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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 20 2008, 01:32 PM (125 Views) | |
| Bearistotle and Hebert | Mar 20 2008, 01:32 PM Post #1 |
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Troublemaker
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Your Linguistic Profile: 50% General American English 30% Dixie 10% Yankee 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofameric...doyouspeakquiz/ |
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| Murray the evil skull | Mar 20 2008, 01:52 PM Post #2 |
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Damnyankee!
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50% General American English 20% Dixie 10% Midwestern 10% Yankee 5% Upper Midwestern WhaT???? no Yinzer option? Whats up with that!!! I'm going to have ta go dahntahn and give a talking to the jagoffs who came up with this quiz.
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| NewTexas | Mar 20 2008, 01:58 PM Post #3 |
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Governor
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[doHTML]<table width=350 align=center border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2><tr><td bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align=center> <font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" style='color:black; font-size: 14pt;'> <strong>Your Linguistic Profile:</strong> </font></td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <center><img src="http://www.blogthingsimages.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/general.jpg" height="100" width="100"></center> <font color="#000000"> 60% General American English<br /> <br /> 20% Dixie<br /> <br /> 10% Yankee<br /> <br /> 5% Midwestern<br /> <br /> 0% Upper Midwestern </font></td></tr></table> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/">What Kind of American English Do You Speak?</a></div>[/doHTML] <commits Hari Kari over shame of speaking 10% Yank> |
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| Bearistotle and Hebert | Mar 20 2008, 02:50 PM Post #4 |
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Troublemaker
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What's a Yinzer? |
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| Darth Kermit | Mar 20 2008, 05:35 PM Post #5 |
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[doHTML]<table width=350 align=center border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2><tr><td bgcolor="#EEEEEE" align=center> <font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" style='color:black; font-size: 14pt;'> <strong>Your Linguistic Profile:</strong> </font></td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <center><img src="http://www.blogthingsimages.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/dixie.jpg" height="100" width="100"></center> <font color="#000000"> 45% Dixie<br /> <br /> 30% General American English<br /> <br /> 15% Yankee<br /> <br /> 5% Midwestern<br /> <br /> 0% Upper Midwestern </font></td></tr></table> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/">What Kind of American English Do You Speak?</a></div>[/doHTML] Got no idea where that 15% yankee came from. Been no yankees in the family since before the War of Northern Aggression! |
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| Bearistotle and Hebert | Mar 20 2008, 06:14 PM Post #6 |
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Troublemaker
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At the risk of being thrown out on the curb, might I remind you I was born in New York state? |
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| Darth Kermit | Mar 20 2008, 10:12 PM Post #7 |
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But Bearies! That was only cuz Sherman burned your family's plantation home! You're a true southern belle, he was a &@#% arsonist! (And you had less yankee in your results than me)
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| F799 | Mar 20 2008, 10:36 PM Post #8 |
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Pharaoh Nimajne
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60% General American English 15% Upper Midwestern 10% Yankee 5% Dixie 5% Midwestern |
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| Crazy Hell for War | Mar 24 2008, 08:22 PM Post #9 |
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Texas Statesman
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50% General American English 15% Dixie 15% Upper Midwestern 15% Yankee 0% Midwestern |
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| Dantous | Mar 24 2008, 08:48 PM Post #10 |
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Cowpoke
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70% General American English 15% Yankee 10% Upper Midwestern 0% Dixie 0% Midwestern |
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| Murray the evil skull | Apr 2 2008, 10:27 AM Post #11 |
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Damnyankee!
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A speaker of Pittsburghese. Yinz or Yunz is our substitute for Y'all or more properly the pluarl form of You. Pittsburghese Spoken Here! |
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