You're A True Ohioan If You Can Pronounce These 9 Words The Right Way

Here in Ohio, we tend to pronounce words the way we want to pronounce them—even if that means we add letters that don’t technically belong. If you’ve lived in the Buckeye State long enough, you’ve likely developed this one-of-a-kind language overtime without even noticing it. The following are 9 words Ohioans pronounce in a unique way. See which ones you say and let us know what others should be added to the list:

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We don't simply say "Ohio." The sudden and occasional "O-H" simply means we're waiting on an "I-O" reply.

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We know that "soda" is really just a fancy way of saying "pop." You're not fooling us.

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"Tennis shoes" doesn't necessarily refer to shoes for playing tennis. This term refers to all sneakers and athletic footwear.

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It's simply how we cheer.

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"Warsh" is just "wash" with style.

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It's all the same.

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"JC Penney’s", "Kroger’s" and "Meijer’s" are exactly what you think they are. We just like to make them possessive.

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"Sweeper" refers to a vacuum cleaner. Don’t act so confused. If you tell us to get out the "vacuum cleaner" we'll just marvel at your use of what we consider to be its fancy, scientific name.

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"The boot" refers to the trunk of a car—but that doesn’t mean we’re claiming we’re European or anything.

Do you pronounce these words the Ohio way? What others would you add to this list? Let us know!

For more strange Ohioan habits, check out our previous article: 12 Extremely Weird Things Only People From Ohio Do.