Holy SH*T, anyone have any idear how big that OHIO crowd is??

[Proud2BAmurkin]

?

[Kierkegaard]

1. You mean that Ohio crowd with those people in it?

[Captain Lance Bass]

2. bigger dena breadbox :-)

[jefferson_dem]

3. 50,000 maybe? Why does he put that "r" on there anyway?

[dylansilver]

5. *

I'm glad I'm not the only one curious about the extra 'eeer'.

[Zen Democrat]

6. For the same reason John Kennedy said "Cuba(r)"

It's called a Boston accent.

[jefferson_dem]

10. Noticed Dean is also supportive of the "r".

Must be a N.E. thing. No offense intended friends.

[stranger_with_candy]

7. because he's from MA

[MassLiberal]

33. ayuh

peet-zer and bee-ah (pizza and beer)

[stranger_with_candy]

34. that sounds good

i'm hungry

[JusticeForAll]

9. It's part of his New England dialect

I am surprised he has never "corrected" it (not that it needs "correcting").

Idea=Idear
window=winder

I am trying to recall other words that he "might" say differently. I'm no linguist..but I bet there are a few on here.

[Anaxamander]

15. Funny, because us Southerners do the same thing

With the extra "R"s. Idear, winder, etc.

[Danmel]

21. Florider, Jamaicer

My father in law talks like that and he's from the Bronx. Go figure.......

[Proud liberal Kat]

11. New England accent n/t

[miamimama]

13. I'm originally from Boston but have lived in Miami

for 30 years - and I still talk like that. What's wrong with you folks? You all sound funny to me.

[Pirate Smile]

12. I think it must be a New England thing. Dean does it too.

[DoYouEverWonder]

14. New Yorkers do it too

I thought the word 'idea' was spelled with a 'r' at the end until I was almost 18 yrs. old.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

23. Noo Yawkahs sound like Bostonians with different vowels

I worked with a bunch of Californians who couldn't tell my accent from a coworker from Manhattan (by way of Staten Island).

[CrispyQ]

17. I worked for a man from Boston once &

he spent his holidays in Bocer Raton.

[Comicstripper]

28. It's a Massachusetts thing

Kennedy said "Cuber" instead of Cuba, Kerry says "Idear."
I think it's charming.

[XanaDUer]

4. Thousands and thousands

It's beautiful!

[pnorman]

8. Any link to that crowd photo?

n/t

pnorman

[LSK]

19. there are pics in another thread here

[jefferson_dem]

22. Link here for PICS

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1263630

[LSK]

25. more here!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=1263178#1263654

[RevCheesehead]

24. Would you settle for Madison, WI?

[Proud2BAmurkin]

29. damn.

.

[Davis_X_Machina]

16. English comes in two varieties...

...rhotic, and non-rhotic.

New England dialect is non-rhotic.

[realcountrymusic]

27. William Labov

it's about class as well as region

Labov used to refer to "r-less" and "r-full" English

rcm

[DemBones DemBones]

37. Interesting. . . I had never known there was a term for this but it is

rather widespread.

My mother was a non-rhotic speaker (she had idears about Cuber) and I've never understood why, since she spent her first 14 years in Georgia (which she pronounced Jaw-jah.)

Howevah, her mothah was from Massachusetts. ;-)

[tyedyeto]

18. 50,000

or more. I couldn't believe it when I first saw the camera panned shot of the crowd.

[edbermac]

20. I have an IDEAR that Kerry will be going to WARshington soon...

People have funny ways of saying words...though I remember as a kid seeing an ad for a Grand Prix automobile and you can imagine I did not pronounce it as " Grand Pree"...took me a while to figure out why my mother was so mad...

[Sugarbleus]

35. Right you ahh

Lovin it all here in Cali. I can't believe it...only a FEW MORE HOURS TIL WE VOTE??? It seemed like this day would never come.

Change is ON THE WAY!!

Go John/John!!

[tsuki]

26. No,

but I believe.

[phish420]

30. I heard 80-100,000...but really no idear...

...lol

[OhioChick]

31. CSpan

Said the crowd numbered approximately 60,000, but it looked like far more to me!

[Proud2BAmurkin]

32. they were FIRED UP alright

.

[fishwax]

38. I thought it was more too

I only saw it for a minute, but it was great to see that crowd.

[TankLV]

36. "Hundreds"!

according to all our whore media!