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#77751 - 02/26/04 08:26 AM
Re: dialect tester, are you yankee or dixie?
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I'm glad Jo Anne tested the test. I never took you for a Southern Belle!  hehehe... I was interested how NON-US'ins scored.
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#77752 - 02/26/04 02:34 PM
Re: dialect tester, are you yankee or dixie?
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50% Yankee. I guess having lived in Texas changed the reading somewhat, but I did have a bunch of Eastern answers that I'm trying to figure out as to how they came into my world, being from the Midwest.
A fun test. My wife ended up 52% Dixie, and that made sense, since she hails from Southern Indiana.
Just a few miles and an extra, "Ya'll!" can make the difference.
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#77753 - 02/26/04 05:48 PM
Re: dialect tester, are you yankee or dixie?
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Registered: 02/13/01
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Loc: Chicago, IL
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40% - yankee. I'm formerly from Michigan so I answered the "devil's night" question correctly
OK, I want to know if anyone calls a grocery bag a "poke". If I heard that in real life I think I would have to laugh. I may have to go to central appalacia so that I can say "can I have a poke for the milk? thanks."
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#77755 - 02/26/04 08:30 PM
Re: dialect tester, are you yankee or dixie?
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86% (Dixie). Did you have any Confederate ancestors? Who would've thought? I grew up in scandinavia, after that lived in Canada for 17 years, really, south has been a home less than 10 years!!
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#77756 - 02/26/04 09:06 PM
Re: dialect tester, are you yankee or dixie?
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Ive got relatives in Virginia and on visits out there Ive for sure heard the term 'poke' used, though not by my family (originally from New Orleans!). I think mostly though its used up in the very very small isolated mountain towns. If you get out of the cities in Virginia you get a really different feel! Ive NEVER heard that term used out there in the bigger towns, big supermarkets, etc... Just a thought, I don't live there, nor have I ever, just visited relatives  Kelly
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