| Your Linguistic Profile:: |
| 65% General American English |
| 20% Yankee |
| 5% Dixie |
| 5% Upper Midwestern |
| 0% Midwestern |
Washington, D.C.: First 2.5 years of life
North Carolina: Next 16 years of life
Connecticut: Next 7 years of life
Mother from N.C., father from Michigan.
I must say, though, I was rather ambivalent about several (where ambivalence wasn't an option)... e.g., I will readily say "kitty corner," "catty corner," OR "diagonal" depending on my wont. What can I say? I'm a man of the people. I do as they do, say as they say. When in Rome.
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I found the grocery sack/bag question equally perplexing. I went with "bag," but I know I use the terms interchangeably.
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