Yankee or Dixie???

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

I actually vary the way I say it, depending on where and when I say it and in what context ("There's a slice of p-can pie." "That pie is full of pe-cahns." I don't know why I do it either). So I don't have a problem with saying it any way you want to, I have an issue with people that insist that the ONLY way to say it is... xyz.

I agree with you on that! Although, I have been known to have such strong opinions on a wide variety of topics. My husband always says "They should have called your 1-800 number to get your opinion before doing [insert whatever I'm b*tching about!]"

[tld221]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Every Duane I know pronounces their name "Doo-Juan."

I'm not in the business of telling people how to pronounce their names.

theres a difference between how someone chooses to pronounce their own name and how a chain store pronounces its name among the public. go ahead and say "doo-juan" and everyone who knows otherwise will, at best sigh and think "bless their heart, they must not be from here" or at worst, sigh and think "what an effing idiot/snooty @ss."

fortunately, in the instance i recall most recently, the kid just didnt know, wasnt from the area.

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

LOL, hooray Sheetcake's back!

And reading this thread, all I can hear in my head is that exchange between Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan in "When Harry Met Sally" when they're in the museum talking in the funny voices and he's trying to get her to say "Pee-can pieee".

I put people that insist on "puh-cahn" in the same category with the people that insist on "fihnance" (real fast, almost monosyllabic) instead of "fie-nance". As though the mere pronunciation makes their context superior. Whatever. Move on.

i thought that it was a European thing...

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by tld221

i thought that it was a European thing...

Could be. But it's also annoyingly prevalent among MBAs and among those in "fihnance".

[nate2512]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

LOL, hooray Sheetcake's back!

And reading this thread, all I can hear in my head is that exchange between Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan in "When Harry Met Sally" when they're in the museum talking in the funny voices and he's trying to get her to say "Pee-can pieee".

I put people that insist on "puh-cahn" in the same category with the people that insist on "fihnance" (real fast, almost monosyllabic) instead of "fie-nance". As though the mere pronunciation makes their context superior. Whatever. Move on.

I say puh-cahn, and fienance, so how those tuhmaters.

[WVU alpha phi]

Originally Posted by epchick

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).

I've never heard of that. So jealous!

I scored 63% Dixie. Born and raised in Maryland, 4 years of school in WV, 1 year and going living in North Carolina.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by lillady85

where are drive through liquor stores found? I've never heard of those!

Come to North Carolina.



(Technically, though, it's not a liquor store, since liquor can only be bought at ABC stores. Brew-Thrus have beer and wine.)

[Drolefille]

Also, Illinois has them.

[SydneyK]

89% Dixie. I'm a little surprised it's not higher.

Regarding the drive-thrus...
Kentucky has drive-thru liquor stores. And rumor has it that some'll even supply you with a cup and ice if you ask for it. (I've gone through plenty drive-thru liquor stores, but I've never requested a cup and ice!)

[tld221]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

<-----has no idea what Duane Reade is, anyway

its a chain drug store in the city, kinda like the Starbucks of drug stores here, so its something the everyday New Yorker would know how to pronounce, as with pronouncing Houston and Stuyvesant.

(and you know i meant the general "you" right?)

[nikki1920]

59% Barely Dixie.

From a girl whose Dad was born and raised in Southern Md, whose mom was born and raised in rural Alabama, who grew up on military bases in KS/MO, Germany, New York and Virginia and spent three years in NC.

Guess that's bout right.

[cheerfulgreek]

38% Yankee

[SHEETCAKE]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

LOL, hooray Sheetcake's back!

SHEETCAKE really loves that Google interns cake.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Wow, I scored 60% - Dixie.

Was it "Potato Bug"? Or "Drinking Fountain"? or "Pop" that did it? No, I don't think so. I only answered "southern" to "Y'all" and "Bag," which doesn't seem over the top dixie to me. Actually, my responses mostly indicated that I belong somewhere in Wisconsin or Illinois I think.

[Xidelt]

only 48% Yankee. Pretty low score, considering I grew up on the shores of Lake Ontario in NYS.