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55% General American English |
35% Dixie |
10% Yankee |
0% Midwestern |
0% Upper Midwestern |
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2 comments:
I notice neither of us have any midwestern in our souls.
Did I ever tell you about a young woman named Kris? I worked with her at the bookstore in Houston. She was from Minnesota originally, but had been living in Houston with her parents for a few years. She had a delightful mix of Midwestern speak and Texan twang.
One of the Minnesotan expressions she brought with her was "For fun!" Which is a way of saying "Wow, that's cool" or "I'm happy for ya" or a shortened version of "That sounds like fun."
But she'd been in Texas long enough to pick up our pronoun for "all of you," so when somebody would make an announcement about something exciting happen, she's say "Y'all...for fun!" It was so cute, trust me.
Michael
Hey, your other reader took the test. Not surprisingly, I'm 60% General English, 20% Upper Midwestern, 10% Yankee, and you can divy up the rest. Divy. That might put me over in another category. I'll tell you that all Milwaukeeans call a drinking or water fountain a "bubbler". But then again, they are all stupid.
Anyway, if you heard me talk for an hour, you'd probably split a gut...located between Chicago and the movie "Fargo", that's where you'll find my dialect...ever eaten kringel?...it's real good.
Jeff P.
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