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  1. #61
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Silver View Post
    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...

    So how do you pronounce Kelowna?

    Or Toronto?

    or Calgary?
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    Oh, you got Pulaski wrong!

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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Silver View Post
    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.

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by kelownagirl View Post
    So how do you pronounce Kelowna?

    Or Toronto?

    or Calgary?
    Hmmm...saying is one thing - spelling phonetically is another.

    Kelowna = Ka loh nuh

    Toronto = Ta ron toe

    Calgary = Cal ga ree

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    Mr. I wonder how Sandra says Pulaski?

    I would have said Pu LAA ski
    "Being retired from Biking...isn't that kinda like being retired from recess?" Stephen Colbert asked of Lance Armstrong

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Silver View Post
    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?
    Not bad Mr. Silver.

    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
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  8. #68
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    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.

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    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."

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
    One person is "y'all." A group of persons is "all y'all."
    and this is funny, I've always spelled it ya'll
    If you don't grow where you're planted, you'll never BLOOM - Will Rogers

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    [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.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hub View Post
    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.
    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
    If you don't grow where you're planted, you'll never BLOOM - Will Rogers

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    Actually I was referring to Pulaski Tn.

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

 

 

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