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what kind of American do you speak?
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 8:16 am
by sgt.null
www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanen ... speakquiz/
Your Linguistic Profile:
50% General American English
20% Dixie
20% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
i have lived in the south too long.
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 9:06 am
by hierachy
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.
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 9:42 am
by Warmark
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.
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 9:50 am
by hierachy
Warmark, I am guessing our differences came mostly from the questions where there was no appropriate answer.
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:07 pm
by sgt.null
dixie would be the south.
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:08 pm
by Damelon
Your Linguistic Profile:
75% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Dixie
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:22 pm
by stonemaybe
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!)
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 6:36 pm
by [Syl]
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)
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 6:50 pm
by Zarathustra
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.
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 7:02 pm
by Usivius
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...
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 8:10 pm
by lucimay
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.
i still say DIyut Coke
and Lyte bub.
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 8:40 pm
by Waddley
80% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Yankee
Yay for being the "norm"!!
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 9:21 pm
by Worm of Despite
45% General American English
30% Dixie
15% Yankee
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
Awesome. I'm the biggest redneck so far.
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 9:47 pm
by dlbpharmd
50% General American English
30% Dixie
10% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 1:57 am
by Sunbaneglasses
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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Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 2:28 am
by Cameraman Jenn
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.
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 3:23 am
by Creator
Your Linguistic Profile:
40% General American English
35% Yankee
15% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanen ... speakquiz/
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 4:34 am
by Sorus
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.
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:22 pm
by drew
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.
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:32 pm
by Kil Tyme
Your Linguistic Profile:
65% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern
Number six needed another option: a Bubbler