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06-30-2008, 08:59 PM
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Yankee or Dixie???
When I first entered college, I met this guy in one of my classes. He had a very strong (what I thought was) Eastern accent. Since our college was very popular with students from New York, I figured he was from somewhere outside of the City.
Finally, one day I asked where he was from and his response was, "da Heights". "Da where?" I didn't realize that was Cleveland's way of distinguishing Cleveland Heights vs. Shaker Heights, University Heights or any of the other Heights in the area. But, where did "da" come from (pre-Soprano's).
Now that I live here, I hear the "Cleveland Accent" every day. We live in "Clevelun", attend "claaaass", and rock is pronouced "rack". Not meaning to tease my co-workers, I have tried to figure out this regional accent. Here is a fun quiz to determine your accent
http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelli...ixie_quiz.html
I'm only 39% Yankee, but a definitive Yankee.
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06-30-2008, 09:15 PM
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53% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category.
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06-30-2008, 09:18 PM
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70% - well, you guess 
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06-30-2008, 09:24 PM
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41% (Yankee).
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06-30-2008, 09:33 PM
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There were two questions that threw me:
-TP'ing is somthing we always did., but our family in Texas called it "wrapping". Not a choice.
-When I address a group of people, it's You, not You guys, not You all, not Y'all and certainly not Youse or Yuns. Not a choice, and no appropriate choice.
-A bug that rolls into a ball is officially a "curly bug".
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06-30-2008, 09:35 PM
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60% (Dixie). A definitive Southern score!
I’ve always called toilet papering someone’s house…wrapping, shame it didn’t make the list. But I was glad to see Houston get the nod for the use of the word feeder; it always makes for some confusing looks when I give directions to someone from out of town.
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06-30-2008, 09:37 PM
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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.
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06-30-2008, 10:11 PM
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61% Dixie. (I'm originally from St. Louis, MO) 
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06-30-2008, 10:30 PM
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I got a 70% southern score yet, I've never been south of Urbana Champaign IL. I guess it's southern of the North Pole.
Why is it called frontage road? And where are drive through liquor stores found? I've never heard of those!
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06-30-2008, 10:34 PM
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Wow, i'm pretty shocked. I actually thought i'd score more towards the Yankee side, but i'm....
72% Dixie.
I'm Texas born and bred!
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06-30-2008, 10:37 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lillady85
Why is it called frontage road? And where are drive through liquor stores found? I've never heard of those!
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In Texas we have Beer Barns. Its just a huge barn that you drive into, you tell them what you want & they'll bring it to your car. We also have liquor stores that have a drive-thru lane (like a fast food place would have).
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06-30-2008, 10:42 PM
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49% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category.
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06-30-2008, 10:50 PM
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I'm sure I've taken this quiz before, but whatever.
I got 73% (Dixie) 
That hurts. I consider myself to have been raised in the North. I tell everyone that my home town is Minot, North Dakota. Oh, well. Lots of people tell me I have a very neutral accent.
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06-30-2008, 10:55 PM
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That's nuts. I'm 60% Dixie. I grew up in California, but learned most of that terminology from my mom who was raised in the South.
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06-30-2008, 10:57 PM
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58% Dixie. noo yawker all day!
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Do you know people? Have you interacted with them? Because this is pretty standard no-brainer stuff. -33girl
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