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Old 05-21-2005, 10:36 AM
FirstAndFinest FirstAndFinest is offline
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50% General American English
45% Yankee
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern


I *was* surprised. I spent 8 years outside of Nashville, TN - elementary school years. I expected more "Dixie." I would have liked another option on the "Y'all" question - as in "sometimes comes out of your mouth and you have no idea why" or "you say it only after speaking with your relatives in the South" cause I definitely say Y'all after speaking to my Atlanta-born step-mom or after Convention. People in the greater Nashville area *definitely* called all carbonated beverages "Coke." Having moved there from NJ, it was quite a shock. (esepcially 30 years ago...)
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