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[Evan Zimmerman <evan.zimmerman AT gmail.com>]

You must not be from deep enough South. There are some real gems :-)

On 4/28/05, matusiak <dave AT matusiak.org> wrote:

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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