Not particularly "colorful"
Take this test: What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
I was 70% general American English, 10% dixie, 10% upper midwestern, 10% yankee, 0% midwestern.
How many of you call the evening meal "supper"? I do fairly often, I guess, and have gotten a couple laughs/comments in return. It is apparently regarded as a southern thing.
It is possible that I picked up the habit after attending a Mennonite church -- Mennonites are also in the habit of using "supper" to designate the evening meal -- but I'm not too sure about that. I think I regarded "supper" and "dinner" as interchangeable before knowing Mennonites, and then I learned that "dinner" may actually be the noon meal if large enough.
I was 70% general American English, 10% dixie, 10% upper midwestern, 10% yankee, 0% midwestern.
How many of you call the evening meal "supper"? I do fairly often, I guess, and have gotten a couple laughs/comments in return. It is apparently regarded as a southern thing.
It is possible that I picked up the habit after attending a Mennonite church -- Mennonites are also in the habit of using "supper" to designate the evening meal -- but I'm not too sure about that. I think I regarded "supper" and "dinner" as interchangeable before knowing Mennonites, and then I learned that "dinner" may actually be the noon meal if large enough.
posted by Claire at 10:01
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My results:
75% General American English
10% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Midwestern
I don't use any of the options under "what you call an easy course," or whatever it said. I selected "a blow off," because I didn't even know the meaning of the other ones.
Yeah, I never use blow off but chose it because I didn't know the meaning of the other ones, either.
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