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5th Dec 2021, 11:52 PM
	Break-In Master Member since Dec 2013 250 Points	Twistin wrote: Break-In Master wrote: There's certain American dialects that add an R at the end of a word, too. "Pizzer" (instead of pizza), "Winder" (Instead of window). It's mostly those from the south that say it that way. In the case of "extraordinary', most people pronounce it "extrordinary" but, actually, each pronunciation has a slightly different meaning. The above example means: odd, bizarre, amazing, etc.. But, to say it, "extraordinary" means: to go the extra steps, to be something special, wonderful or, again, amazing. In the South I live in (Carolinas), I've never heard "pizzer", but I remember hearing "winder" like when I was a kid, but even then, it was rare, mostly by folks whose roots were in the mountains. Regarding the "axe" / ask used by blacks, I've heard that all my life. Listen to "The Young Folks" by the Jackson 5 (from the "ABC" album, + b-side of the "ABC" 45) and even Michael sings the line, "We "axe" you why..." in the second verse. Yeah, now that you mention it, it IS probably more a mountain or mid-western thing like people from Arkansas. I was never a fan of that flip side so, I really don't even recall how the song goes but, I can kinda see a little kid, as he was, back then (same age as me, 12 years old), using that word but, has he used it since he grew up? I mean, you'd kinda have to be living in a cave or under a rock NOT to have known, by that age, that it's not pronounced that way and should've corrected yourself, by then. I'm pretty sure, for example, that I used to say, "nucular" instead of, "nuclear" but, I eventually discovered that was wrong and have since corrected myself.