How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk

#2
#2
Louisville, KY; Lexington, KY; Augusta, GA

Never lived in any of those states let alone those cities.

My wife got Topeka, KS; Wichita, KS; and Lincoln, NE which is even more strange.
 
#3
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I got Louisville KY also. Must just be a blending of all the places I've lived in 'merica.
 
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golfballs said:
Louisville, KY; Lexington, KY; Augusta, GA
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Very close... Louisville, Lexington, and Chattanooga.


Edit: Very surprised they didn't ask about carbonated beverages... coke, pop, soda, etc. It's usually a pretty good indicator.
 
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IBlvNTmWrk said:
Very close... Louisville, Lexington, and Chattanooga.


Edit: Very surprised they didn't ask about carbonated beverages... coke, pop, soda, etc. It's usually a pretty good indicator.
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I've taken it a few times. I think they pick 25 questions at random from a question bank.
 
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IBlvNTmWrk said:
Very close... Louisville, Lexington, and Chattanooga.


Edit: Very surprised they didn't ask about carbonated beverages... coke, pop, soda, etc. It's usually a pretty good indicator.
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They asked me that question, actually.
 
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IBlvNTmWrk said:
Very close... Louisville, Lexington, and Chattanooga.


Edit: Very surprised they didn't ask about carbonated beverages... coke, pop, soda, etc. It's usually a pretty good indicator.
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I got the same answers and was asked about carbonated beverages. My answer: "Coke"

interestingly enough though, I didn't have names for a lot of what they ask for. The strip between a highway has always been called a median to me, but I have no name for the strip of grass between the sidewalk and the road. Nor do I have a name for drive thru liquor stores, but I have seen them. There were a couple of others that I didn't have names for either, but I can't recall them (I took this a couple of days ago and I've forgotten, I'm getting old!).
 
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Pretty interesting. Some I use multiple words interchangeably but was not provided an option like soda and coke. Some I was quite sure what I use most often like tractor-trailer, semi-truck, or 18 wheeler (I went with tractor trailer).
 

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#15
#15
The survey could've either been shorter, or more accurate.. It was definatley a waste of time. I'm from Pulaski Tn, how in the hell did it come up with Baton Rouge Louisiana?
 
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Be interesting to see it broken down at a micro regional level. Like in the south the regional differences between y'all, yuns, and yins. Or wash vs worsh.
 
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burntorangeVOLffle said:
Be interesting to see it broken down at a micro regional level. Like in the south the regional differences between y'all, yuns, and yins. Or wash vs worsh.
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Man I can't stand when people say worsh. Good grief. I heard tons of that when I lived in Indiana
 
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burntorangeVOLffle said:
Be interesting to see it broken down at a micro regional level. Like in the south the regional differences between y'all, yuns, and yins. Or wash vs worsh.
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There's an extended more advanced version available. This is just a scaled down version of it. Not sure if the other version is free or not...
 
#20
#20
The Cambridge Online Survey of World Englishes

it appears to be free. But I've only registered, not actually taken it.

Edit: Now I've taken it, Lots more potential answers for each question, but once I finished I didn't get any answers for locations. Evidently it's going to be e-mailed to me?
 
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#21
#21
Springfield Mo, Little Rock, Chattanooga for me.

Abilene, Little Rock, Chattanooga for my wife.

Pretty accurate.
 
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burntorangeVOLffle said:
Be interesting to see it broken down at a micro regional level. Like in the south the regional differences between y'all, yuns, and yins. Or wash vs worsh.
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I worked with a Col. in the Air Force, a Flight Surgeon. When we would have our hot wash at the end of the day. He would say "Does anyone have anything for the hot warsh"
 
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volfanbill said:
I got the same answers and was asked about carbonated beverages. My answer: "Coke"

interestingly enough though, I didn't have names for a lot of what they ask for. The strip between a highway has always been called a median to me, but I have no name for the strip of grass between the sidewalk and the road. Nor do I have a name for drive thru liquor stores, but I have seen them. There were a couple of others that I didn't have names for either, but I can't recall them (I took this a couple of days ago and I've forgotten, I'm getting old!).
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I must be the only one who didn't get that question, but golfballs explained that the questions are random. Much like you, I have never heard that the strip of grass between the sidewalk and the road was called anything in particular.
 
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IBlvNTmWrk said:
Very close... Louisville, Lexington, and Chattanooga.


Edit: Very surprised they didn't ask about carbonated beverages... coke, pop, soda, etc. It's usually a pretty good indicator.
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Same here. Although it did ask me the carbonated beverages question. My answer was coke of course.

Can't remember what cites my wife got. They were all Midwestern but she was born in Boise so it makes sense.
 
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SDV said:
Man I can't stand when people say worsh. Good grief. I heard tons of that when I lived in Indiana
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Did you ever hear anyone say chimley when they mean chimney. Makes me laugh every time.
 
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