Confused Blonde

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Jackie
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Postby Jackie » Mon May 22, 2006 6:40 pm

Think this test was great fun. Was sent it by a friend. And did it. According to it I am 83% Dixie. :o

Not bad for someone from Scotland :D :D Ok my maiden name is Sutherland, which means Southlander. And we do hope to retire to South Mis. Next year. And the best roast beef po-boys can be found in Picayune.

Jackie
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Postby Slow Moving Vehicle » Mon May 22, 2006 10:45 pm

I'm not entirely surprised that a Scot registers towards the "Southern" end of the scale - Southern dialect owes an awful lot to the Scotch-Irish (that is, Scots who were transplanted to Ulster in the 17th century). The Scotch-Irish settled much of the Carolina - Virginia - Georgia backcountry, and there were sizable communities of Highlanders in North Carolina and in Georgia. And let's face it; the words clannish, stubborn, and overly fond of liquor apply to Rebs and Jocks, yes?
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Re: Confused Blonde

Postby sluggo » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:11 am

Think this test was great fun. Was sent it by a friend. And did it. According to it I am 83% Dixie. :o

Not bad for someone from Scotland :D :D Ok my maiden name is Sutherland, which means Southlander. And we do hope to retire to South Mis. Next year. And the best roast beef po-boys can be found in Picayune.

Jackie
Jackie, welcome, Cead Mile Failte and I hope you'll come out to the Jackson Celtic Fest in September for some Scottish tunes from our New Orleans Strathspey and Reel Society!

Since the "Scots-Irish" immigrant influence has been brought up: while studying Scottish Gaelic years ago I noticed that (forgive the memory, this is a little sketchy) verbs denoting present action (walking, working, thinking) have a short preposition attached in the Gallaig- was it AN maybe?- meaning "at", as in "at-working" or "in the act of" to denote that it's going on right now. I figured this must be the derivation of the Appalachian prefix "a-" as in "a-walkin'", "a-thinkin'" etc but wonder if someone might verify....?

SloMo, welcome too!
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Postby Perry » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:24 am

Since you dassn't trust to your memory, I am sure that someone is a-fixin' to verify this for you.
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