"Oyshter"??

"Goomba38" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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A local radio commercial for a oyster bar
pronounces oyster as "Oyshter", and shrimp is
pronounced as "shwimp". It is very annoying. We've
been making fun of this for years and someone
tried telling me that this is a regional
pronunciation in New Orleans? Any one know?

The local radio cooking show host who is from Mississippi pronounces says
"shwimp" and "shwred." Maybe it's a southern thing but I find it annoying.

Quoted message said:

oyster as "Oyshter", and shrimp is
pronounced as "shwimp". It is very annoying. We've
been making fun of this for years and someone
tried telling me that this is a regional
pronunciation in New Orleans?

On Bourbon Street in February? Could well be!

Goomba38 said:

A local radio commercial for a oyster bar pronounces oyster as
"Oyshter", and shrimp is pronounced as "shwimp". It is very annoying.
We've been making fun of this for years and someone tried telling me
that this is a regional pronunciation in New Orleans? Any one know?

I have read of a Cajun accent saying arster and shramps.

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