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["Tony Spencer" <tony AT tonyspencer.com>]

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 [mailto:dave AT matusiak.org] 
> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 1:21 PM
> To: Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
> 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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