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Grew up in Nashville, live in Boston (Score:1)

by kag (4257)

45% General American English, 25% Dixie, 20% Yankee, 5% Midwestern, 5% Upper Midwestern.
- Re:Grew up in Nashville, live in Boston (Score:2)
  
  by lachoy (1663)
  
  "25% Dixie, 20% Yankee" - You're a war between the states all-in-one!
  
  Er, sorry, "War of Northern Agression"...
  - Re:Grew up in Nashville, live in Boston (Score:1)
    
    by pudge (1) on 2005.04.20 11:26 (#39848) Homepage Journal
    
    I am similar: 55% general American, 30% Yankee, 15% Dixie. My mom's family came from Arkansas, my parents grew up in PA, and I grew up in MA.
    
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