| Your Linguistic Profile: |
| 55% General American English |
| 25% Yankee |
| 15% Upper Midwestern |
| 0% Dixie |
| 0% Midwestern |
I grew up saying "quarter to some hour", but after a couple of years in southern Ohio, I adopted their time expression of "quarter till ..."
I also said "catty-corner" for a while, but lost that ... 'cuz it's just stupid ... and eventually went back to "kitty-corner." Better?
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