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Post by chiver78 on May 1, 2015 8:05:12 GMT -5
that's what it gave me too.....but most of the questions were missing the correct answer, so  |
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Post by MJ2.0 on May 1, 2015 8:08:05 GMT -5
true... that was one of the best quizzes I could find for this though.  |
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Post by resolution on May 1, 2015 8:10:40 GMT -5
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So is it soda or pop? |
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Post by MJ2.0 on May 1, 2015 8:15:36 GMT -5
SODA!!!
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Post by chiver78 on May 1, 2015 8:17:38 GMT -5
TONIC!
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Post by Lizard Queen on May 1, 2015 8:18:17 GMT -5
55% General American English 20% Upper Midwestern 10% Dixie 10% Yankee 5% Midwestern Geez, can I get any more mixed up than that? 10% Dixie?? WTF  How did I pick that up? I've always lived in Michigan. (and it's pop!  ) |
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Post by Virgil Showlion on May 1, 2015 8:29:30 GMT -5
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The only term I've ever heard for a breeze-through course is a "breeze-through", and it's not terribly common. |
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Post by MJ2.0 on May 1, 2015 8:31:53 GMT -5
I just call them "easy classes" or "cake walks" |
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Post by wvugurl26 on May 1, 2015 8:37:46 GMT -5
POP!!!
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Post by Opti on May 1, 2015 8:43:22 GMT -5
I just call them "easy classes" or "cake walks" Agreed, had to pick another choice just like traffic circles.
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Post by imawino on May 1, 2015 8:47:54 GMT -5
Thank goodness - no midwestern! LOL
ETA - Hey - I had pasted my score in but it didn't show up.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2015 8:49:11 GMT -5
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They didn't give bird courses or running shoes as options. I'm surprise I speak any Dixie at all. |
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Post by NancysSummerSip on May 1, 2015 9:37:13 GMT -5
None of the above. Brooklynese is not listed there. |
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Post by PK Bucko on May 1, 2015 9:53:09 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2015 9:53:27 GMT -5
Odd as I know I have a thick accent. At least there wasn't any Midwest. The things I know I say wrong just weren't listed, like how do you pronounce water or ambulance.
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Post by Tennesseer on May 1, 2015 9:59:06 GMT -5
General American Englidh
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Post by MJ2.0 on May 1, 2015 9:59:48 GMT -5
How do you pronounce "ambulance"? I thought AM-byuh-lins was standard.
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Post by Tennesseer on May 1, 2015 10:00:40 GMT -5
Tonic in eastern Massachusetts. Soda in western Massachusetts. Small state-big difference. |
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Post by siralynn on May 1, 2015 10:01:25 GMT -5
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Post by Tennesseer on May 1, 2015 10:02:27 GMT -5
55% General American English 20% Upper Midwestern 10% Dixie 10% Yankee 5% Midwestern Geez, can I get any more mixed up than that? 10% Dixie?? WTF How did I pick that up? I've always lived in Michigan. (and it's pop! ) 'Y'all? |
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Post by Tennesseer on May 1, 2015 10:04:53 GMT -5
How do you pronounce "ambulance"? I thought AM-byuh-lins was standard. Am-bu (as in 'you')-lence. |
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Post by chiver78 on May 1, 2015 10:06:26 GMT -5
Tonic in eastern Massachusetts. Soda in western Massachusetts. Small state-big difference. inside 128, really old Boston-speak. there's a few still in my normal vocabulary from having grown up with Nana living with us. that's just the one that drives other people nuts.  |
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Post by chiver78 on May 1, 2015 10:07:04 GMT -5
55% General American English 20% Upper Midwestern 10% Dixie 10% Yankee 5% Midwestern Geez, can I get any more mixed up than that? 10% Dixie?? WTF How did I pick that up? I've always lived in Michigan. (and it's pop! ) 'Y'all? and cellar? I've only heard my southern friends call it that. |
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Post by cktc on May 1, 2015 10:08:19 GMT -5
They didn't give bird courses or running shoes as options.
I was looking for that one too. 55% General American English 20% Yankee 15% Upper Midwestern 10% Dixie 0% Midwestern |
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Post by HoneyBBQ on May 1, 2015 10:13:03 GMT -5
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LOL. My father was from the deep south. I grew up in the north. Spent most of my adult life in the Midwest. And did a tour of Texas. I got it ALL, Y'ALL!
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Post by Tennesseer on May 1, 2015 10:14:17 GMT -5
Tonic in eastern Massachusetts. Soda in western Massachusetts. Small state-big difference. inside 128, really old Boston-speak. there's a few still in my normal vocabulary from having grown up with Nana living with us. that's just the one that drives other people nuts. My 1950s Catholic grammar school nuns called soda 'tonic' which seemed strange because there was already a carbonted bottled beverage called tonic water. Many of thesecnuns spoke Bostonian. |
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Post by Lizard Queen on May 1, 2015 10:20:59 GMT -5
and cellar? I've only heard my southern friends call it that. I use y'all in writing, but rarely in speech, (What can I say, it's a good contraction.) But I didn't choose it for this. I've heard cellar used occasionally, but I've always said basement. There's even something called a "Michigan basement", which I would avoid like the plague. They're probably 6' deep and barely a step above a crawl space. |
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2015 10:25:48 GMT -5
70% General American English
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10% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
0% Midwestern
(And with no accent! People from St. Louis have no accent; right PK?)
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