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12-24-2013, 11:11 AM
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AOII Angel, I *think* it's based on the lexicon of each region and also on some phonetic variations in pronunciation. I make fun of you because I can't understand what you say when you start talking Louisiana. And you guys make fun of me for "you guys". In grad school I had to learn how to say "cot" and "caught", "ant" and "aunt", etc. There were some diphthongs and a few vowels missing from my phonological inventory (or is it my phonemic inventory? I forget). No one in California had trouble understanding what I was saying.
Or maybe it's like the Facebook giraffe and it can pry into your life and know everything just based on how you say "pecan".
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12-24-2013, 11:36 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AZTheta
AOII Angel, I *think* it's based on the lexicon of each region and also on some phonetic variations in pronunciation. I make fun of you because I can't understand what you say when you start talking Louisiana. And you guys make fun of me for "you guys". In grad school I had to learn how to say "cot" and "caught", "ant" and "aunt", etc. There were some diphthongs and a few vowels missing from my phonological inventory (or is it my phonemic inventory? I forget). No one in California had trouble understanding what I was saying.
Or maybe it's like the Facebook giraffe and it can pry into your life and know everything just based on how you say "pecan".
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Bwahahaha
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12-24-2013, 12:54 PM
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Very accurate!
My test nailed that I grew up in Philadelphia! I am a midwest transplant and everyone has always teased me for my regional vocabulary, and I guess it does show. 
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12-24-2013, 01:03 PM
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I had Fort Worth, Shreveport and Lubbock.
Born in Fort Worth, lived in east Texas (Tyler, not too far from Shreveport) until I was 13, then back to Fort Worth/Dallas until I was 30.
No connection to Lubbock whatsoever, but I guess it had to give a 3rd option.
So, yeah, a pretty accurate representation.
**Side note- anyone else completely disturbed by "The devil is beating his wife?" Seriously? Who comes up with these things and then who repeats it enough to become part of the regional vernacular?
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12-24-2013, 01:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Blondie93
I had Fort Worth, Shreveport and Lubbock.
Born in Fort Worth, lived in east Texas (Tyler, not too far from Shreveport) until I was 13, then back to Fort Worth/Dallas until I was 30.
No connection to Lubbock whatsoever, but I guess it had to give a 3rd option.
So, yeah, a pretty accurate representation.
**Side note- anyone else completely disturbed by "The devil is beating his wife?" Seriously? Who comes up with these things and then who repeats it enough to become part of the regional vernacular?
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Ha. Doesn't bother me at all. I guess since it was part of the vernacular.
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