Hello! My name is Chris, and I am working on a survey for a linguistics course. If anyone of you have the time, I would appreciate it if you could help me with collecting data. Below, I will paste a survey. Any help would be greatly appreciated! This survey really only applies to people living in the United States.
1. What state would you say you are from: Pennsylvania
2. How would you categorize the local area you are from? Rural/Urban/town/City I would say Rural/Townish
3. What other states have you lived in? Virgina
4. Where do you plan on settling in the future? Probably North Carolina or something
5. What is your ethnicity? White
6. Gender? Male
7. Age? 15
8. Do you believe you speak a dialect? Nope
9. If so, what would you call that dialect? Don't think I do
10. Do you use the following expressions? (Never, rarely, sometimes, often, all the time) Who do you think uses them and where. Whatever first comes to mind. Barely, Swag, Yolo, Epic
Example: Howdy: Never, Rednecks, Texas (You can be specific or general. Whatever comes to mind first).
Plumb- Fat
Yonder- Far
Yall- Yo
Y'uns- What?
Right-pretty
Poke (meaning sack)- Stab
Bald (meaning mountain formation)- Mountain Range
Fodder shock- What?
Holler- Yell
Reckon- It's ogre
Tote (meaning carry)- Carry
Carry (Meaning take)- Take
11. Do you pronounce the following the same? Who does and where? (Similar to the last question).
I pronounce them all the same
12. Do you use sentences like these? Who and where? (Like the ones before).
You might should eat before you go.- I say you should eat before you go
I might could do that for you.- I might do that for you
I want for John to come over.- I want John to come over
He was a-runnin like crazy.- He was running really crazy
Give me some of them crackers.-Same
I'm fixin to go to the store.-I'm going to the store
Anymore, I ride the bus home.-I ride the bus home
The board is 5 foot long (Verus feet long).- Feet
We had us a cabin.- We had a cabin
Me and my dad, we would toss the ball.- same
She don't know him yet. She doesn't know him yet
I done told you once.- I told you once