Accent Test: Yankee or Rebel? - Page 2

markolas · #16 04-13-2011, 01:11 PM

Good lord, I feel like Jethro Clampett all of a sudden.

I'm glad that thing didn't ask about my liberal use of phrases like "high as a Georgia pine" and "hotter than a two dollar pistol."

louielouie2000 · #17 04-13-2011, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by markolas

I'm glad that thing didn't ask about my liberal use of phrases like "high as a Georgia pine

Oh my God, the only person who I have EVER heard say that is one of my ultra country friends from South Carolina!

It's such a cute little expression

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And yeah, what's up with that quiz not asking about cart vs buggy?

chiliD · #18 04-13-2011, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by CreepingDeath

30% Dixie. You are a dandy Yankee Doodle.

Does Las Vegas have an accent.

"Accent", no...

...but "C'mon, baby, Daddy needs a new pair of shoes" while rolling dice is a common regional phrase.

ontheEdgeof17 · #19 04-13-2011, 01:21 PM

40% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.

tilthefirefades · #20 04-13-2011, 01:23 PM

66% and I've always lived in the south. I say buggy, ya'll, ain't, but will never call a drink pop

I feel dumb for asking this, but if caught isn't pronounced like "kawt", how is it pronounced?

Fiver · #21 04-13-2011, 01:26 PM

^I was wondering that. Shouldn't it rhyme with 'aught'?

RickRobert · #22 04-13-2011, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by tilthefirefades

I feel dumb for asking this, but if caught isn't pronounced like "kawt", how is it pronounced?

I have a stupid accent but is "kawt" meant to rhyme with "fort"? If so I pronounce caught AND coat like that...

markolas · #23 04-13-2011, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Oh my God, the only person who I have EVER heard say that is one of my ultra country friends from South Carolina!

It's such a cute little expression

.

And yeah, what's up with that quiz not asking about cart vs buggy?

My aunt used to say it. Another one I'm fond of (made semi-famous by the movie Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore) is: "She went to sh!t and the hogs ate her." (Said as a response when someone asks where a person is, and you want to convey that you don't know and don't care).

markolas · #24 04-13-2011, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by RickRobert

I have a stupid accent but is "kawt" meant to rhyme with "fort"? If so I pronounce caught AND coat like that...

Where the hell are you from that caught and coat rhyme with fort?

markolas · #25 04-13-2011, 01:33 PM

And kawt sort of rhymes with "ow" (as in "Ow, I stubbed my toe"), but not exactly.

tilthefirefades · #26 04-13-2011, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Fiver

^I was wondering that. Shouldn't it rhyme with 'aught'?

Ok, that's what I'm thinking. I was mispronouncing "kawt" in my head, but if it sounds like ow, then I have been saying it right by pronouncing it like aught, right?

Fiver · #27 04-13-2011, 01:39 PM

http://www.alphadictionary.com/artic..._advanced.html

91% on this one. I say faucet, not spigot, and I call it a basket instead of a cart or buggy.

'Shopping buggy' is hilarious.

Is it horse-drawn?

markolas · #28 04-13-2011, 01:40 PM

It's just "buggy," not "shopping buggy."

Fiver · #29 04-13-2011, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by tilthefirefades

Ok, that's what I'm thinking. I was mispronouncing "kawt" in my head, but if it sounds like ow, then I have been saying it right by pronouncing it like aught, right?

I thought Kawt would be pronounced like aught too. Like a crow 'caws'. So I chose caught = kawt. I'm so confused.

Fiver · #30 04-13-2011, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by markolas

It's just "buggy," not "shopping buggy."

Ok, makes a tiny bit more sense. Still pretty funny to me. BTW, I live in East Texas now, and when they say hilarious they pronounce it 'high-larious'. Any of y'all do that?