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Linguistic Conflicts in America

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ski-swagga
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I hope this isn't a repost, but I found these maps quite interesting. I never would've guessed that some of these terms and words would be said any differently than how I say them.

http://www.businessinsider.com/22-maps-that-show-the-deepest-linguistic-conflicts-in-america-2013-6#
Jun 6 2013 12:05AM
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ski-swagga
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I feel like wisconsin is in need of these!
Jun 6 2013 8:22PM
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johnnyBuz
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I'm proud to be one of the few that says "sear-up" and hoagie.
Jun 6 2013 8:25PM
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johnnyBuz
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Also, it's pretty ridiculous that Alabama and Mississippi call a sunshower a "the devil is beating his wife." Like wtf? How does that even make sense.
Jun 6 2013 8:44PM
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NinetyFour
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I died of laughter reading that one at like 1AM last night. I had to wikipedia it, and here is the explanation:

In the Southern United States, and in Hungary as well, a sunshower is said to show that "the devil is beating his wife" because he is angry God created a beautiful day. The rain is said to be his wife's tears.

Someone was high as fuck when they developed that term... Like is snow Jesus' dandruff, and it's cold outside because he's upset that he ran out of Selsun Blue...?
Jun 6 2013 9:11PM
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1337
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in new england we use a slight variance: "blinkah"
Jun 7 2013 1:32AM
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corona
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turn signal
Jun 7 2013 8:08AM
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NinetyFour
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Poll. Do you pronounce Saga like:

1: SAY-Gah

OR

2: SAW-Gah
Jun 10 2013 10:33PM
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_Garagely_
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Definitely SAW-Gah. It pisses me off when people say SAY-Gah.
Jun 11 2013 12:24AM
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ski-swagga
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definitely #2.
Jun 11 2013 12:28AM
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casual
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Neither. Because It's SAH-gah. If you're saying anything other than that, you don't know the word saga?
Jun 11 2013 5:13PM
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Tinga
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well now I'm interested in how you say the word saw.
Jun 11 2013 5:29PM
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casual
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Those aren't the same sounds, homie. Google saga definition, and google saw definition and listen to the pronunciations. That's how I say those words.

Are you saying you pronounce Saga as SAW-guh? If Saga says that's how they pronounce their brand name, cool, but I pronounce saga the way I did before a clothing company existed of the same name.

Probably 1997 to be exact...2:24. Granted ODB isn't probably the best linguistic role model out there.




Jun 11 2013 6:14PM
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.squirrely.
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does 90% of the country really say tennis shoes? what the fuck ive never heard anyone but my grandma call them that hahaha


Jun 11 2013 7:01PM
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Sno.
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Semi-related...

I'm in North Carolina this week, and two things I've noticed:

"slaw" as referred to in OPs study is not the same as cole slaw. Its super sour down here rather than sweet. 

They serve everything on "pretzel rolls" (burgers, sandwiches)-- before coming here I had never even heard of them.

Jun 13 2013 7:19PM
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Sno.
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yes. what do you call them? sneakers?
Jun 13 2013 7:21PM
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OCM
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CLEARLY theyre sneakers, the average person probably plays tennis .0003% of the time theyre wearing "tennis shoes". why would they be tennis shoes then?
Jun 13 2013 9:31PM
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Sno.
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looks like they were called tennis shoes first-- according to this, which I found on a random yahoo answers page which we all know is a credible source:

In the 1800's a London Police Officer developed a rubber soled shoe in order to catch criminals in the act quietly, he called his invention Sneakers. The name derives from the fact that the rubber soles made the shoes noiseless.[1] The term "sneaker" itself was also used in 1887 by Boston Journal of Education:[2]

“It is only the harassed schoolmaster who can fully appreciate the pertinency of the name boys give to tennis shoes — sneakers.”

Jun 13 2013 10:32PM
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t_rob
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What the fuck was going on in that ANYMORE section?
Jun 13 2013 10:51PM
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johnnyBuz
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I call them Sneakers too. I'm from the Northeast. "Tennis shoes" sounds fucking retarded unless you are playing tennis.
Jun 15 2013 1:22PM
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elinde
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Yeah right? I was thinking why do so many people not have a name for such a common occurrence?
Jun 15 2013 2:28PM
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vailsux.com
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I think it's cool we all talk a little different.
Jun 15 2013 5:28PM
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Anathema
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a signal light. or just a signal.

the more i say signal out loud, the more i think it's a very strange word.
Jun 15 2013 5:35PM
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Heart
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no u
Jun 15 2013 5:56PM
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90053
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haha, this is hilarious, if you did it in the uk though...that would be scary too many different ways of speaking in such a small country
Jun 15 2013 9:39PM
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