Which American dialect are ya?

maximus otter said:
Why would anyone in their right mind cover a house with toilet paper?
maximus otter
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For the same reason someone would buy 10 packages of generic oreo cookies, then twist/lick/stick them all over the windows of a car. :D
 
maximus otter said:
Why would anyone in their right mind cover a house with toilet paper?
You colonial chappies and your colourful ways...
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You don't TP your own house, silly. It's done as a prank to other people.
 
cmd said:
For the same reason someone would buy 10 packages of generic oreo cookies, then twist/lick/stick them all over the windows of a car. :D
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That is twisted. I love it!
 
70% General American English
20% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Midwestern

But I grew up in the Midwest! I think I'll have to go back and test answers to see which ones add to the midwest score, cuz I'm really curious now. Can someone explain to me the different ways to pronounce merry, marry, and Mary?
 
65% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
10% Midwestern
10% Yankee
0% Dixie


I guess this makes me a mutt...:D.
 
maximus otter said:
You colonial chappies and your colourful ways...
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You blokes have been pissed at us ever since we stole Ian McShane, and got him acting for us.

As expected I'm mostly General American English and Yankee. I live in Upstate New York and was surrounded by a family of Brits.
 
Damn! I knew I've been living up here to long! 5% Yankee and 5% Upper Midwestern WTF?:D


Your Linguistic Profile:

65% General American English25% Dixie5% Upper Midwestern5% Yankee0% Midwestern
 
45% General American English
30% Yankee
15% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

Which all goes to show that I was raised in the Mid-Atlantic states which is where General English arose. But I am mostly Northern Virginian in that I use a broad "a", saying to-mah-to or pronouncing khaki as "cocky". it isd NOT an affectation but a genuine local dialect.

My mother, now, she was once asked, when she was a teenager, by an old colored gentleman if she was an Army child. She said that she was and asked how the fellow knew. The old man said, "It's because you got a little bit of accent from all over." :)
 
Planterz said:
WTF is a "cruller"?
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Heh, a kind of twisty donut.

I had some weirdities. For example, we called the night before Halloween "goosey night", which for all I know is limited to a very small area (possibly just my hometown) in northern NJ. I can't remember what everyone else in the east calls it ... mischief night I think. ANyway, that question might account for me being only 40% yankee. The rest: 40% general, 10% upper midwest, 10% dixie.

Joe
 
Joe, I never heard of "goosey night" until I moved to north Jersey. (Where I grew up, we didn't have name for it, or even celebrate Halloween much.)

Murnax said:
Can someone explain to me the different ways to pronounce merry, marry, and Mary?
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merry has the vowel of "bet"
marry has the vowel of "cat"
Mary has the vowel of "air"
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Joe, I never heard of "goosey night" until I moved to north Jersey. (Where I grew up, we didn't have name for it, or even celebrate Halloween much.)
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Ah, there ya go, I grew up in Wayne. I thought "goosey night" spread beyond Wayne, but I know central and south Jersey folks don't use that term. May not even make it out of Passaic county, I guess. I'm actually kinda interested in knowing how far it goes.

edit: google reveals it's made it out to at least Morris county.
 
70% General American English
20% Dixie
10% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

I grew up in Oklahoma, so that makes sense.
 
Here are my results:
40% Dixie
35% General American English
25% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

25% Yankee?????????????? :o :o Boy have I gotten away from my Southern small town roots!! :o :o Chances are it's because I lived in Charlotte/Mecklenburg County for 11 years. While there I associated with a lot of other professionals including folks from up North so I must have picked up some bad speaking habits. My Wife and I moved to a small town in the NC Foothills about 7.5 years ago but my speech really hasn't changed that much. Oh well, I guess I need to start chewing tobacco or something. Maybe that will shock my system enough to get me back to a proper Southern drawl, y'all. :D ;)
 
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