34% Dixie- I am definitely a yankee. I swear everyone around here says caramel like carmel. What's with this car-a-mel being a Great Lakes thing?
There's a much much longer version of this out there somewhere. It used to be run by a professor in Milwaukee. Not sure if it's still around. Wisconsin is in an unique position, linguistically speaking. Here's an interesting article about it: http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=409931 I've read another one where they've talked in some depth about vowel sounds. Apparently, we say "milk" incorrectly. It's very very subtle, though. If you say the word "ilk" and feel in your mouth how your tongue moves, and then say "milk," your tongue should be moving the same way for the "i" sound - but most of us in this area make a sublte shift to a more "e" sound - "melk." My husband says he can hear it - but he's a musician with a very well-trained ear. I can hear it now that I know it's there, but it's really quite subtle. On 3/28/06, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/yankeetest.html > > I'm wondering how or non-US born members will be measured? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:202213 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
