A friend from New Jersey visited me in STL. We went to the farmer's market downtown. The friend says to a vendor, "Can I have a pop?" Vendor makes a fist and says jokingly, "Where ya want it?"
ha, belle. My favorite as a kid was kickapoo joy juice. ;)--> After that, Nehi orange. Mountain Dew was best served with a box of goobers, :D--> or in a pinch, a goo-goo cluster.
Cowgirl, I'd comment on the differences, but it really isn't polite to poke fun at those who have to live above the Mason-Dixon Line.
Belle, that's what ah lyek about chew--ewe got a true hearta compassion!
Had me a Sundrop cola last summer, too. Ever had onea those? And a Grape Nehi, too. Whee doggie, they wuz gud!!!! :D--> (Ex10 knowz wat I'm talkn' about).
Oh, do y'all remember Strawberry Coke? It was bright red and turned your tongue red. I would drink those till my tummy hurt!
ex, I ate my peanuts boiled. ;)-->
wb, thanks for the complement. I just hate those compliments that start with "Bless her heart...." And while I have had Sundrop Colas befoah, I would certainly choose a grape nehi oveh one ah them. ;)-->
60% dixie ....... those years in Georgia were wild times. :D-->
During the holiday times, I went to a local bakery and bought a pecan pie. When I pronounced it (pa-con).....instead of pee-can.....the guy GLARED at me and said, "You MUST be a Yankee"!!!!!
41% Yankee. I think because I am partly influenced by my mother, who spent a few years in the South and in Texas. Else it woulda been Yankee all the way!
The test is seriously flawed You all, Y'all, You uns ( hell they didn't even have a reasonable choice for that category).
We have no rolypolys, pill or potato bugs, no crayfish or crawdads--we have the real things and we call em Lobstahs, which I enjoy while drinking a beah.
I also like Frappes on a summah aftahnoon or a cahbonated beverage which is called a tonic.
61% Dixie. However, I do think that the test is B.S. since I learned to talk from an Irish woman and from people that lived all over the place. Some of the words it told me were Southern I learned in the North, and some of the words it said were Northern I've heard used in the South a lot as well.
The question about the night before Halloween though, I couldn't answer due to being in TWI as a kid.
The trees in my back yard are most definitely NOT pee-can trees. Praw-leens (about the best candy imaginable) are made with p[shwa]-cahns. (Shwa is that neutral vowel sound that's sort of like a short a, i, or u, but not really any of them.) The second syllables of "pecan" and "praline" are accented.
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A friend from New Jersey visited me in STL. We went to the farmer's market downtown. The friend says to a vendor, "Can I have a pop?" Vendor makes a fist and says jokingly, "Where ya want it?"
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ex10
ha, belle. My favorite as a kid was kickapoo joy juice.
;)--> After that, Nehi orange. Mountain Dew was best served with a box of goobers, 
:D--> or in a pinch, a goo-goo cluster.
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Belle
Yeah and nuthin beats a good ole Moon Pie and RC Cola!
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Belle, that's what ah lyek about chew--ewe got a true hearta compassion!
Had me a Sundrop cola last summer, too. Ever had onea those? And a Grape Nehi, too. Whee doggie, they wuz gud!!!!
:D--> (Ex10 knowz wat I'm talkn' about).
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Oh, do y'all remember Strawberry Coke? It was bright red and turned your tongue red. I would drink those till my tummy hurt!
ex, I ate my peanuts boiled.
;)-->
wb, thanks for the complement. I just hate those compliments that start with "Bless her heart...." And while I have had Sundrop Colas befoah, I would certainly choose a grape nehi oveh one ah them.
;)-->
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ex10
Nehi grape was best used for makin purple cows, though.
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Cowgirl
So I take it, the Yankees are the good guys!!
Cowgirl
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ex10
naw, cowgirl, you got it backwards.
Although my beloved happens to be a Yankee, through no fault of his own.
;)-->
Just like my gramma said when she found out the sad news, "Well, we won't hold that against him, we just won't talk about it."
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excathedra
cowgirl you got it exactly right
sis ex and belle, how do you "fix" a coke ? pop the top ?
and speaking of "pop" johnnyam are you sure your friend was from jersey ?
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60% dixie ....... those years in Georgia were wild times.
:D-->
During the holiday times, I went to a local bakery and bought a pecan pie. When I pronounced it (pa-con).....instead of pee-can.....the guy GLARED at me and said, "You MUST be a Yankee"!!!!!
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ex10
Hold on a dadgum minute, sky. "Pa-con" is the correct pronunciation of "pecan." At least in the part of Dixie I'm from.
;)-->
Why it's the same thing as saying "prawleen" instead of "prayleen."
:)-->
and sisex, if I'm gonna go "fix me a coke," that means I'm gonna pour it ina glass over ice.
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41% Yankee. I think because I am partly influenced by my mother, who spent a few years in the South and in Texas. Else it woulda been Yankee all the way!
I'm always curious about language. That was fun.
Regards,
Shaz
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excathedra
wow sis ex, when you fix a beer, do you pour it in a glass ?
which reminds me, do you have keg parties aka keggers in the south ?
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mwah
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skyrider
ex10.....not in those neck of the woods. It's PEE-can.
Maybe you're not as "dixie" as you think?
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GeorgeStGeorge
Hey, mstar! Have you gotten scrod lately?
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George
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61% Dixie. However, I do think that the test is B.S. since I learned to talk from an Irish woman and from people that lived all over the place. Some of the words it told me were Southern I learned in the North, and some of the words it said were Northern I've heard used in the South a lot as well.
The question about the night before Halloween though, I couldn't answer due to being in TWI as a kid.
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Belle
I hafta agree with my sistah, heah. They are "pa-con"s. Sky, you musta been in a town of imposters!
Who let them D@mn Yankees take over their town?
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diazbro
Well I guess I would have to say that I'm from dixie but only if the concept of "the south" extends to South America.....
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waterbuffalo
Belle, do you mean the correct way isn't pee-con?
Just wondered
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Pirate1974
If you're interested in seeing the complete survey and an explanation of how the results were determined, it's here:
Dialect Survey
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The trees in my back yard are most definitely NOT pee-can trees. Praw-leens (about the best candy imaginable) are made with p[shwa]-cahns. (Shwa is that neutral vowel sound that's sort of like a short a, i, or u, but not really any of them.) The second syllables of "pecan" and "praline" are accented.
Y'all got that?
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excathedra
yeah right
got it long gone
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GeorgeStGeorge
It appears we got an abridged version of the survey, fortunately!
George
Here are two for Pittsburghers:
Do you pronounce "pool," "pole," and "pull" the same?
How do you pronounce "color"?
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skyrider
Belle & ex10.......yeah, maybe it was an imposter faction in dixieland. This Georgia baker was very adamant about it being pronounced "pee-can."
He11, what do I know.....I've moved so many times that sometimes I find myself in the state of confusion!!!!
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