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Old 08-22-2005, 06:17 PM   #2
Perry Winkle
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: A little south of sanity
Posts: 2,259
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<h3>Your Linguistic Profile:</h3>
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70% General American English</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#A8FFB3">
15% Dixie</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">
10% Yankee</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#A8FFB3">
5% Upper Midwestern</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">
0% Midwestern</td></tr></table>

Strange I'm from Missouri and have no Midwestern expressions?

I call Soda/Pop/Coke: Soda or Soda Pop
I say "Catta Corner" or when I'm around the part of my family with a Missourian Drawl I say something kind of like "Catter Corner" or "Catte' Corner" where the ' is a glottal stop.
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