Re: YAEPT (was Re: French)

Paul Kershaw wrote:
>
>> From: Phillip Driscoll:
>> When I was a teenager around 1970, I noticed that
>> everyone here in southeastern Michigan pronounced
> ...
>> switched to ['aiDr=]. In fact, I can't remember
>> the last time I heard someone else say ['iDr=].
>> But I don't know any teenagers around here. I
>> wonder how they say it.
>> --Ph. D.
>
> I'm 40, live in Oakland County (that's southeastern
> Michigan), have lived in Michigan all but my first 18
> months, and not only do I say EE-ther, but I interpret
> AYE-ther as rather pretentious. I can't remember the
> last time a local said AYE-ther, although I'd expect
> it's more common in the Ann Arbor area... is that
> where you are?
I'm about 20 miles southwest of Ann Arbor, 50 miles
west of Detroit on US-12 (Michigan Avenue). I
recently started a job in Novi (which is in southwestern
Oakland county). I'll have to check how my coworkers
pronounce "either." (My boss says AYE-ther, but she
grew up in Michigan's upper peninsula.)

--Ph. D.

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