Tuesday, June 6, 2006

We call it "crawdad"

I love this dialect map.

According to the map, only 19.48% of those surveyed say "crawdad." And we all live in Kentucky. Well, okay, MOST of us live in Kentucky. I'll bet you $5 that the rest were raised in Kentucky.

4 comments:

Melody said...

How interesting. Many moons ago I was approached in a library from a college student doing research on dialect.

She asked me questions like:

"What do you call the trim around your house that collects water?"

"What do you offer in the carbonated soda family to guests?"

"What is the largest piece of furniture that you sit on in your living room?"

By the way, the answers were: gutter, pop, couch.

Dott Comments said...

Oh my. You're not from around here are you? Pop is a rude noise and couch is a very common surname in these parts.

It's COKE and SOFA. Gutter I agree with.

Steve Caratzas said...

Quothe Curly Howard: "She was bred in old Kentucky, but she's just a crumb up here."

Melody said...

LOL...amazing how 60 miles north can make all the difference in the world.