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Post by leo xiv on May 27, 2005 22:15:14 GMT -5
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Post by orange on May 27, 2005 22:37:04 GMT -5
55% Yankee
30% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern
we call water/drinking fountains 'bubblers' and soda/pop/coke is 'tonic.'
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Post by leo xiv on May 27, 2005 22:41:17 GMT -5
wow, that's cool. do you know what a cruller is? i was taking this with my sis, and i said wtf is that? so obviously the answer was no  |
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Post by orange on May 27, 2005 22:49:13 GMT -5
oh yeah, it's a donut... but with a rather obscene shape...
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Post by leo xiv on May 27, 2005 22:54:09 GMT -5
oh, i see. thanks for clarifying that! like an eclair?
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Post by orange on May 27, 2005 23:07:48 GMT -5
yeah- but without the frosting. (or icing, or whatever it's called there!)
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Post by sangrebloom on May 27, 2005 23:45:05 GMT -5
;D I ain't whistlin' DIxie!
Your Linguistic Profile:
55% General American English
25% Yankee
15% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
0% Dixie
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Post by dandy panky on May 28, 2005 9:51:16 GMT -5
I think I'm a mongrel.....
45% General American English
30% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern
though I would like to point out that an easy class is called, well, an easy class, I work out in trainers, the contraption for groceries is actually called a trolley, and the act of covering your house with toilet paper is a waste of toilet paper....
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Post by dandy panky on May 28, 2005 19:00:34 GMT -5
oh, and soda/pop/carbonated stuff is just called a fizzy drink...
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Post by HotHotCookie on May 29, 2005 19:30:14 GMT -5
60% General American English
20% Yankee
15% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
Mmm...crullers. My favorite donut!
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Post by sangrebloom on May 30, 2005 0:19:19 GMT -5
nasty girl!
hey dandy, i agree. you'll never know when you'll really need the stuff eh! ;D
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Post by dandy panky on May 30, 2005 17:54:44 GMT -5
I take it's the toilet roll you mean, and not the fizzy drinks...
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Post by Crimson Porn on May 31, 2005 13:37:38 GMT -5
45% General American English
30% Yankee
15% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
But questions 10, 13 1nd 14 I had to answer with things I wouldn't say at all. For example, I would say shopping trolley.
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Post by sangrebloom on May 31, 2005 23:46:38 GMT -5
you sure do speak alot of dixie crimson!
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Post by Revenge of the Cult on Jun 3, 2005 18:32:33 GMT -5
Your Linguistic Profile:
55% General American English
25% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern
There ya go y'all!
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