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christiangirl

07-01-2008 01:29 AM

Rolie Polies are the stuff of life! We used to run around the soccer field, lifting up rocks looking for them (and ladybugs).

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Originally Posted by catiebug (Post 1674773)

Also, we called the bug either roly polies or doodle bugs, but question said they weren't doodle bugs. I guess they never played with my friends growing up.

Is that what a doodle bug is? I thought it was just a cute nickname--it never occurred to me it might be an actual bug.

AKA_Monet

07-01-2008 01:47 AM

Waaaay doun' Souf in DIXIE!!!

Welp, my mom's from Georgia and my Dad's from FLO-RID-A (outta Panama City) and both grands were from Georgia (Nelson, GA) and Florida (Quincy, FL), respectively; guess that pretty much makes me a Southern Gal... The funny part is my parents lived in California for 40 years and ain't neva, eva gonna loose dey accents... And my grandmother actually still responds to crazy comments with "Sho Nuff"?

My score:

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100% (Dixie). Is General Lee your father?

Hey, I ain't jokin' I got Confederate Officers runnin' up in my family... All them Irish folks, too... LOL... My mom's biological father's name was "Dunn" but that's not on her birth certificate...

ComradesTrue

07-01-2008 03:35 AM

91% Dixie.

Although, as someone else said, in Texas we called putting toilet paper in people's yards "wrapping." Not a choice.

And no childhood could have been complete without catching and being fascinated by the roly poly. Ah, memories.

scbelle

07-01-2008 04:26 AM

100% Dixie. No wonder the Germans look at me so funny!

AlphaFrog

07-01-2008 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by piphiangel314 (Post 1674876)

63% (Dixie). A definitive Southern score!

Funny. I grew up (and still live in during the summer) in Southern Illinois near St. Louis, yet still speak with a Southern accent! I guess we really aren't true Illinoisans!

Southern Illinois is Dixie at the very tip. Many of the people there did fight on the Dixie side of the war, even though they were in a free state.

AOII Angel

07-01-2008 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Tippiechick (Post 1674888)

100% (Dixie). Is General Lee your father?

I'm not ashamed of it. (Although some on here act like they're too good to be using Southern dialects...)

I thought I'd won until I saw your score!

Here's mine:

96% (Dixie). Is General Lee your father?

Probably not significantly different! I really thought I was going to be barely southern. I live in the Maryland now, and EVERYONE comments on my accent, which I don't hear at all. I guess I really do sound southern.

AOII Angel

07-01-2008 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by catiebug (Post 1674773)

I guess after 10 years in Connecticut, the saying's true: You can take the girl out of the South, but you can't take the South out of the girl.

100% (Dixie). Is General Lee your father?

Also, we called the bug either roly polies or doodle bugs, but question said they weren't doodle bugs. I guess they never played with my friends growing up.

I thought doodle bug first, but I agree that they are interchangeable. I like doodle bug more, though!

RaggedyAnn

07-01-2008 07:30 AM

40% (Yankee). A definitive Yankee.

There were a couple of things that there really wasn't an answer.

ZTAngel

07-01-2008 07:54 AM

69% Dixie

summer_gphib

07-01-2008 09:11 AM

83% Dixie! :p

txdiva

07-01-2008 09:12 AM

60% Dixie, but I was born in CT! :D

I think I've been in Texas too long! :)

Educatingblue

07-01-2008 09:17 AM

65% (Dixie). A definitive Southern score!

I was expecting a higher southern score since I have lived between Carolinas my entire life.

SWTXBelle

07-01-2008 09:18 AM

I agree that there were some choices that actually didn't include the term I actually use - yes, it is "wrapping a house" in Texas. Considering that I was an Air Force brat who moved all over, from New Jersey to Florida and points inbetween, I guess my 70% is pretty good.

WinniBug

07-01-2008 09:19 AM

71% (Dixie). That is a pretty strong Southern score!

WinniBug

07-01-2008 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by DeltAlum (Post 1674890)

47% Yankee (Barely)

**And, yes, I do know what a "bubbler" is.

I had a "bubbler" vs "water fountain" discussion with a coworker from Wisconsin a couple months ago.

she said this is a "water fountain"
http://www.discount-pumps.biz/TWIRLWATER-fountain.gif
I told her it's just a "fountain"

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