Thread: Dixie or Yankie
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Old 03-25-2006   #8 (permalink)
b.c.
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79% dixie. No duh. would probably be more except being an ex army brat i still have some more northern and nationwide influences. Two N'Awlins answers weren't even on there. That long sandwich down here is called a "po-boy". And I remember that little black bug with many legs that rolls into a ball when u touch it (if they're talking the same thing) was called a "milkman". Haven't seen them here in ages.
speaking of which, here's an amusing little article on dialect N'Awlins style.

http://www.gumbopages.com/yatspeak.html

"I went on down to the Audubon Zoo and they all axed for you.
They all axed for you.
Well they even inquired about cha." (Neville Bros.)