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Old 04-18-2008, 10:42 PM   #41
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55% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category.

when i was a kid pillbugs were called roly poly's

I still call them that...never heard of them as "pillbug".
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Old 04-18-2008, 11:01 PM   #42
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I still call them that...never heard of them as "pillbug".
thats ok my dear,
it's a "grown up"thing......
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Old 04-18-2008, 11:25 PM   #43
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thats ok my dear,
it's a "grown up"thing......
AHAHAHAAA...but that is the only name I knew them as, now my little one calls them roly-polys.

Betcha someone else here still refers them to roly polys!
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Old 04-19-2008, 04:06 PM   #44
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100% (Dixie). Is General Lee your father?

weird, I though for sure given some of the scoring comments I was gonna get lower than that. Here is what I punched in.

I put an @ in front of my selections.

1. How do you pronounce Aunt?
Like the word want
@Like the word ant
Like the word caught
I pronounce them all the same
RESULT:


2. How do you pronounce caramel?
Two syllables ("car-ml")
@Three syllables ("car-a-mel")
Either
Don't know
RESULT:


3. How do you pronounce creek?
@Rhymes with meek
Rhymes with kick
Either
Don't know
RESULT:


4. How do you pronounce the second syllable in pajamas?
Rhymes with jam
@Rhymes with father
Either
Don't know
RESULT:


5. How do you pronounce route?
@Rhymes with clout
Rhymes with toot
Either
Don't know
RESULT:


6. Do you pronounce "cot" and "caught" the same way?
@Yes
No
No answer
Don't know
RESULT:


7. How do you address a group of people?
You all
Youse
You'uns, yins
@Y'all
RESULT:


8. What kind of sale is it on the front lawn?
Rummage sale
Tag sale
@Yard sale
Garage sale
RESULT:


9. What's that long sandwich with lots of cold cuts and toppings?
@Sub
Hoagie
Grinder
Hero
RESULT:


10. What's the tiny lobster that crawls around in creek bottoms?
Crawfish
Crayfish
@Crawdad
I don't know
RESULT:


11. What do you call gym shoes?
Sneakers
Tennis shoes
Gymshoes
@Runnning shoes
RESULT:


12. What is spread onto the tops of cakes?
Frosting
@Icing
Don't know
No answer
RESULT:


13. What's that road along an Interstate highway?
Frontage road
@Service road
Access road
Feeder
RESULT:


14. What do you put groceries in?
Bag
@Sack
Poke
No answer
RESULT:


15. Where might you get water in a public building?
Water fountain
@Drinking fountain
Bubbler
No answer
RESULT:


16. What is that bubbly carbonated drink called?
Soda
@Coke
Pop
Soft drink
RESULT:


17. What's it called when you throw toilet paper over a house?
TP'ing
Toilet papering
@Rolling
Papering
RESULT:


18. What's the night before Halloween called?
@I don't use any word for this
Devil's night
Mischief night
Cabbage night
RESULT:


19. What's a drive through liquor store called?
I haven't heard of any such thing, or none of the below
Brew thru
Beverage barn
@Party barn
RESULT:


20. What's that bug that rolls into a ball when you touch it? (NOTE: This is not a doodle bug (ant lion), which is the larvae of Myrmeleontidae spp.)
@Roly poly
Pillbug
Potato bug
Sow bug
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Old 04-20-2008, 03:16 AM   #45
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66% dixie, lol I have lived my life of equal parts in south and north, but most in the middle Colorado.
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Old 04-20-2008, 10:27 AM   #46
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I was born and raised in New England,and still live here but it said I am only 43% Yankee...barely in the Yankee catagory...huh?
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Old 04-20-2008, 03:15 PM   #47
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99% DIXIE!! Ya'll!

For those of you who scored mostly YANKEE, "Bless Ya'lls hearts!"

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Old 04-20-2008, 03:31 PM   #48
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63% (Dixie). About where I figured
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Old 04-20-2008, 06:18 PM   #49
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76% Dixie? I would have probably fought for the yanks though, thats odd. this test is just on knowledge of words though. My mom was a "GRITS" so I guess that is where I got if from. I do love my second amendment though! and they are called rolly polys.

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Old 04-20-2008, 06:46 PM   #50
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72% percent Dixie, dam Yankee mother
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