On Ocracoke Island, the only American dialect that is not identified as American

Re:On Ocracoke Island, the only American dialect that is not... by seanmcdirmid on Monday June 24, 2019 @10:49PM (#20270760)

Is that really a thing? I’m as native as one gets (3rd generation, dad is from Walla Walla and grandpa is from Colville), and I’ve never noticed that bag/beg thing. If anything, it might just be a Seattle quirk, or maybe west of the mountains.

I did have a hard time in the Deep South, especially the way they would say things like ve-hi-cle and such.

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Re:On Ocracoke Island, the only American dialect that is not... by sudosteph on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @04:12AM (#20272075)

I know someone from the Aberdeen area who says it that way, and I swear I've heard people in Spokane do it too, so it's not just Seattle at least. Though it's very possible the Spokane people weren't native to Spokane, I didn't ask.

My question for you, is do you notice it when eastern WA people say it? Does it stand out to your ear? If not it's possible that you're just used to hearing it either way and not attuned to the difference. I'm like that when people say "pen" and "pin" differently, I can't hear a difference at all. But the "bag" thing stands out a lot since it's different to me.

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Re:On Ocracoke Island, the only American dialect that is not... by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @10:47AM (#20274731)

No, nothing stands out to me at all, it’s all just normal English. My mom is born/raised from Ketchikan, which is about PNW as one can get, and I swear she has no accent either. It’s all very Midwest neutral.

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