Hey, you guys. Translation: Hey, y’all, you all, yins or youse. Yep, there are plenty of totally acceptable ways to say the same thing in this country. And based on you how you say them, we can probably guess where you're from. Take our quiz to see if we're right.
• A PureWow Quiz •
What's Your Regional Dialect?
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Published Feb 28, 2017
1.
What Do You Call The Shoes You Wear To Work Out?
Sneakers
Gym shoes
Tennis shoes
Running shoes
2.
How Do You Pronounce “syrup”?
Sir-up
Seer-up
3.
What Do You Call A Delicious Carbonated Beverage?
Soda
Pop
Coke
Soft drink
4.
And That Thing That Spurts Out Water For You To Drink?
Drinking fountain
Bubbler
Water fountain
5.
When You Order In Food, It’s Called ________.
Takeout
Carryout
6.
You Buy These, Dried Usually, At Trader Joe’s, And You Call Them:
App-ricots
Ape-ricots
7.
You Can’t Arrest Me! I’m Calling My ________!
Loy-er
Law-yer
8.
Something You Might’ve Heard On The Road Growing Up:
That big rig on the freeway is blocking traffic.
There’s an 18-wheeler parked near the beer barn.
That truck accident is causing some rubbernecking.
That semi’s causing gapers’ block on the highway.
9.
And Those Circle Road Thingys Are ________.
Roundabouts
Rotaries
Traffic circles
10.
What Do You Call Paper You’re About To Toss?
Scratch paper
Scrap paper
11.
Raining While It’s Sunny Out Is A ________.
Sunshower
The devil beating his wife (yeah…)
I don’t really call it anything
12.
That Little Bug That Can Fold Into A Ball?
Roly-poly
Doodlebug
Potato bug
Pill bug
13.
And Those Other Bugs That Light Up?
Fireflies
Lightning bugs
14.
“cot” And “caught” Are Pronounced The Same.
True
False
15.
And Finally, How Would Do Pronounce “route”?
Rout
Root
