| Your Linguistic Profile: |
| 35% General American English |
| 30% Yankee |
| 25% Dixie |
| 5% Upper Midwestern |
| 0% Midwestern |
Now, will someone please explain Yankee, Dixie, and Upper Midwestern to me?
Friday, July 07, 2006
Apparently I'm Part Yankee
On Tracie's blog I found a link to a quiz: "What Type of American English do you speak?" Since I don't speak any sort of American English I thought it would be amusing to try it. There were twenty questions, I had to answer randomly for a couple of them since none of the options fitted. Here are the results:
Now, will someone please explain Yankee, Dixie, and Upper Midwestern to me?
Now, will someone please explain Yankee, Dixie, and Upper Midwestern to me?
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4 comments:
I am 50% general
25% southern
20% yankee
I am from the south (the northernmost part), married to a yankee, so I guess some of his speech has rubbed off on me!
Michele sent me.
I am 50% general
30% yankee
10% dixie
5% midwestern
Not bad for a Canadian girl living in Southwestern Ontario!
Here via Michele.
I was going to say exactly what srp said..or close to it anyway. When I think of Upper Midwest I think of the movie Fargo...which incidentally is a riot...but definately not for children.
I have had so much contact with the States, plus most of my family lives there, so it was interesting to try this out, Catherine. Thank you for the link. I got:
40% General American English
35% Yankee
20% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
Fascinating stuff. I would have put it around that myself, if I were American, given my use of some of their vernacular.
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