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What’s a cruller?

Per this language quiz, I speak:

50% General American English
45% Dixie
5% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

I was shocked to learn I speak any Yankee.

Posted in uncategorized on April 19th, 2005 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |

7 Responses to “What’s a cruller?”

  1. countertop Says:
    April 19th, 2005 at 9:57 am

    I speak

    45% General American English
    35% Yankee
    15% Dixie
    5% Upper Midwestern
    0% Midwestern

    Ok, then.

  2. Heartless Libertarian Says:
    April 19th, 2005 at 10:17 am

    65% GAE
    15% Upper Midwest
    10% Dixie
    10% Yankee

  3. CL Says:
    April 19th, 2005 at 3:01 pm

    I like this test better. I scored higher in Dixie on it. They also explain why you speak some Yankee.

    http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/yankee_dixie_quiz.html

  4. tgirsch Says:
    April 20th, 2005 at 12:08 am

    Hooray! 0% Dixie!

    65% General American English
    20% Yankee
    15% Upper Midwestern
    0% Dixie
    0% Midwestern

    The 0% Midwestern surprised me, however. Also, the survey is biased against people from Milwaukee, since anyone from there can tell you that the correct answer to #6 is “a bubbler.” Also, my number 19 answer is “both,” and it depends on context. Oddly enough, when used as a noun (e.g. “Route 66”), it rhymes with “boot,” but when used as a verb (as in “re-route them”), it rhymes with “out.” I don’t know why this is.

    Last, in case Uncle is serious, a cruller is one of those long, twisty, unfrosted donut thingies that you dip in coffee. GIS for cruller, although I’m used to seeing them straight and elongated rather than round.

  5. Jay G Says:
    April 20th, 2005 at 11:53 am

    40% General American English
    40% Yankee
    10% Dixie
    5% Upper Midwestern
    0% Midwestern

    10% Dixie? Must have been all that “Dukes of Hazzard” I watched as a kid… 😉

  6. Xrlq Says:
    April 21st, 2005 at 2:23 am

    70% General American English
    20% Upper Midwestern
    5% Dixie
    5% Yankee
    0% Midwestern

    Rather odd, as I have lived in the Midwest, and both of my parents are from there. I’m not surprised I speak little Yankee, having recently teased my Connecticut wife for talking to our aunt (rhymes with gaunt) in her puh-JAW-mas.

  7. lobbygow Says:
    April 21st, 2005 at 11:08 pm

    55% General American English
    40% Dixie
    5% Yankee
    0% Upper Midwestern
    0% Midwestern

Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.

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