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In the thread about pronouncing Creek vs saying Crick, I stated that in the service, my buddies made fun of my Pennsylvania “hillbilly” dialect. I drank cans of pop, while they drank soda, a group was called “”youns”, and I pronounce radiator with a short A. Raddiator. I’ve always cut the grass rather than mow the lawn, said Aunt as ant, and other things I say pinpoint where I grew up! I had posted a language test here years ago, but was unable to find it. That one put me just south of the Dixie line in northern Maryland. Not bad, heck I can be there inside a half hour without really massaging the speed limit. This One puts me in the northeast, so I guess these things ain’t far off the mark! 7mm
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I grew up in PA as well, speak with a fairly annoying yinzer accent, and every one of those tests puts me in either Kentucky or Oklahoma. This test just told me I'm "Southern". So much for the test.
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^^^^This^^^^ I am! LMBO! I was introduced to a couple while visiting family in "Ill-annoy" (Illinois). When I addressed them as "sir" and "ma'am", the lady laughed and stated, "You're from Texas, aren't you!". When I replied, "Yes, ma'am.", I thought she was going to lose it! She spent the rest of the night asking me questions just to hear me say, "ma'am"! LOL! She was cute, married and I was 13 years old....doggone it! BTW! Down in east Texas, everybody drank Coke! "Hey! I'm going to the store. Want a coke?" (little "c") "Yeah, bring me a Dr. Pepper!" Of course, if you just answered, "Yeah!", you got a Coke! (capital C)
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I grew up in South Dakota and it pegged me in the Northeast.
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It said I was from the deep south..... go figure!
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I grew up in PA as well, speak with a fairly annoying yinzer accent, and every one of those tests puts me in either Kentucky or Oklahoma. This test just told me I'm "Southern". So much for the test. What most people never think about is the fact that Eastern PA is just a little further North in the Appalachian mountains than W. VA. and E. KY... Not surprisingly, a fair amount of similarity in speach and attitude...
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Even though I've now lived most of my life in the northeast, I still speak southern and tha't what my test showed.
My wife is from Hazelton, Pa. and her test said northeast.
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In Iowa it is a bottle or can of "pop". If it's a group it's "you guys" regardless of sex. Cut the grass and mow the lawn is interchangeable. We have no accent unless you are from the bottom row of Iowa counties. They sound like Missourians and the top row of Iowa counties sound like they are from Minnesota.
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Puts me in the Northeast.
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Says I'm Southern.
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In Iowa it is a bottle or can of "pop". If it's a group it's "you guys" regardless of sex. Cut the grass and mow the lawn is interchangeable. We have no accent unless you are from the bottom row of Iowa counties. They sound like Missourians and the top row of Iowa counties sound like they are from Minnesota.
kwg This might be the most accurate thing I've ever seen on the 'fire
Selmer "Daddy, can you sometime maybe please go shoot a water buffalo so we can have that for supper? Please? And can I come along? Does it taste like deer?" - my 3-year old daughter
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By the way, the answer to the first question is "fooler".
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By the way, the answer to the first question is "fooler". I know right!!! Where was that choice ?? We called it a dee-dee too.
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In Iowa it is a bottle or can of "pop". If it's a group it's "you guys" regardless of sex. Cut the grass and mow the lawn is interchangeable. We have no accent unless you are from the bottom row of Iowa counties. They sound like Missourians and the top row of Iowa counties sound like they are from Minnesota.
kwg This might be the most accurate thing I've ever seen on the 'fire I have spent all but 2 months of my 71+ years smack in the heart of Iowa, yet it placed me in the northeast.
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