern Ohio that do the "warsh" thing.
And when I went to Gettysburg a month or so ago, the tour guide said "Warshington". I cocked my head and thought "ohthatsob".

Many accents annoy me, but that one little "trait" of adding an R like that, irritates me like no other.
Speaking of accents, that Southern-drawl is actually one of my favorite accents. This coming from a guy who has no accent. (the US media accent).

 

[Saint Nick]

I have heard a few people call it wuh-ter (like woof without the "f").

 

[bobeedee]

watta = Boston Accent

 

[guyver01]

agua

 

[Cable God]

I hear some say it as wawdah.

 

[Sealy]

and you know my name is Simon, and I like to do drawerings....

 

[Schadenfroh]

wad-err

<- Thick southern accent

 

[Newbian]

H2o

 

[SandEagle]

pani

 

[zinfamous]

OP, how do you pronounce Worcester? (MA)

 

[zinfamous]

I hear some say it as wawdah.

I navigate my shrimpin' boat on the wawdah.

 

[silverpig]

water

Not like them brits who call it "wa uh"

 

[TheVrolok]

Maybe he meant PA area, which isn't quite east coast but isn't really central either.

PA is Mid-Atlantic.

This. The Philly area has a lot of retarded pronunciations.

Though this coming from a person who speaks Pittsburghese like it's his job.

(I don't say "warsh" though for wash like many other people do around here).

Oh man.. Pittsburgh's accent is sooo much worse than Philly's. It's like "urban-redneck."