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Jackie, you're absolutely correct. I wasn't meaning potyto/potahto, but rather things such as "Up the hill over there" instead of "Up 'at hill o'er yonder ways" *I like correct grammar too* :o)
To tell the truth, I don't mind accents. I absolutely adore the English accent, but I really don't like the southern accent, just because of what some people associate with it.
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I was in a discussion today with three other people, all Brits and all from different regions of the country. We were discussing auctions, and I couldn't help noticing that although they had wildly different pronunciations for a lot of words, the word "auction" was always pronouned "orkshun". Moi, being a Zildian, I pronounce it "okshun".
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...the word "auction" was always pronouned "orkshun". Moi, being a Zildian, I pronounce it "okshun".I pronounce it more like "awekshun". If someone said "orkshun" to me, I would expect to be bidding on Robin Williams! 
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i say aukshun too-- at least i think i do..
but i have heard a wild r slip in..
adding r willy nilly to words is rather common in NY-- but of course i never can think of any, since i just tune them out.. but any one who ever watched Carroll O'Connor do Archie Bunker would have heard his dead on NY turlet
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auk-shn here. I deliberately left out the u. It really doesn't register when we say the word and the stress is totally on AUK
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but i have heard a wild r slip in.. Gene burgled your house? (Yeah, I know, Q & A oughta (ortta?) be kept for serious word posts, but right now I think we could do with all the laughs we can get.)
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auk-shn here. I deliberately left out the u. It really doesn't register when we say the word and the stress is totally on AUK
That's pretty close to how we say it here in Dutchy-land, except that the first syllable is more like OCK. OCK-shn.
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