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  • From: matusiak <dave AT matusiak.org>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] What type of English do you speak?
  • Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 13:25:00 -0400

You must be a True Southerner then. For all the colloquialisms I've heard/adopted, this is one I've missed up til now.


On Apr 28, 2005, at 1:20 PM, Tony Spencer wrote:

I always heard that 'devil beating his wife' was when it was raining at the same time that the sun was shining.

-----Original Message-----
From: matusiak
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: [internetworkers] What type of English do you speak?

My results were:

50% General American English
30% Yankee
20% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

Which sounds about right. I'll agree that there weren't
enough options
on some of the items.

Talk about learning something new everyday... WTF is "The Devil is
Beating His Wife" ?? Does that saying actually exist? How come I've
never heard it?

On Apr 28, 2005, at 11:49 AM, Michael Czeiszperger wrote:

This online test was pretty fun:

http://www.blogthings.com/amenglishdialecttest/

Your Linguistic Profile:

80% General American English
15% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
0% Yankee

Strangely enough my "southern" wife rated higher in both the Yankee
and Dixie categories...





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