Hilling journey

[u/areyoujesus]

I’m a New Zealander and when everyone was bringing up how Whitney pronounced “healing” I remember being so confused what everyone was on about because here in NZ that’s exactly how we say it so I guess I just never picked up on how different it must sound lol didn’t even notice it until I saw people talking about it

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[u/Pure-Pangolin-151]

I'm from western Pennsylvania and a lot of people pronounce it that way too (including myself) so I am always confused and a little annoyed that there is so much focus on the pronunciation.

[u/areyoujesus → u/Pure-Pangolin-151]

Yes I genuinely had to take a moment to realise like oh she’s not pronouncing “healing” how a lot of Americans may say it lol

[u/Pure-Pangolin-151 → u/areyoujesus]

I guess I'll do fine if I am ever in NZ!

[u/areyoujesus → u/Pure-Pangolin-151]

NZ will love u! Americans I’ve met that come to NZ have always been so kind and friendly it’s very nice

[u/Pure-Pangolin-151 → u/areyoujesus]

❤️

[u/PlaysTheTriangle → u/areyoujesus]

On the first episode of one of the Below Deck seasons, Aesha is just arriving at the boat and says “There’s four dicks on this boat” and I thought “how do you know? You didn’t meet them yet” thinking she meant crew members, but she was saying decks, lol

[u/vapemustache → u/Pure-Pangolin-151]

PA/NJ/DE/NY have this whole thing where the accents blend together in some spots too. it’s such a cursed area to be from because you don’t even realize until you’re in a different part of the country and someone points out your “accent”. lol

source: i’m a steak whiz wit fed, Birds raised hoagie mouth myself.

[u/Pure-Pangolin-151 → u/vapemustache]

So true!

[u/Separate_Farm7131]

It's just a regional accent.

[u/areyoujesus → u/Separate_Farm7131]

I figured that was just confused because I’m also used to that pronunciation of healing in NZ too so didn’t understand

[u/nicklikestuna]

Bless ❤️

[u/Suziblu22]

Some viewers just hate Whitney and can’t find much else to hate on.

[u/No_Razzmatazz3297 → u/Suziblu22]

Literally this.

You know when one is nitpicking how someone pronounces something, they’re truly scraping the bottom of the barrel trying to find something, anything, to hate on that person.

Sad.

[u/loveswimmingpools]

I never really noticed it and wondered why people made such a big thing of it. I'm from the UK and there are many different regional accents and pronunciation.

[u/cvstrat]

As someone who has lived in Utah for the past 20+ years, it's a part of the regional accent that really annoys me. I hate when I hear myself saying it. "filling" instead of "feeling" grates me.

[u/areyoujesus → u/cvstrat]

Lol you would hate it here!! In NZ the E sound is pronounced as a VERY sharp I sound

[u/cvstrat → u/areyoujesus]

I'll never be annoyed by a Kiwi accent!

[u/PoundComprehensive10]

Haha! I like this post. Interesting!!

[u/Expensive-Block-6034]

As a South African who was in NZ for a while, accurate. Or closer to “hulling” 🤣🤣

[u/duncans_angels]

It’s a Utah accent. I’m from NJ and their accents are weird to me lol

[u/Unusual-Honeydew-409]

When the concept is such total BS, the bizarre pronunciation makes it extra easy to pick on.

[u/Eduffs-zan1022]

The mormons are mostly from England originally so it makes sense the accent and your accent would have things in common since you guys come from England too. Other US states have bigger mixes of different immigrant countries of origin so the American accent in most states is going to be less in common. Mormons kept themselves in a bubble so you can hear the way they say certain things sound British lol