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Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Chump, Feb 22, 2004.

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  1. JamesC

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    66% Dixie.
     
  2. Woofer

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    I used to use feeder but since I've moved to California, I didn't see one for so long it just went out of my vocabulary.

    Funny, since I was born in Texas and lived there until I was about 26 - 44% Yankee. All I have to do is say "yall" and people know I'm from Texas.
     
  3. MadMax

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    76% dixie
     
  4. Rockets10

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    90% Dixie

    I also say wrapping a house by the way.
     
  5. A-Train

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    It's "fixin' ta!"

    Yankee! :D

    When I was a kid, I always thought that "feeder" was the name of the actual road. "Dad, there sure are a lot of roads named feeder...how does everyone keep track of them?"
     
  6. Isabel

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    In Mississippi, everywhere you looked there was a "frontage" road. When I was young, I thought that must be an amazingly long street... and how come it kept going so close to the highway? And was that the same street every time you came to a new town, or just that same long road again?
     
  7. OmegaSupreme

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    no you're not the only one. i used doodle bugs when i was younger, but now i use it interchangeably with rolly pollys.
     
  8. OmegaSupreme

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    btw, how do pronounce...

    pecan? is it "puh-cahn" or "pik-can"? just something i got made fun of while living in georgia last year. i pronounce it "puh-cahn".

    got made fun of for pronouncing "aunt" as "ahh-nt" too. :rolleyes: oh well.
     
  9. Master Baiter

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    Thats what I would say also.
     
  10. JuanValdez

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    I think the high Dixie scores for the Californians and Yankees probably stems from long exposure to Texans on this board.

    Btw, I got 70% Dixie. Can't wait to see how naturalized my Yankee wife has become.
     
  11. A-Train

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    Remember OmegaSupreme, a pecan is a delicious nut that is used to make a pie...

    A peecan is what a father makes his son use when they're on the freeway and he doesn't want to stop...
     
  12. JuanValdez

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    52% Dixie. I got her over the halfway mark, but I still got some work ahead of me.
     
  13. VesceySux

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    My wife says "Peee-can," and it drives me nuts. Then again, I say "pah-migiana" instead of "parmigiana," and it drives her nuts. :)

    (BTW, my Yankee wife scored 52% Dixie. In time, she WILL turn. Muh ha ha ha!!)
     
  14. Chump

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    do you say "Cray-on" or "crown" ?


    I say Cray-on
     
  15. hooroo

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    How about like thev word aren't.
     
  16. DFW_Rockets_Fan

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    70% Dixie

    Would you believe it was not until high school that I learned "Fixing to" was not proper English? I was shocked when it was not in the dictionary.
     
  17. SmeggySmeg

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    League City

    still using it Behad
     
  18. Hippieloser

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    90% Dixie.

    Everyone knows it's "wrapping!"
     
  19. Deji McGever

    Deji McGever יליד טקסני

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    89% (Dixie). Did you have any Confederate ancestors?

    I've lived in Los Angeles for 7 years...and most people tell me I don't have a "Texan" accent. But I grew up in Houston/Corpus Christi.
     
  20. Isabel

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    You "wrap" presents. As for houses, my mom calls it "rolling". I always heard "TPing". But that wasn't in Texas....
     

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