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re: NYT regional dialect quiz
Posted on 2/13/19 at 2:16 pm to ellishughtiger
Posted on 2/13/19 at 2:16 pm to ellishughtiger
quote:
I grew up in BR and always referred to it as Neutral Ground because I had family that lived uptown Nola. I always got funny looks though when I said it though.
Same. I had one on my street growing up in Baton Rouge and I never once heard the word “median”.
My whole family is as Uptown New Orleans as it gets though.
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Posted on 2/13/19 at 2:33 pm to athenslife101
Put me in BR, Shreveport or Jackson but I am from Beaumont, TX. I guess that's accurate since there is no real difference in all those places.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 2:47 pm to athenslife101
It got me to Baton Rouge, Jackson, or Birmingham. I knew I wouldn’t get New Orleans because I say median and not neutral ground. I grew up in SW LA and live there now but also lived in BR for 12 years.
I must have confused it because the question it nailed me on was Y’all which is just southern.
Median
Crip class
Coke
Rummage sale
Devil whipping his wife
Traffic circle
Catty corner
I thought those would have put me closer to my area.
I must have confused it because the question it nailed me on was Y’all which is just southern.
Median
Crip class
Coke
Rummage sale
Devil whipping his wife
Traffic circle
Catty corner
I thought those would have put me closer to my area.
This post was edited on 2/13/19 at 3:04 pm
Posted on 2/13/19 at 3:13 pm to HempHead
quote:When I was kid everything was coke. I say soda now because it does seem silly but I’ll still say something to my wife like “pick up some cokes at the store”. It means pick up whichever brand we keep at the house. Or if you’re taking them somewhere for a party etc it means pick up a variety or whatever sounds good.
I know there is the idea that southerners say 'coke' as a catch-all term but I've never heard that happen. If you tell a waitress you want a coke, they aren't going to ask what kind. They're going to get you a damn Coke.
This post was edited on 2/13/19 at 3:14 pm
Posted on 2/13/19 at 3:15 pm to BOSCEAUX
Do black people that aren’t from the south say y’all?
Posted on 2/13/19 at 3:16 pm to beaverfever
quote:
Do black people that aren’t from the south say y’all?
Probably depends how far removed their family is from moving out of the South if I had to guess.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 3:19 pm to athenslife101
Damn spot on
Posted on 2/13/19 at 4:59 pm to athenslife101
I learned how to talk in Lafourche parish, but my parents are Alabama natives. I have spent maybe 5 out of my 50 years in Alabama and it put me in Birmingham.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 5:36 pm to athenslife101
No brake tag/inspection sticker question?
Posted on 2/13/19 at 6:57 pm to usc6158
quote:It's a doodlebug, brah.
Potato Bug nails everyone from the northwest.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 6:57 pm to Jake88
It's a roly poly you psycho
Posted on 2/13/19 at 6:59 pm to athenslife101
Nearest city was Jackson, ms and darkest area was central ms and southern half of the delta.
Right on the money
Right on the money
Posted on 2/13/19 at 7:02 pm to HempHead
quote:I'm from New Orleans and when I was a kid and talking to my friends we'd ask each other if we wanted to go around the corner to the store and get a coke. I usually ended up with a Big Shot pineapple soda.
I know there is the idea that southerners say 'coke' as a catch-all term but I've never heard that happen.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 7:03 pm to TH03
quote:Your girlfriend's the roly poly, but the bug is a doodlebug.
It's a roly poly you psycho
Posted on 2/13/19 at 7:04 pm to Jake88
100%
The dinner/supper thing I never heard anybody do ... except my dad. So I know that at least was a thing at one time.
The dinner/supper thing I never heard anybody do ... except my dad. So I know that at least was a thing at one time.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 7:06 pm to athenslife101
Damn, I'm apparently "Old South" as hell
Jackson, MS
Birmingham, AL
Montgomery, AL
Posted on 2/13/19 at 7:07 pm to athenslife101
Well I’ll be. It got mine exactly right. Baton Rouge.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 7:08 pm to baybeefeetz
quote:I've spoken to people in central areas of Louisiana who refer to the meal around noon as "dinner" and the meal around 6pm as "supper." Threw me off in the conversation.
The dinner/supper thing I never heard anybody do ... except my dad.
Posted on 2/13/19 at 7:12 pm to TH03
quote:
It said I'm either from Shreveport, baton rouge, or New Orleans. Pretty solid.
Me too
Posted on 2/13/19 at 7:27 pm to athenslife101
Houston
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Jackson
Baton Rouge
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