Here is an interesting chart of regional speech differences, and it addresses (but does not really answer) why some of my friends mispronounce the word mischievous (which they frequently apply to me). My friend Squire consistently said, "Mis-cheeve-ee-us," which I found quite odd but he is not alone...
And at my law school in NJ people called spigots "spickets," which I also found very odd. I found this out in my quest for hot tea - there was a plot to withhold caffeine from the evening students, who obviously needed it (especially when taking Property).
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