How do you score?

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Originally Posted by Mr. Silver

Sandra got Bah lux eee correct (naturally;) )

The other is Pew las ski

Lafayette = La fAAy ette

New Orleans = Nwalenes

Louisville = lewelville

But then, Indianapolis is In-danapolis to everyone in Indiana...(except me...a syllable is a terrible thing to waste). I regularly drive through Loogootee, In - pronounced Lowgoatee...

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So how do you pronounce Kelowna?

Or Toronto?

or Calgary?

Oh, you got Pulaski wrong!

First test--86% Dixie. Do you still use Confederate money?

2nd- 91% Dixie. Is General Lee your grandfather?!

Yep, I'm from the south. I use yonder and Y'all, but speak normal english otherwise. I took another test similiar and it told me I was from the midwest. I guess some of my pronunciations for that would be true. dh has a neutral accent- and he's from south ga originally. Some things never go away since Ga is a melting pot now.

Jenn

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Originally Posted by Mr. Silver

61% Dixie.Well under the Mason-Dixon Line.

Not bad for a "buoy from Burminham Alabamy..." must have been my sophisticated southern breeding and all those years of private school...ya'll.:rolleyes:

Yes, I was at 'Bama when "BARe Bryant" died...I was actually in Accounting 201 taught by Gorman Jones (now that's an Alabama name!)

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I remember Bear Bryant- he was a legend :) Jenn

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Originally Posted by kelownagirl

So how do you pronounce Kelowna?

Or Toronto?

or Calgary?

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Hmmm...saying is one thing - spelling phonetically is another.

Kelowna = Ka loh nuh

Toronto = Ta ron toe

Calgary = Cal ga ree

Do I pass the worldly red neck test?

Mr. I wonder how Sandra says Pulaski?

I would have said Pu LAA ski

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Originally Posted by Mr. Silver

Hmmm...saying is one thing - spelling phonetically is another.

Kelowna = Ka loh nuh

Toronto = Ta ron toe

Calgary = Cal ga ree

Do I pass the worldly red neck test?

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Not bad Mr. Silver. :D

Kelowna is spot on, assuming you put the emphasis on the middle syllable.

Ka LOH nuh

Ta RON no - some of us pronounce the last T but many are lazy and don't (me)

CAL gree or Cal gary Again, we're often lazy and it sounds more like the first one

25% Dixie. Western Penna native (we have our own dialect--Pittsburghese

http://www.pittsburghese.com/

I might have to live in the DC metro area to earn a living, but I'll always be a Pittsburgh girl.

Another thing that didn't look quite right on the test - my next door neighbor is a rural Mississippi gal, so I know this one.

One person is "y'all." A group of persons is "all y'all."

Silver, you're closer than Mr. on Pulaski.

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Originally Posted by OakLeaf

One person is "y'all." A group of persons is "all y'all."

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and this is funny, I've always spelled it ya'll

[QUOTE=sgtiger;267070]35% and 16% on the advanced. Heehee! I'm surprised there wasn't a choice for the back forty for the over there or yonder question.


Yonder was on the advanced test-
Silver got Pulaski right- at least is you're referring to Pulaski County, AR (That's Little Rock)

And Mr. Silver- . . . I have always spelled it y'all- as a contraction of you all . . . although I noticed that many other citizens of the planet spell it ya'll.

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Originally Posted by Hub

And Mr. Silver- . . . I have always spelled it y'all- as a contraction of you all . . . although I noticed that many other citizens of the planet spell it ya'll.

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Yep, when Microsoft spelling check did it y'all, I knew I had to be correct. No one from Seattle is going to tell me how to spell ya'll:cool:

Actually I was referring to Pulaski Tn. ;)

78% Dixie. I grew up in VA - lived in Pittsburgh - now in St. Louis. My kids laugh at the way I say some words.