April 18, 2005

You can't teach an old dog........

Your Linguistic Profile:

70% General American English
10% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
0% Midwestern
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
I've lived in the midwest for 20 years and I still score zero for midwest and 10% for "upper" midwest - that's 5% lower than my southwestern sister got. (BTW, y'all, I got this link from her). Other than that, we use the same language. I wonder what question we answered differently? Perhaps, I'll grab a soda, get a piece of cake with plenty of frosting (or icing), go down in my basement and ponder this. Posted by John at April 18, 2005 12:43 PM
Comments

Will you be wearing your paj(A as in jam)mas??

Posted by: susan at April 18, 2005 02:14 PM

A(as in jam)bsolutely! you wouldn't expect me to go down there
a. buck naked (Standard)
b. butt naked (midwest)
c. butt nekid (dixie)

Posted by: John at April 18, 2005 02:25 PM


I seem to speak more general american english...Your Linguistic Profile:

75% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern


Posted by: Deb at April 18, 2005 02:27 PM

i've lived in the midwest my entire life and i got a 0%

Your Linguistic Profile:

65% General American English
15% Yankee
10% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak? Posted by: Allie at April 18, 2005 08:41 PM

I don't think Cincinnati counts as Midwestern in this case. This is a BIG country and It's too far east with too many other influences. I lived here all my life except 3 years in Indiana and 7 in California and my scores are

50% General American
25% Yankee
15% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie

I've notice that a lot of what you say is influenced by where your parents were brought up,so that's probably why I have so much Yankee since they are both from NYC.
BTW didn't we take this test before?

0% Midwestern

Posted by: Karen at April 19, 2005 08:45 AM

Whoops!

Posted by: Karen at April 19, 2005 08:46 AM

Karen skipped one of the questions.

Posted by: Dad at April 19, 2005 12:55 PM

Not totally surprising to me as I have lived in the north east and have been surrounded by people from the south.

65% General American English
20% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

Posted by: Terrence at April 19, 2005 01:37 PM
Your Linguistic Profile: 70% General American English 15% Upper Midwestern 10% Yankee 5% Dixie 0% Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak? Posted by: JennySmith at April 22, 2005 03:07 PM