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Old 07-21-2008, 09:27 AM
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Can you speak without sounding like a ghetto ************ as well?
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Old 07-21-2008, 10:02 AM
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that's a long ****.
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I ran out of patience after number 10.

Fawk dis sheet.
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51%. Not bad for a Canadian
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I stuck with it. It's pretty interesting. MY dialect is used by 51% of people.
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80. What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?
a. sunshower
b. the wolf is giving birth
c. the devil is beating his wife
d. monkey's wedding
e. fox's wedding
f. pineapple rain
g. liquid sun
h. I have no term or expression for this
i. other
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I could'nt even bring myself to start it.
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92. What do you call it when a driver changes over one or more lanes way too quickly?
a. Chinese lane change
b. Chinese fire drill
c. other

C: other - Chinese in general.
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damn thats long, gf will love this I bet.
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Your dialect is 47% popular!
You answered 122 out of 122 questions, with 69 out of 122 (57%) answers the same as the most popular answer. This is a 47% weighted average (taking the percentage of survey respondents who pick each answer into consideration).
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Originally Posted by jayc72
51%. Not bad for a Canadian
Did they ask you how you pronounce about? Aboot?
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Originally Posted by Saml01
Did they ask you how you pronounce about? Aboot?
Aboot? What is this word? Did you misspell about?
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51% here. I thought it would be more. Then again, I'm always amazed and disgusted by people's pronnunciation.
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I got through 17 questions before my eyes started to glaze over, so I hit submit. 46%.
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What do you call the activity of driving around in circles in a car?
a. doing donuts
b. doing cookies
c. whipping shitties
d. other


Who's up for whipping a few shitties and then perhaps we'll go for a spot of tea?

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What do you call a drive-through liquor store?
a. brew thru
b. party barn
c. bootlegger
d. beer barn
e. beverage barn
f. we have these in my area, but we have no special term for them
g. I have never heard of such a thing
h. other

what kind of redneck bumfuck states have these O_o
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Originally Posted by Savington
What do you call a drive-through liquor store?
a. brew thru
b. party barn
c. bootlegger
d. beer barn
e. beverage barn
f. we have these in my area, but we have no special term for them
g. I have never heard of such a thing
h. other

what kind of redneck bumfuck states have these O_o
states you wish you lived in!

north carolina. ok I take back the first statement.
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brew-thru FTW.
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Originally Posted by Savington

what kind of redneck bumfuck states have these O_o
We actually have one of these by my house. They sell you a 40 in a paper bag too. And probably stick a straw in so you don't spill it.
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Hmm. I'm 49% popular:

Some of those were just downright regional:
Subway (New York)
L or El (Chicago)
T (Boston)
Metro (London)
BART (LA)
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metro = VA/DC/MD But anyways, that the point....betcha statics will show the po' folk answered craw daddies and not crawfish, pop/grape drink instead of soda...

I'm surprised you weren't in the 1% range.....most people don't speak Old English
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