Babyjustrun
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yeaaa. kind of strange title.
anyways, i took this quiz on Blogthings to see how i spoke. but i'm not asking you to take another quiz, i just want to know how you say some of the things they mentioned, or didn't.
like democracy. do you say it [demo-cra-see, democ-ra-see, demo-cracy]
The level of a building that is underground is called the:
Cellar
Basement
What do you call the night before Halloween?
Nothing
Devil's night
Mischeif night
You bring back your groceries in a...
Sack
Bag
The act of covering a house or area in front of a house with toilet paper is called...
Toilet papering
Rolling
TP'ing
You call sweetened, carbonated beverages:
Soda
Pop
Coke
You drink from:
A water fountain
A drinking fountain
You tend to call the sweet spread on top of cake:
Icing
Frosting
Both
Do you use the word cruller?
No
Yes
What do you call a traffic situation in which several roads meet in a circle and you have to get off at a certain point?
Rotary
Something else like a circle, traffic circle, or roundabout
What do you call an easy class?
A crip course
A gut
A blow off
If it's raining while the sun is shining, you call it:
The Devil is Beating His Wife
A sunshower
You have no term for it
What do you call something that is diagonal from you?
Kitty corner
Diagonal
Catty corner
What is the four wheeled contraption you push around your groceries in?
Buggy
Carriage
Shopping / grocery cart
You work out in...
Tennis shoes
Sneakers
"Y'all"...
Just rolls off your tongue
Is not sometihng you say
The second syllable in pajamas sounds like:
The A in jam
The A in father
Does "caramel" have two or three syllables?
Two
Three
You say it both ways
Do you pronounce "aunt" like "ant"?
Yes
No
"Route" rhymes with...
Boot
Out
Mary / marry / merry...
Are pronounced differently
Are pronounced the same
if you want to take the quiz, go:
http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/
anyways, i took this quiz on Blogthings to see how i spoke. but i'm not asking you to take another quiz, i just want to know how you say some of the things they mentioned, or didn't.
like democracy. do you say it [demo-cra-see, democ-ra-see, demo-cracy]
The level of a building that is underground is called the:
Cellar
Basement
What do you call the night before Halloween?
Nothing
Devil's night
Mischeif night
You bring back your groceries in a...
Sack
Bag
The act of covering a house or area in front of a house with toilet paper is called...
Toilet papering
Rolling
TP'ing
You call sweetened, carbonated beverages:
Soda
Pop
Coke
You drink from:
A water fountain
A drinking fountain
You tend to call the sweet spread on top of cake:
Icing
Frosting
Both
Do you use the word cruller?
No
Yes
What do you call a traffic situation in which several roads meet in a circle and you have to get off at a certain point?
Rotary
Something else like a circle, traffic circle, or roundabout
What do you call an easy class?
A crip course
A gut
A blow off
If it's raining while the sun is shining, you call it:
The Devil is Beating His Wife
A sunshower
You have no term for it
What do you call something that is diagonal from you?
Kitty corner
Diagonal
Catty corner
What is the four wheeled contraption you push around your groceries in?
Buggy
Carriage
Shopping / grocery cart
You work out in...
Tennis shoes
Sneakers
"Y'all"...
Just rolls off your tongue
Is not sometihng you say
The second syllable in pajamas sounds like:
The A in jam
The A in father
Does "caramel" have two or three syllables?
Two
Three
You say it both ways
Do you pronounce "aunt" like "ant"?
Yes
No
"Route" rhymes with...
Boot
Out
Mary / marry / merry...
Are pronounced differently
Are pronounced the same
if you want to take the quiz, go:
http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/
