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From: "Terri A." <>
Subject: RE: [ARIZARD-L] Yankee or Dixie? (off topic)
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 21:24:33 -0800
In-Reply-To: <BAY4-DAV41GUsseEpjd0001cba4@hotmail.com>


49% Yankee

GASP! And my roots go so deep in Dixie too.

Guess that's what happens when you marry a Yankee, it rubs off.

Terri in CA





> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dale Marr [mailto:]
> > Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 5:30 PM
> > To:
> > Subject: [ARIZARD-L] Yankee or Dixie? (off topic)
> >
> >
> > Interesting test to see how "Yankee" or "Southern" you
> > are. Of course they could have asked more relevant
> > questions like, "How do you pronounce the words 'wash'
> > and 'greasy'?" or "What does 'fixin' to' mean?" or "How
> > many cars are sitting on cinder blocks in your front
> > yard?" or "How closely related to you is your spouse?"
> > But then what would you expect? It came from Harvard!
> > http://courses.lib.odu.edu/engl/jbing/Dialect.HTM
> >
> > I'm shocked! I was just "67% Dixie." :-( It would be
> > interesting to see how some of the rest of you fare.
> >
> > Dale
> >
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