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Open the winda. Eat your potatas. Yella paint. Do you know anyone that speaks like this?

By MusicalChef Asked Oct 16 2009 12:41AM
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by JulesB on Nov 18, 2009 at 3:29 pm Permalink

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Yes I do. She's from Jasper, Alabama, and it's PA-tatas,not PO-tatas. She also taught me that I had been saying wondow and pillow wrong my whole life. Apparently, the correct pronunciation is winda and pilla! I miss that girl and her fella!
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by Sid on Oct 16, 2009 at 1:58 am Permalink

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Yes, almost. We say winda and yella in my area (North-East of Scotland), but not potata.
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by Dibley on Oct 16, 2009 at 1:55 am Permalink

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Probably some cockney.
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by Thriftymaid on Oct 16, 2009 at 1:13 am Permalink

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Yes, I'm from the southeast.
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