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Results of the first part of the 113 Massachussets Dialect Survey
Vocabulary Questions

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Below are the combined responses that you collected to this questionnaire.

  1. What do you call the metal container with a handle that is used to carry water or milk?
    responses to question 1
     
  2. What do you call a sale of unwanted personal belongings held in your yard or in some other outdoor space?
    responses to question 2
     
  3. Do you have another term for liquor store in your speech?
    responses to question 3
     
  4. What do you call the drink made with milk, ice cream and flavored syrup?
    responses to question 4
     
  5. Do you use ever use the word wicked instead of very, like in This is wicked cool.
    responses to question 5
     
  6. What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you put groceries at the supermarket?
    responses to question 6
     
  7. What is your generic term for a sweetened carbonated beverage?
    responses to question 7
     
  8. What is the name of the container with handles that you deposit the trash in?
    responses to question 8
     
  9. Supposing you want to agree with someone when they say something like "I just love the food at Kelly’s." What would you say?
    responses to question 9

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