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what kind of American do you speak?

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Your Linguistic Profile:
50% General American English
20% Dixie
20% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern


i have lived in the south too long. :(
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Your Linguistic Profile:

50% General American English

25% Yankee

20% Dixie

0% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

I live in England. I don't even know what a Dixie is.
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Your Linguistic Profile:
60% General American English
20% Yankee
15% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

Im not sure if thats good or not for someone who's never been to america. :)
But if you're all about the destination, then take a fucking flight.
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Warmark, I am guessing our differences came mostly from the questions where there was no appropriate answer.
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dixie would be the south.
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Your Linguistic Profile:
75% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Dixie
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50% General American English

25% Yankee

20% Dixie

0% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

Which I make to be a grand total of 95%. Hmm.

What it should've read....

70% Norn' Irish

30% Posh Cheltonian (My mates from NI can't believe I now say two syllables for shower and mirror!)
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80% General American English
10% Yankee
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

Grew up in NV, so this is no surprise. About the only thing we say differently is the word Nevada, and despite the fact that California's taking over the state, even saying it wrong in local commercials, the proper pronunciation is becoming more widespread. Probably has something to do with shows like CSI: Las Vegas and such. I think the same quiz or a very similar one is around here somewhere, though.

Some other questions:

Pinch. (I say it with a short i)
Buffet. (buh-fay)
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Your Linguistic Profile:

65% General American English

20% Dixie

5% Yankee

0% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

I suppose this is appropriate for a KY boy with an education. As far as pronouciation goes, I have to make a conscious effort to not pronounce "I" like the a in "rather," and instead more like the long i sound in "eye." Other than that, I don't think my Kentucky accent is very noticable.
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Your Linguistic Profile:
60% General American English
25% Yankee
5% Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Upper Midwestern

hmm, sorta makes sense since I'm from Toronto... except there was a question I had no answer for...
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70% General American English
15% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
0% Yankee

how bizarre. guess i've been in Cal too long.

ah've dun lost mah accint.

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and Lyte bub.
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80% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Yankee

Yay for being the "norm"!! :P
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45% General American English

30% Dixie

15% Yankee

5% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

Awesome. I'm the biggest redneck so far.
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50% General American English
30% Dixie
10% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
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Alas,I am a product of my enviroment.But I aint got no idee xactly how em air folks gets 5% yankee,I aint no damn percent yankee,em air fellers can kiss my ace.

Your Linguistic Profile:

45% General American English

35% Dixie

5% Midwestern

5% Upper Midwestern

5% Yankee

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

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Your Linguistic Profile:


35% General American English


35% Yankee


20% Dixie


5% Midwestern


0% Upper Midwestern

I guess the yankee part makes sense since I did grow up on Cape Cod.
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Your Linguistic Profile:

40% General American English

35% Yankee

15% Upper Midwestern

5% Dixie

0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

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Your Linguistic Profile:
45% General American English
30% Yankee
10% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

Heh... born and raised in California, but I tend to pick up any expressions or speech patterns I'm exposed to.

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Your Linguistic Profile:

50% General American English

30% Yankee

5% Dixie

5% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
I'm a little u[pset they had no Canadian on there...of course we probebly have more dialects then the Staes does.
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Your Linguistic Profile:

65% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern

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