When I first heard this, I thought they were saying "Rlinga Rlinga Rlinga" -- it wasn't until I glanced at the name on the CD that I realized otherwise.
Listen to the audio clip and let me know what you think. It does sound like "rlinga rlinga rlinga" does it not?
Then I wondered, could this be evidence of the R in an intermediary state as it moves from Europe towards Asia, where R's often sound like L's?
Language is fascinating to me. I took a linguistics class once and the professor said you could tell where someone was from in the U.S. based on what words they used, like (among others):- purse vs. pocketbook
- sub vs. hoagie
- water ice vs. slurpee
- bucket vs. pail
- soda vs. pop
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I say purse, sub (really I would just say sandwich), slurpee, bucket, and soda.
However, my brother-in-law says pocketbook all the time. He also says sneakers rather than tennis shoes.
I love linguistics. Unless people call all soda Coke.
"What kind of Coke would you like? Sprite or Pepsi?"
BTW: My husband is from Bangladesh and he can't pronounce a wo sound. Anytime he tries to say wood or woman it sounds more like ood or oman.
It makes me giggle.
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Hmmmm... puse, sub, slurpee, bucket, soda.
Ever seen the soda vs. pop map?
http://tastyresearch.files.wordpress.com/2006/10/popvssodamap.png
i'm also a quasi-linguistics nerd.
my answers:
- purse (although, i usually just call them bags)
- sub (or sandwich)
- slurpee (what is a water ice? that's not what 7-11 calls them...)
- bucket (i don't think i've EVER said pail)
- soda
i've had many discussions like this with my friends. it's so interesting!
I've lived all over the country and often I just listen to what folks are saying and then just adopt the local terminology. It saves alot of time explaining. But in general: pocketbook, sub, slurpee, pail, soda.
And I loved everything about SLumdog. The music, the story, the actors, the dance at the end.
This is so interesting! I should compile a list and add "sneakers" vs. "tennis shoes," etc. I should see if I can dig up my old Linguistics notes.
Part two of this subject is now posted here.
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