American English Take-Home Exam
Las Vegas – ‘Las Vegan’ or simply ‘Vegan’ (pronounced as vay-gan, not vee-gan)
Michigan – ‘Michigander’, ‘Michiganian’, ‘Michiganer‘, ‘Michiganite’, ‘Michigine’, ‘Yooper’
Chicago – ‘Chicagoan’
Indiana – ‘Indianian’, ‘Indianan’, ‘Hoosier’
San Francisco – ‘San Franciscan’
Oklahoma – ‘Oklahoman’, ‘Okie’, ‘Sooner’
Pittsburgh – ‘Pittsburgher’
Virginia – ‘Virginian’
Oregon – ‘Oregonian’
Iowa – ‘Iowan’, ‘Hawkeye’
Tennessee – ‘Tennessean’, ‘Volunteer’, ‘Big Bender’, ‘Buttenut’
7) Discuss the differences between bourbon and Tennessee whiskey.
First of all, all Bourbons are Whiskey but not all Whiskeys are Bourbons. Bourbon refers to a
spirit that is distilled from a fermented mash of at least 51% corn and is then stored in new
charred oak containers for at least two years. The term Whiskey refers to a spirit that is distilled