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What Do You Say When It Rains While the Sun Is Shining?

Linguistic survey maps show regional differences in phrases used by Americans and how Americans pronounce words.

What do you say when it rains as the sun is shining? If you're from Alabama or Mississippi, chances are you describe the situation as "the devil beating his wife."

According to a story in Barrow Patch that phrase was just one of the linguistical oddities uncovered during a dialect survey by Bert Vaux. North Carolina State graduate student Joshua Katz recently mined this data for an end-of-year statistics project and created a series of maps showing the various dialect differences.

According to Barrow Patch, this is just one of the varying terms and phrases used depending on which part of the country you originated. This particular project also showed that where you live determines if you call a carbonated beverage a soda, pop or coke. Location also determines if you address a group of people as "you guys," "you all" or "ya'll."

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So what do you say when it rains when the sun is shining? If you moved here from another part of the country, or world, what linguistic differences did you have to adjust to?

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