Alelou wrote:Yeah, pin and pen pronounced exactly the same is a Southernism. I distinctly remember the spelling test in second grade and Mrs. Barko saying, "pen -- as in something you write with" and "pin -- as in something can hold cloth together with" because nobody could have possibly told the difference otherwise.
IDK I live in the center of the Shenandoah Valley and there are some serious Southern drawls, I don't know anyone there who pronounces pin and pen the same.
My mother and grandmother do, HOWEVER... My grandmother was born in northern Pennsylvania, and my mother was born in western LI NY. So... Maybe its a FLA thing too.