[Fiji Hill]

According to the quiz, I speak General American. Here are some additional characteristics of my speach:

• Water flows from a faucet, not a spigot

• "caught" and "cot" are pronounced the same

• "Minnie," "Mini" and "Many" are pronounced the same, and they rhyme with "Any."

• "Anti-"--as in "Anti-virus"--rhymes with "Can't I"

• There is no cow in Moscow

• A warning over the radio or TV of a traffic jam is called a SigAlert--a term, unknown east of the Cajon Pass, which was coined in the 1950's by a TV newsman named Lloyd Sigmund

• A dry wind from the east is called a Santa Ana wind. Just over the hill to the west in Ventura County, it is simply called an east wind.

[AZamericonnie]

Water flows from a faucet, not a spigot

Hi Fiji...water falls from my spigot outside! :) Or is that a bibb....?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Fiji. Thanks for playing.

You and I have the same characteristics!!

I remember the SigAlerts...but didn’t know where the phrase came from...