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[lhstrumpet]

So after that little linguistic survey, i feel the need to show everyone this website

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[solar_radiance]

I actually submitted the "FIP" entry to this website ^_^

[lhstrumpet]

NO WAY!!!

You rock emily...lol

I mean...no one else in the state truly understands the wonderfulness of illinois people like we do ^_~

[solar_radiance]

It's more like a lifestyle. If you're not from southwest michigan, you will never understand all the inside jokes associated with tourists, lol.

Hahaha, FIBs...

[lhstrumpet]

and as a side note they actually call them FIB's in Southern Wisconsin

sooo...they are a little nastier than we are...hehe

[_koinonia]

mm, linguistics.

[rockhands]

woodard needs to die. now.

[lhstrumpet]

only cuz everyone calls you that and it isnt your last name ^_^

"are you related to mr. woodard?" "yes...if he had ANOTHER W IN HIS NAME!!!"

[rockhands]

and woodruff, and woodland.... and i get a lot of jokes about playing a woodwind too....

"oh it's woody the woodwind!"

and if i get asked if i'm related to mr woodard again, i'm going to scream. what's really funny is at least 3 times annually mrs hildebrandt asks me that

[solar_radiance]

Oh come on, Woodard is awesome :D.

[rocklikeatree]

Or there's that icky Livernois. LIVERNOI PEOPLE. LIVER-NOY. Like Illinois. ELLA-NOY. Or, if you're really tricky... liver-nwah. oo French.

Like, Sean.. what's up with the micompband "States" thing. Ugh. Freakin' East Side (how I am going to succumb to your ways in the next three years... ugh).

I mentioned the FIPs in my speech in a ...semi-nice way.

[_koinonia]

also, they mention jenison.

"I'm not sure this is unique to Michigan, but when asking for the location of something, we often use the noun "whereabouts" as a question. "I live near Jenison." "Oh, yeah? Wherebouts?" Also popular, according to "bolth" Juanita and Kalamazoo Joe: "Goin' drinkin' tonight? Where at?" Yeah, uhh, most other people just say "Where?""