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unsavedtrash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 03:36 AM Original message |
Quiz thingy: What kind of American English do you speak? |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 03:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. Hmmmm... |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. the dixie part comes from -y'all- and -coke- answers, I am sure. |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. It has to be more than that |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 03:49 AM Response to Original message |
3. He doesn't have us in there. |
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ogradda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 03:52 AM Response to Original message |
4. Hmmmm.. |
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unsavedtrash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 03:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I was trying to figure that out too. Hot dish or casserole? |
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ogradda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 03:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. It's a casserole. Dammit. |
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unsavedtrash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 04:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. here in Alabama, it is a casserole and it is coke not soda |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 03:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I'm thinking upper Great Lakes area... |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 04:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Yep. Grew up mostly in that area. |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 04:23 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Me too.. |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 04:30 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. they still use "eh" in the UP. |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 04:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. It's beautiful up there |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 04:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Not really but I have always planned to. |
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BlondieK143 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 03:58 AM Response to Original message |
8. Here's mine |
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ogradda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 04:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Dixie is southern right? |
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BlondieK143 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 04:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I think so. |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 04:08 AM Response to Original message |
11. Mine |
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Huckebein the Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 04:15 AM Response to Original message |
12. My results: |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 04:23 AM Response to Original message |
15. Mine |
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SmileyBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 04:40 AM Response to Original message |
19. 60 percent General American?? |
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crimson333 (760 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 04:44 AM Response to Original message |
20. mine and you can tell i grew up all over the world |
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tsakshaug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 04:50 AM Response to Original message |
22. me |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 05:56 AM Response to Original message |
23. My results are weird, y'all. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 06:00 AM Response to Original message |
24. This Is What I Got |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
25. I speak N'awlins/Brooklynese/Creole |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
26. My profile: |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
27. 45%-General American, 40%-Dixie and 15%-Yankee |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
28. For what it's worth.... |
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progmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
29. interesting! |
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FlyByNight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
30. 40% Gen. American English; 40% Yankee; 10% Upper... |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
31. Hmm. |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
32. I'm a mutt... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
34. here's mine |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
35. Me... |
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mohinoaklawnillinois (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
36. Here's mine: |
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hickman1937 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
37. 65% General American English |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
38. here is mine |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
39. 70 % General, 25 %Upper Midwestern, 5% Midwestern |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
40. hard to believe |
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JimmyJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
41. I've never lived in a midwestern state - I wonder what question that |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
42. 80% general, 15%Upper Midwest, 5%Yankee |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
43. 30% Yankee??!! |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
44. That's scary... |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-03-05 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
45. 70% General; 15% Dixie; 10% Yankee; 5% Upper Midwestern... |
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