what kind of American do you speak?

[Lorelei]

Your Linguistic Profile:

45% General American English

25% Yankee

20% Dixie

5% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanen ... speakquiz/

Sort of makes sense for the most part since I live in a border state.

[CovenantJr]

Your Linguistic Profile:

40% General American English

30% Yankee

20% Dixie

5% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

Lies. I speak English.

[Cameraman Jenn]

HAHAHAHAHAH! You got the same dixie rating that I did....

[CovenantJr]

We'll see about bloody dixie. Those cheeky buggers, making out that this bloke has some kind of US twang.

[sgt.null]

i think most regional dialects are fading. and most everyone will speak in general american.

[A Gunslinger]

***Your Linguistic Profile:***

65% General American English

20% Yankee

10% Upper Midwestern

0% Dixie

0% Midwestern


You are probably right sarge! Damn the internet anyway! it is killing our regional differences!

[dANdeLION]

***Your Linguistic Profile:***

55% General American English

45% King's English

0% Yankee

0% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern

[A Gunslinger]

What the sam hill is "King's English"? Sounds verrrry proper!

[Worm of Despite]

i think most regional dialects are fading. and most everyone will speak in general american.

You've still got Korean English, Chinese English, South African English, etc. American and British are the most dominant, though I don't think they're anymore valid than the others. If we really want English comprehension to spread, we need a worldwide standard, rather than various camps saying in privileged tones, "I'm a native speaker." Looking at the etymology of the word "native," I wouldn't be so proud, heh.

[DukkhaWaynhim]

Your Linguistic Profile:

65% General American English

15% Dixie

10% Yankee

5% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanen ... speakquiz/


I'm from Southern Indiana, which is within fishing distance of Kentucky, but also within earshot of Ohio (considered to be the linguistic neutral zone of the US -- there are numerous broadcast journalism programs offered at Ohio colleges, because of the neutral accent there that is considered telegenic). My accent is all over the place, though, because I spent 6 months in south France in my college days, and have somewhat of a chameleon accent (I go native in 2-3 weeks).

DW

[sgt.null]

guns: i blame tv more than anything.

[I'm Murrin]

guns: i blame tv more than anything.

Made me think of this:

this is thi
six a clock
news thi
man said n
thi reason
a talk wia
BBC accent
iz coz yi
widny wahnt
mi ti talk
aboot thi
trooth wia
voice lik
wanna yoo
scruff. if
a toktaboot
thi trooth
lik wanna yoo
scruff yi
widny thingk
it wuz troo.
jist wanna yoo
scruff tokn.
thirza right
way ti spell
ana right way
to tok it. this
is me tokn yir
right way a
spellin. this
is ma trooth.
yooz doant no
thi trooth
yirsellz cawz
yi canny talk
right. this is
the six a clock
nyooz. belt up.


Tom Leonard

[sgt.null]

thanks, now i have a headache.

sometimes when i call my mom up in NH she has some trouble understanding me. i have picked up to omany southern phrases.

[Holsety]

60% General American English
25% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

This is pretty right for me. I live in NJ, so I'm sorta "general" but get some new england yankee english. I am a native Texan, but I only lived there two years before we moved up here.

Apparently I curse like a black man, but I'm not sure what exactly that entails. I don't tape record and play back curses or nothing.

EDIT-I only noticed after posting this thread was half dead. Sorry for necromancing it.

[sgt.null]

i curse in spanish, french, chinese and german. oh and english.

[Holsety]

i curse in spanish, french, chinese and german. oh and english.

German cursing scares me for some reason. Maybe it's jewish blood flowing active in my veins, I'm really not sure.

But I'm impressed despite myself at such variety. I know punta in spanish, but that's about it.

[MsMary]

Your Linguistic Profile:

45% General American English
25% Dixie
25% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

Makes sense since I was born in NY and moved to Florida as a kid.

[duke]

Hmm well as an Aussie married to an American (mid-Western) woman, I have no idea what my result means. It doesnt add up to 100% because I hadnt heard of some of the phrases in a few of the questions.

Gotta find me an Aussie slang quiz and see how you Yanks go!

Your Linguistic Profile:
35% General American English
20% Dixie
20% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[Sorus]

70% General American English

20% Yankee

5% Dixie

0% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

I hunted down this test today after being told at work that I sound 'too Southern', despite the fact that I have lived in Northern California all my life.

Interestingly enough, I did not score as Southern as I did the first time I took the test. What changed?

I tend to pick up speech patterns from people I spend any amount of time with. I am also aware that I tend to be fairly informal.

Sooo... I am expected to change the way I talk overnight. This irks me.

[Auleliel]

Your Linguistic Profile:

65% General American English

15% Upper Midwestern

10% Yankee

5% Dixie

0% Midwestern


I had to lie on some of the questions because the correct answer was not listed.
I'm surprised about the 0% Midwestern, though, because I live in southern Wisconsin, and before that lived in central Illinois.