At least there used to be a lot of Montrealers in Souther Florida. On Dec 25, 2013, at 7:31 AM, Christopher Green wrote:
> I still retain mostly a far West accent (though it picked Seattle rather than > San Francisco as my closest place), even though I left California when I was > 14. I also get a red stripe in upstate New York (probably similar to southern > Québec/Ontario, where I have mostly lived since. And then there's this thing > going on in southern Florida, which has nothing to do with me at all. Perhaps > that's where a lot of central Canadians retire? :-) > > Merry/Happy, fellow Tipsécois! > > Chris > ....... > Christopher D Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 > > [email protected] > http://www.yorku.ca/christo > >> On Dec 25, 2013, at 7:12 AM, MiguelRoig <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> My results were about right: Yonkers (NY), NY City, and Newark/Paterson, NJ >> (I went to Rutgers-Newark for my doctoral degree). It was interesting to me >> to learn about the various expressions used around the country associated >> with the question "What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is >> shining?" In Cuba (and Spain?) we say that the devil's daughter is getting >> married. Elsewhere in Latin America I understand that one might say that a >> witch (perhaps also a widow or an old woman) is getting married. One myth I >> have heard is that any marriage that takes place under such weather >> conditions will be problematic. >> >> Miguel >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Carol DeVolder" <[email protected]> >> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2013 6:50:08 PM >> Subject: Re: [tips] Language and Dialect >> >> I was Aurora, Rockford, or Toledo. Squarely in the Midwest, where I was >> born and raised. >> >> >>> On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Ken Steele <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On 12/24/2013 1:15 PM, Claudia Stanny wrote: >>>> >>>> I finally got a map . . . I think the site shares load problems >>>> experienced on the ACA site. :-) >>>> >>>> I also adopted Jeff's strategy of selecting responses based on choices >>>> I would have made growing up rather than usages I know about based on >>>> where I now live. I could probably manipulate choices to locate myself >>>> elsewhere. But I've already spent too much time on that site! >>>> >>>> So the site placed me squarely (and correctly) in Detroit. (The night >>>> before Halloween question is an easy give-away.) >>>> >>>> My secondary cities reveal much about my years living in the south. >>>> >>>> My daughter's map was interesting. Between listening to me, growing up >>>> in Pensacola, grad school in the Midwest, and four long-term >>>> residencies in France, her map is quite ambiguous and located her in >>>> three cities where she has never spent more than 3 months. It thinks >>>> she is a Washington, D.C. / Baltimore girl. :-) >>>> >>>> Claudia >>> The program placed me in Worcester MA, Boston MA, or New York City, which >>> I hear is located in the state of New York. >>> >>> (I find the latter odd because I don't know of a Tennesee City or a North >>> Carolina City or a South Carolina City. And I thought Southern naming >>> conventions were repetitive. But I digress.) >>> >>> Interestly, my daughter was identified as being from either Boston, >>> Worcester, or Springfield MA. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=32178 or send a blank email to leave-32178-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
