My friend Dave Russ sends along a link to this 20-question Southern dialect quiz based on Harvard's survey of regional dialects. The quiz looks mainly at word choice: Is the generic term for a soft drink soda, pop, or Coke? Do you carry groceries in a bag, a sack, or a poke? Is the second person plural "you all," "y'all," "youse guys," or "you'uns."
I had a strongly Southern score, which I partly owe to my Connecticut Yankee eighth grade Latin teacher, who taught us to conjugate verbs after this fashion: "I love, you love, he loves, we love, y'all love, they love."
Dave, a Mobile native, only scored a 60, his dialect no doubt compromised by years in southern California and south Florida. I outdistanced him with a 76. Top that, y'all!
Comments (5)
Y'all. . . There just isn't a better second person plural in English. . .
Posted by TulipGirl | March 16, 2005 12:27 PM
Posted on March 16, 2005 12:27
I also rcvd a 76. I find it odd that most of my answers rcvd a common or found in Midwest. HMMMMM
Posted by soandsosfrnd | March 16, 2005 5:45 PM
Posted on March 16, 2005 17:45
Scored an 81! But then, I am an Okie .
Posted by OkieBert | March 16, 2005 10:52 PM
Posted on March 16, 2005 22:52
62 % for me "62% (Dixie). A definitive Southern score!"
It reminded me of the other common ways to say something that I had forgotten or just got used to not using.
Posted by David S.
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March 16, 2005 11:11 PM
Posted on March 16, 2005 23:11
92. My score has gone up from last time.
Posted by Phelps | March 18, 2005 9:58 AM
Posted on March 18, 2005 09:58