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[matusiak <dave AT matusiak.org>]

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...