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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-10 11:12 AM
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Regional dialect: "potatoes"
"I'm making some baked potatoes".

Do you say "po-tay-da's"?

I do.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-10 11:19 AM
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1. N'Awlins: "potatis salad".
as quoted by John Kennedy Toole in his masterpiece "A Confederacy of Dunces".

One might even cook potatis salad on a "letrit range". :-)
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brendan120678 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-10 11:21 AM
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2. Taters.
Obviously!
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-10 11:27 AM
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3. puhTAYdoes
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Crystal Clarity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-10 11:31 AM
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4. Pa-day-do'h
-My SO's mother. I don't think it's a Maine thing though (I'm not originally from this area). I think it's just her. She's also says 'norf' instead of 'north'... She's a sweet little old lady so with her it's cute :-)
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-10 11:32 AM
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5. Piehole.
:shrug:

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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-10 11:37 AM
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6. Excellent Ptah!!!
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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uncommon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-10 11:39 AM
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7. puh-tay-toes
:shrug:
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-10 11:43 AM
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8. "Taters"
Spuds, mashers, blues (we grow those), bakers, home fries, tots, hash browns.

I usually stick with spuds.

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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-10 12:09 PM
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9. PuhTAYtos, but I have some older relatives who say
baDAYduhs. With MG Jr. in the house, we tend to say "fries".
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-10 08:18 PM
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10. Puh- TAY- tahs. (Pittsburgh accent required.) n/t
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one_voice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-10 08:30 PM
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11. I say..
"taters". I rarely say the whole word.

But if I do, "po-tay-da's" is what I say.
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frogmarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-08-10 08:34 PM
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12. Po tay toes
I just tried saying po tay das. It sounded funny. I liked it.
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MiddleFingerMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-10 01:35 AM
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13. MiddleFingerMomDad, originally from Philly...
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..."buh-DAY-duhs".
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Used to crack us kids up. When he asked us to pass 'em, we pretend
not to hear in order to get him to say it as many times as possible
until he'd catch on and get seriously PISSED!!!!
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:rofl: ... ... ... ... ... ... "Pass the WHAT?" ... ... ... ... ... ... :rofl:
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