pineapple wrote:
I say them differently. I kind of have a mashup accent. My friend from Seattle says them the same. My name is Emily and she pronounces it "Immily". However, I don't know whether this is a standard Seattle accent or just her.
I too am from San Francisco and pronounce them differently
When I did the accent test, it scored me with a Western accent, and then showed a geographical map... and it included WA state, so I don't know. Was your friend born and raised in Seattle, or did she move there from somewhere else? I travel to Seattle every year and haven't yet noticed them saying those words the same, but I could also not be aware.
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