I got 41% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category. Doesn't suprise me since I grew up in upstate NY.
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My score gets changed by 10 points, based only on whether I vote you'uns/yins or y'all. That is, if I vote honestly, and clear it and vote honestly again, just using the one variable. The quiz was based on the erroneous supposition that you'uns/yins was peculiar only to western Pennsylvania. Both y'all and you'uns are common here, but the old-timers definitely said you'uns.izzarina wrote:I got 41% (Yankee). Barely into the Yankee category. Doesn't suprise me since I grew up in upstate NY.
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I thought it was a Western PA / Ohio Valley thing too, which is why I asked...I think it was you Walden....if you were from here. The things you learn on C & F!Walden wrote:The quiz was based on the erroneous supposition that you'uns/yins was peculiar only to western Pennsylvania. Both y'all and you'uns are common here, but the old-timers definitely said you'uns.
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I'm 49% yankee, but since I grew up on a farm it might have trown my score off a little bit. When I was a kid I called those bugs that roll up "Rolly-Pollys" but now I call them "Pill bugs" I'm suprried it didn't ask about "Wooly Bear" caterpillars.
Oh I also say Golf, and Gulf differently.
Oh I also say Golf, and Gulf differently.
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It apparently goes across parts of Kentucky, and through the Ozarks. A fairly narrow band, I guess.izzarina wrote: I thought it was a Western PA / Ohio Valley thing too, which is why I asked...I think it was you Walden....if you were from here. The things you learn on C & F!
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Mine seems to change too, if I change crawfish to crayfish....I tend to say crawfish now, but I always called them crayfish growing up. Strange. So I go from I think 41% to 30% which apparently shows a strong Yankee score.Walden wrote: My score gets changed by 10 points, based only on whether I vote you'uns/yins or y'all.
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We always said crawdad, though, it usually sounded more like crawdead.izzarina wrote:Mine seems to change too, if I change crawfish to crayfish....I tend to say crawfish now, but I always called them crayfish growing up. Strange. So I go from I think 41% to 30% which apparently shows a strong Yankee score.Walden wrote: My score gets changed by 10 points, based only on whether I vote you'uns/yins or y'all.
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You drop your aitches in "humble" ???!!!!Walden wrote:It's a silent h, like in "oh," or "humble."tuaz wrote:What intrigues me more is why (based on what I've observed in American TV programmes) you drop your "h" in the word "herb".
My grandmother grew up near a place named Hardesty, and it is pronounced "Ardesy."