While shopping at Macy's this past weekend, I sat in the shoe department near some lovely older ladies for a while, and had the privilege of hearing them talking. First of all, they were great. Very friendly, which I appreciated.
Second of all, they were full of Yorkisms, which I loved!
In one case, they were talking about shirt sizes, and one woman told the other, "You don't want that! It's an extra-large!"
Now, here's your two-part pop quiz. First, how did this awesome York County woman pronounce "extra," and second, what is the most famous example of that same type of pronunciation with another word?
I'll give you a hint: I doctored the image below, but if I hadn't, you'd see it!
I'm gonna guess she said "eggstra" and would that be an "eggstravganza?"
I'm betting she said 'extry.' And I'd have guessed that without the visual aid of the Grand Old Opry, it's how my grandmother pronounces it. LOL
I'll go with "extry" as in Grand Ol'Opry!