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Post by BSJ on Feb 24, 2019 22:37:27 GMT
Spot on! One of the cities named is Toledo where I'm from, in the most northern region of Ohio. BIuebird, I call a creek, crik.
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Post by BIuebird on Feb 25, 2019 2:40:19 GMT
BSJInteresting! And here I thought that was just a Pennsylvania Dutch pronunciation.
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Post by nobodyschild on Feb 26, 2019 4:36:06 GMT
Those are fun! Being from the US I obviously got not from around here... But on the US version of the quiz it pretty much pinpointed me, California was all dark red, suggesting Fresno and Reno NV, both only a few hours away. Interesting to see how much of a language difference there is in just one country. It’d be super fun to see a quiz try and guess your age from the way you talk. I get strange looks from my friends for using phrases that are “old fashioned” that I’ve picked up from my parents and just think are normal phrases.
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Post by BSJ on Feb 27, 2019 0:18:51 GMT
I sometimes call a sofa a davenport. My mother picked this word up from my great-grand parents (born late 1800's). Two nieces had no idea what the word meant. They thought grandma was talking about the screened in porch.
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Post by orioles70 on Feb 27, 2019 1:21:51 GMT
if I hear "Davenport", my first thought is the tennis player (Lindsay Davenport, former #1 ranking)
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Post by Horacewimp on Feb 27, 2019 8:34:54 GMT
I think of Davenports who used to home delivery beer.
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Post by vlogdance on Feb 27, 2019 13:16:53 GMT
Horace, thinking about beer? Surely not I thought of Mr Davenport, the Victorian spirit from Rentaghost (below, left. British forumheads might remember this classic kids' TV show).
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Post by orioles70 on Feb 27, 2019 17:43:35 GMT
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Post by Horacewimp on Feb 27, 2019 18:38:55 GMT
Goose Island is one if my favourites at the moment, especially their session IPA which the pub I frequent has recently started selling on draught. www.gooseisland.com
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