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Shopping in Wisconsin? The clerk is likely to ask you if you'd like a "bayg" for your items instead of a "bag."

In most of the country, the word for an individual compartment in a dresser rhymes with the word "bore." But in the New York City area, "drawer" gets shortened to "draw," rhym

In the South, when someone asks you to pass the "all," they're probably asking for "oil." Also depending on where you are, you may hear a one- or two-syllable version ("oi-ull") o

Whether you're pumping it to build up your muscles or using one to press your clothes, you most likely pronounce "iron" with two syllables ("eye-urn"). But, similar to the way they've transformed the word "downtown," Pittsburghers h

In the Pittsburgh area, the "w's" in "downtown" disappear and are replaced by an "ah" sound. So, if a Steelers fan asks you if you want to go "dahntahn," you know they want to head into

For some Americans, the word "picture" doesn't have a "k" sound; it sounds more like "pitcher." There's less of

Having breakfast in the Pacific Northwest? You're likely to hear diners around you pronounce "e

For the majority of us, the word "been" rhymes with "bin," like the ones pictured above. But people in North Central states near Canada would say "ben," like the name.

Most Americans refer to the stuff that comes out of the tap as "wah-ter." But if you were raised in the P

Do you pronounce the letter "h" in words like "huge?" If so, you're among the majority of Americans. But in the Harvard Dialect Survey, a linguistics survey conducted in the early aughts by a team led by Bert Vaux, approximately three percent of respondents—mostly people in the Northeast—noted that they don't pronounce the "h"