I had never heard of Robertson heads either until the reference here a week
or so ago (thank you List)
But on the other hand, if I am unsure whether someone is of US or Canadian
origin, I make sure to listen for the magic word "aboot" which in my
experience is a clincher. I had no idea that it was a 'feature' known-about
in Tennessee, and of course it doesn't mean that every Candian pronounces it
that way, but everyone that I have come across who does pronounce it that
way *has* turned out to be Canadian.
--
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Garth Wood
Sent: 30 November 2004 20:37
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Philips; cross-point; posi-drive; Robertson
--snip
> I never heard of a Robertson fastener until this all got started.
> Must be a closely-kept secret of the Frozen North. I mean, the folks up
> there tend to call a house a hoose and pronounce "about" like one of
> those things I wear one per foot when I go hoofing it off road. No
> telling what they call a good screw.
--snip
I'm not sure where the mispronunciation B.S. comes from -- I've never
pronounced "house" like anything else than "howse" or "about" like anything
else but "abowt," and I was born and raised in Central Canada (but now live
in the West, Thank God Almighty ;-) ). I've never *heard* them pronounced
any differently, either, 'cept when our friends to the South claim we do.
My suspicion is that there's an enclave of Cape Bretoner/Newfoundlander
types that interact with the denizens of New England and produce the, uh,
interesting pronunciations in question.
--snip
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