posted on December 1, 2006 05:38:48 PM
tells me I have an "inland north" accent.
However I dont call carbonated drinks "pop" I call them soda,or by their brand name.
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posted on December 1, 2006 05:46:48 PM
Well it is better than speaking out of your ass, classy or did you just let your ass do all the talking
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posted on December 1, 2006 06:36:01 PM
All southern, duh do ya think Texas is sounthern? LOL I call soda coke everything is a coke. OR come to think of it I call them sometimes soda pop both names, never just one--maybe that is cause everyone down here is double named or so people think. Nite , John Boy
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posted on December 1, 2006 06:51:15 PM
I've sent this to some of my friends, plus our kids. OUr daughter, who grew up in Nevada and went to college in Minnesota, used to get a kick out of the pronunciation of "bag" there--just like in this quiz, it rhymes with "vague" up north.
I've had a running battle with our kids who all pronounce their friend Don's name as "Dawn." I never knew whom they were referring to at first and always had to ask. My husband says it that way, too. Seems goofy to me.
posted on December 1, 2006 06:51:29 PM
That's a Southern accent you've got there. You may love it, you may hate it, you may swear you don't have it, but whatever the case, we can hear it.
posted on December 1, 2006 06:56:58 PM
Roadsmith, what other way IS there to pronounce bag ?
BTW, despite phony movies Minnesotans do NOT have accents...we talk just the way the national news anchors talk....NO accent. Yes, there are a few old Scandinavians here....and in other states, who talk "funny" but they are in a tiny, tiny minority.
The majority of Minnesotans prounounce casserole...casserole....SEE No accent !
posted on December 1, 2006 07:06:03 PM
Mingo: I grew up mostly in Chicago until age 11 and *still*, sometimes, someone asks me if I'm from the midwest. When we moved to Phoenix, kids said I talked funny--pronounced "milk" as "melk" (Garrison Keillor still does that). The "bag" thing was alive in Minnesota, at least at Carleton College, as recently as 10 years ago. Our daughter also reported that her friends up there didn't say "potluck," they said "hot dish."
OF course, those kids in Phoenix asked for a "pin" to write with. And spoke of "bob wire."
posted on December 1, 2006 07:28:19 PM
I still don't see how bag can be pronounced any other way???
And a hot dish is a casserole not a pot luck. Pot luck is a meal where everyone brings something...usually hot dishes...
Individual words are pronounced differently even in families ...like I pronounce "year" yeer....my sister pronounces it yur. But neither of us has an accent.
"Barbed wire" is pronounced differently according to how often you use it....from barbed wire to bahbb wire but never "war" for wire....'cause we don't have accents
And we only say "you betcha" when we're joking about saying "you betcha"....I swear!
posted on December 1, 2006 10:00:27 PM
Mingo: If you'll recall the quiz, some folks pronounce "bag" to rhyme with "vague." Most of the country rhymes it with "sag." Soft A.
Difficult Dialect quiz
I was only able to guess the dialects from areas where I have lived. Listen to the speaker then drag the circle to the geographic area.
Here, you can listen to a radio program from each state.
Here, you can hear someone from different parts of the U.S. describe health, food and leisure activities.
posted on December 2, 2006 10:57:03 AM
It's so pathetic to watch logansdad going around CONSTANTLY mentioning classic's ass.
He DOES want you classic.
He makes it so obvious.
I see Linda is trying to put her match making skills to work. Why is it Linda you want to match someone that is gay with someone that is "straight"? Do you know something about Classic that we don't. I thought you would have learned your lesson the last time you tried to match people up, but obviously you didn't. I wonder do you try to match other family members up with each other as well.
And as far as mentioning classic's ass, it is your so called bunch of friends that have to keep mentioning my "bedroom habits" and what they think I may or may not do in and out of the bedroom. Don't forget Linda it is you that has to constantly bring up the result of every piece of gay legislation that is in the courts. So I wonder who really is obsessed with gay people. That is right, it is you Linda and your bunch of homophobic friends.
Absolute faith has been shown, consistently, to breed intolerance. And intolerance, history teaches us, again and again, begets violence.
---------------------------------- The duty of a patriot in this time and place is to ask questions, to demand answers, to understand where our nation is headed and why. If the answers you get do not suit you, or if they frighten you, or if they anger you, it is your duty as a patriot to dissent. Freedom does not begin with blind acceptance and with a flag. Freedom begins when you say 'No.'
posted on December 2, 2006 01:22:58 PM
Boy....there are many times that I sure question your sanity. This is one of them.
Pointing out how you ALWAYS are mentioning classic's ass....always posting sexual vulgarities....etc.....means [IN YOUR MIND] I'm trying to match you up, huh???
Well....there's my proof....you're more than a little bit OBSESSED with classic...more than a little bit delusional....more than a litte bit WRONG....not the other way around.
And I've NEVER tried to match up anyone.....let alone a gay man with a married straight man.
It's ALL in your own mind, I'm afraid. Seek help immediately
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posted on December 2, 2006 02:48:38 PM
I think Classic can take care of himself. In fact I bet if he wants to he can still run real fast in those tight little sailor pants.... hahahaha
posted on December 3, 2006 05:31:46 AMAnd I've NEVER tried to match up anyone.....let alone a gay man with a married straight man.
Sure Linda, trying to match up Colin with packy. The typical homophobe you are, you accuse every gay man for making a move on a straight man when no such thing was done.
Absolute faith has been shown, consistently, to breed intolerance. And intolerance, history teaches us, again and again, begets violence.
---------------------------------- The duty of a patriot in this time and place is to ask questions, to demand answers, to understand where our nation is headed and why. If the answers you get do not suit you, or if they frighten you, or if they anger you, it is your duty as a patriot to dissent. Freedom does not begin with blind acceptance and with a flag. Freedom begins when you say 'No.'
