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I stumbled onto this link somewhere, and... well, I don't normally do things like this, but after my eschatology post last week, I thought maybe I should stick with something more on my level. Anyway, it was kind of fun for about five minutes, and it turned out about how I expected.
| Your Linguistic Profile: |
| 55% General American English |
| 20% Upper Midwestern |
| 10% Yankee |
| 5% Midwestern |
| 0% Dixie |
| What Kind of American English Do You Speak? |
I don't know where the 10% Yankee comes from. It must have been that weekend I spent in New Hampshire & Massachusetts a few years ago, although the pastor of the church we visited was from Minnesota.
I'm especially proud of that 0% Dixie. Sorry, Phillip, Jason & Scott, Steve, and Jeremy. I still like listening to your sermons. Substance over style, you know. I wonder who else I've offended? Probably Jonathan, but I've never actually heard his voice, so I'm just guessing.
My apologies as well to all you blokes and blokettes (or whatever the proper vernacular is) that are no doubt feeling quite left out. The quiz just wasn't multi-cultural enough, was it?*
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Sheena
Yeah, we're feeling really left out over here! *folds arms*
Carla Rolfe
70% General American English - 15% Upper Midwestern - 5% Dixie - 5% Midwestern - 0% Yankee
That 5% Dixie must be because I say y'all. :)
Daniel
Up in Canada we don't say "sneakers" -or- "tennis shoes" we call them "runners" - at least out on the prairies we do.
Our slang term for an easy class is a "no brainer"
We call the night before halloween "gate night" for some reason.
And finally, we call our carbonated beverages "soft drinks"
For that reason I suspect that some of my test results were skewed.
Thus I was 60% general American English, and 0 % midwestern, and the rest was split more or less evenly between dixie, yankee, with less a small fraction in upper midwestern.
Pastor Way
65% General American English
30% Dixie
0%Midwest
0%Upper Midwest
0% Yankee
I am a little disappointed with the low Dixie ration. I do have a Texas accent, but speak too fast for most Southerns to keep up!
If I had scored anything higher on upper midwest, midwest, or yankee I would have retaken the test or stopped talkin'!
:) pw
Even So...
65% General American English
20% Yankee
10% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
Kristina
65% General American English
15% Dixie
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee
Bob Hayton
65% General American
25% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
0% Dixie or Yankee
Thanks for posting this. These things can be kind of fun.
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