Overheard

Boyfriend: “I didn’t know umbrella was a five syllable word in Detroit.”
Girlfriend: “Duh!”

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21 comments:

  1. Davezilla, 29, July 2007, 17:07 |  
    Davezilla

    For non-Detroiters, that would be “um-ber-ELL-er-uh”.
    :dead:

     
  2. Travis, 29, July 2007, 17:49 |  

    Being a Michigander( Port Huron) who lives in the South this doesn’t surprise me. It made me think of how they say calculator down here: cuck-a-lay-ter

     
  3. Travis, 29, July 2007, 17:50 |  

    Being a Michigander( Port Huron) who lives in the South this doesn’t surprise me. It made me think of how they say calculator down here: cuck-a-lay-ter

     
  4. Spud, 29, July 2007, 18:36 |  

    As opposed to the Oz 3 syllable version …’Um brell La’?

    kthxbye…

    :wtf:

     
  5. TaterSalad, 29, July 2007, 19:12 |  

    Yeah I have a responce; DUH What??? :wtf:

     
  6. sledge, 29, July 2007, 20:25 |  

    ga-ho-wahan ril-ly

     
  7. svnnhbanana, 29, July 2007, 21:21 |  

    I DON’T GET IT!!

     
  8. StevieC, 29, July 2007, 21:29 |  
    StevieC

    “Ass-ter-id”

     
  9. misterarthur, 29, July 2007, 21:42 |  

    Dave, I think you are hanging out with those huffers again. I’ve never heard it pronounced like that in Detroit. (Baltimore pronounces it with the accent on the first of three syllables: UMbrella)

     
  10. Brad K., 29, July 2007, 22:13 |  

    How droll. In Detroit, the first syllable is always silent. mystolen-um-brell-a. And in Detroit, they count one, two, three, five.

    But why make such a big fuss over something so obvious?

     
  11. chainstay, 29, July 2007, 23:59 |  

    When in Idaho You go acrosst the street to warsh your laundry. You might even discus nuclr energy at the local liberry while eating your sammich.

     
  12. TaterSalad, 30, July 2007, 1:05 |  

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    me 2 thats why I responded with

    DUH WHAT ??????? :wtf:

     
  13. StevieC, 30, July 2007, 5:44 |  
    StevieC

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    Those extra “r”s that they use to warsh came from Boston. They pahk theih cahs in the bahns in Boston.

     
  14. AnnieB, 30, July 2007, 7:58 |  
    AnnieB

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    Or in the Hahvahd yahd. :P

     
  15. cbatdux, 30, July 2007, 11:40 |  

    Same thing in the South, only slower….

    Chris is “Ka-ree-iss”

     
  16. Sweet T, 31, July 2007, 11:18 |  

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    Ditto !

     
  17. Sweet T, 31, July 2007, 11:18 |  

    Ditto !

     
  18. Meagan, 31, July 2007, 16:11 |  
    Meagan

    I think we need to speak slower for some people here. It. Is. About. Regional. Dialect. Eh? (That’s Canadian, BTW) :roll:

     
  19. Astryd, 1, August 2007, 10:26 |  

    Pos, is bean nice to meechu all.
    Now get down off the car and come eat some hoatcays wit sir up.
    Vieja, we gots company, mae some ponch to drink mientras we wai for the pancays.

    :D It’s a nice round firm one too! (insert booty shaking icon here)

     
  20. StevieC, 1, August 2007, 12:57 |  
    StevieC

    You need to post it as your avatar. :twisted:

     
  21. Youre Welcome, 1, August 2007, 15:15 |  
    Youre Welcome

    They can’t drive up there either.
    Like cavemen for Christ’s sake.