Both of those pronunciations are pretty common throughout Appalachia, and aren’t “wrong” so much as they are different. I’d imagine that it bothers you so much because you’ve internalized messaging that tells you that broad Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern accents are “correct,” and deviation from that is somewhere between nonstandard (northern working class accents like stereotypical Boston and New York accents) and ignorant (southern working class accents like Appalachian, Southern, and African American accents).

I’m from Southern West Virginia, and grew up ashamed of my accent. I thought it made me and everyone I knew sound like a dumbfuck hillbilly, so I managed to successfully shed it. Now I really like the regional variation everyone brings to their speech. I legit love hearing people from different parts of the country talk. Makes me wish I still had my accent.

Stop shaming your mom. There’s not going to be a test later or anything, and, honestly, if somebody wants to judge you for being working class, they’ll find a way to do it no matter how you speak.

How does one say "of" without its sounding like "ov"?

>Is my mom weird? Is Carrick weird? (yes)

Love it.

To be fair, I've come to embrace Pittsburghese. I tried to push it away when I was younger. I went through a phase where I thought I was superior. Now I'm in a phase where I appreciate its authenticity. It's delightfully distinct. There are times when I'm glad that I can tone it down, particularly when engaging with non-native Pittsburghers. Lately though, I find myself wishing that I could also lay it on think like some of my family.

In the South, you hear “ru-int”, as “This machine don’t work no more. It’s ruint.” Not sure if that’s better or worse.

You went to college. That's when it all became clear to me.

Its immersion. As an area before the internet, your contact and conversation came from locals with the same dialect. It was almost impossible to escape falling into that pronounciation/dialect.

I think what is happening to the Yinzer dialect is also happening to many other regional dialects. Morphing into a central dialect.

proper pronunciation

You can take the baby out of the burgh but can’t take the burgh out of the baby

When I first moved to Pittsburgh and heard (what I now know is) a Yinzer accent, I didn't know what it was. I thought it was more of a hillbilly accent and that the person was from West Virginia (not sure why, because I've never met anyone from West Virginia).

Ha! My chorus teacher in high school always complained about how people said giant eagle they would say it like Gian iggle.

i’d cringe every time i heard “ruining” being pronounced like “coin” but with a “r,” so i can’t blame you for being bothered by that. my uncle has a heavy pittsburgh accent, to the point where i can’t decipher what he says at times, but he doesn’t pronounce it like that.

the way she pronounces “of” seems normal to me. however, i saw that you said it is more of an “awv” sound and now i can’t stop think thinking it is pronounced with a british accent.

anyways, i do think it is weird to be bothered by a lot of this. i went to pitt main, and not many people who go to pitt are born and raised in the inner city, with family who never left the historic neighborhoods (aka heavy accents), and when they would make a point over how i spoke or what i said, i would feel embarrassed. then, i’d get pissed off thinking about how they aren’t even locals and telling a local how to speak (this is petty and i’m aware). if you understand what i’m saying, why does it matter if i pronounce the way i was taught? unless she’s asking you to help her pronounce it another way or the way she does is blatantly wrong, why bother trying to change it?

i don’t think this is pittsburgh related, but i pronounce pattern like “pat-ter-in.” it is supposed to be pronounced like “pat-tern,” yet no one tries to correct me because who cares?

i’m also curious as to why you are trying to “recover” from your accent? i’m assuming you teach in the city or one of the suburbs, so what is the point of “recovering?” i’m genuinely curious and not trying to be snarky here.

It is ‘ov’ is it not???

How do you say “rural” and “crayon”. We moved from east of Monroeville to Southern New Jersey as I was starting 6th grade. Talk about a culture shock! For college and through my 30’s lived in MD near Frederick. Learned more regional differences. Now I’m back in WV near Pittsburgh. Full circle. Needless to say my family says I have a unique way of saying words!

People have different dialects in different places. Theres no right or wrong way to say things. Your approach towards your mother is somewhat bigoted.

From what it seems like, Pittsburghese isn't as popular anymore. Almost dead even. So, just let it happen. Seems pretty charming.

Because you are embarrassed of your parents. And ungrateful.