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- Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:29 am
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: Question of dialect
- Replies: 26
- Views: 58251
- Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:13 am
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: SNARKY
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7609
Pop definition...
Could just be me, but most of the people I know use snarky to mean witty or dry-humored or irreverent instead of cranky. It's used that way in pop culture today as well.
- Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:01 am
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: Minnesota-isms...anyone???
- Replies: 21
- Views: 136440
Minnesota-isms...anyone???
I'm Minnesotan but I went to school with people from across the nation and spent lots of time having the following linguistic quirks pointed out: *Minnesotans seem to be the only ones who say "duck, duck, grey duck" instead of 'duck, duck, goose." I haven't even found other Mid-Wester...
- Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:23 am
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: Question of dialect
- Replies: 26
- Views: 58251
One more thing: )
Forgot to say: the way you say wagon also strikes me as benig from the Midwest. Do you have Scandinavian ancestry? That's why Minnesotans elongate their vowels that way.
- Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:19 am
- Forum: The Rebel-Yankee Test
- Topic: Question of dialect
- Replies: 26
- Views: 58251
Can I have a beg, please?
Don't know where you picked it up, but it sounds like the Midwest to me. Minnesotans say bag that way all the time...