Gravatar I got 48% Yankee. In my linguistics class, we all took a quiz of this sort- my partner was from Texas, but we were almost the same on everything except soda and baby carriage, which I call a stroller or a pram. My generation lacks a lot of these variations in dialect, which is kind of too bad.


Gravatar This is not a particularly good example of this sort of quiz, actually. I suspect that there are more of these sort of regional variations, even among your age cohort-- whatever it's called-- than you think. This sort of thing is pretty hard to track, due to the difficulties associated with obtaining a sample, among other reasons.

I also expect that regional dialect variations are not so very diverse in your particular environment. Try "pram" at any of the public high schools in our neighborhood and see how many blank looks you get.


Gravatar I just learned a few weeks ago that most people who are not from the deep south don't know what the word "tump" means, as in "be careful not to tump over your bowl of cereal". Live and learn.


Gravatar I don't know where I got "pram," but because of the internet and TV, American English is much more homogenous than it used to be.


Gravatar That test is nonsense. I got 44% - just barely Yankee. Which, frankly - as some who not only knows what 'tump' means, but occasionally employs it in idiomatic conjunction with 'bascart' - I find mildly offensive.


Gravatar Hmmm. I surprised myself by turning out to be 69% Southern myself and they didn't even offer the choice among shopping cart, basket and buggy. D(Dad always uses buggy, now.) I interchange between the other 2. I picked up the test from Betsy Loughlin, who sent it to me via e-mail.


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