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5% Dixie |
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"The French caused the war [Persian Gulf war, 1991]" - Ned
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Hmmm... Born, raised and live in Chicago...
Your Linguistic Profile:
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20% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Dixie
Keep on Civin'
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Some of the stuff still wasn't applicable. I wouldn't call an easy class any of those things and I've never used the term sneakers, but the only thing I've ever called "tennis shoes" are literally the shoes I'd play tennis in (I used to play competitive tennis, and had special shoes dedicated solely to this activity). Otherwise, I'd call athletic footwear "running shoes"."The French caused the war [Persian Gulf war, 1991]" - Ned
"you people who bash Bush have no appreciation for one of the great presidents in our history." - Ned
"I wish I had gay sex in the boy scouts" - DissidentComment
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Where are all the Yankees? Am I the only one?Comment
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Your Linguistic Profile:
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20% Dixie
5% Yankee
0% Midwestern
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Yeah! They're called Trainers...Originally posted by Kontiki
Some of the stuff still wasn't applicable. I wouldn't call an easy class any of those things and I've never used the term sneakers, but the only thing I've ever called "tennis shoes" are literally the shoes I'd play tennis in (I used to play competitive tennis, and had special shoes dedicated solely to this activity). Otherwise, I'd call athletic footwear "running shoes".
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5. You call sweetened, carbonated beverages: Soft Drinks
10. What do you call an easy class?: A doddle, walk in the park etc...
12. What do you call something that is diagonal from you?: 'Kitty corner', 'Catty corner'!!? What is this cutesy drivel?
13. What is the four wheeled contraption you push around your groceries in?: Shopping trolley.
And as for pronunciations one of my pet hates is the way many of you pronounce 'route' with an 'out'...
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Your Linguistic Profile:
45% General American English
25% Yankee
15% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
Some questions completely irrelevent for the true English speaker...I mean, it's a shopping trolley for f**ks sake!Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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Yeah, see, thats why the survey is called "What Kind of American English Do you Speak?" and not something else.Originally posted by MOBIUS
Yeah! They're called Trainers...
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5. You call sweetened, carbonated beverages: Soft Drinks
10. What do you call an easy class?: A doddle, walk in the park etc...
12. What do you call something that is diagonal from you?: 'Kitty corner', 'Catty corner'!!? What is this cutesy drivel?
13. What is the four wheeled contraption you push around your groceries in?: Shopping trolley.
And as for pronunciations one of my pet hates is the way many of you pronounce 'route' with an 'out'...
And you make the assumption that its even remotely adequate just dealing with American English which, as I've mentioned, it isn't.
Edit: And in New England I called it a shopping trolley as well.Comment
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And what kind of spelling is pajamas? Pyjamas methinks...Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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Pyjamas? Ridiculous!"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "Comment
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15% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee
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I win. 80% correct.
Founder of The Glory of War, CHAMPIONS OF APOLYTON!!!
'92 & '96 Perot, '00 & '04 Bush, '08 & '12 Obama, '16 Clinton, '20 Biden, '24 HarrisComment
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From my perspective, 100% wrong
Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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Your Linguistic Profile:
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I find it funny that the language we speak in California has basically become accepted as standard American English. I suppose this has something to do with Hollywood and so much of the mass media being based in California so that our way of saying things just becomes the accepted way after a while.Last edited by Dinner; October 1, 2005, 20:25.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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I know, I sleep nakedOriginally posted by Asher
Pyjamas? Ridiculous!
Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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yes, west coast is general american english
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