What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

[Ava]

http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/


This MUST be wrong! :rofl:
Your Linguistic Profile::
45% General American English
30% Dixie
20% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[redsoxliberal]

1. cockney

[Robb]

2. All over the map!

Kinda like me. :)

***Your Linguistic Profile::***

55% General American English

20% Yankee

10% Upper Midwestern

5% Dixie

5% Midwestern

[Random_Australian]

3. Hi!

[Ava]

6. howdy Aussieboy!

long time no speak! :hi:

[Random_Australian]

11. Indeed! Whassup? I don't see you on AIM, is that

'person who always wants to discuss your animations' on or something?

[Ava]

13. no, i'm nust not logged in. i haven't been on the computer much lately

i'll get on now.

[Random_Australian]

21. I see you. Cool.

[ZombieNixon]

4. It fits me:

50% General American English (the default)

30% Yankee (life in Maryland plus my snotty northeastern elitist streak that leads me to talk like a Kennedy :D)

10% Dixie (Maryland and New Mexico, the hick part)

5% Midwestern (Nearing a year in Chicago)

0% Upper Midwestern (Ohh, don'cha knoow?)

:shrug:

[Ava]

5. my % of Dixie should be higher!

I'm a Bama gal! :rofl:

[Mutley]

7. I've got a bit of almost everything.

Your Linguistic Profile::
55% General American English
25% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

8. No AA vernacular?

That's bullshit, yo.

[mzteris]

92. ain't that the same as

Dixie?

Is in these here parts....... lol.....

('minds me of the 70's when "soul food" was so popular. Heck, I grew up on "soul food" and didn't even know it!)

[Random_Australian]

9. Here are my results:

60% General American English
20% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[ZombieNixon]

10. Who knew you were such a bland American?

:silly:

[Ava]

14. i knew!

:rofl:

[Random_Australian]

15. Half the questions had no answers for me, so I picked ones at random.

[ZombieNixon]

20. That's really a pretty terrible test.

There are many much more effective ways to measure linguistic typologies.

But they involve a much greater level of nerdity.

[Random_Australian]

23. And the test wasn't exactly for me.

[ZombieNixon]

26. Not exactly.

What with the whole Australian thing. ;)

[In_The_Wind]

12. I think I'm confusing myself.

Your Linguistic Profile::
35% General American English
30% Dixie
20% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[kiraboo]

16. I'm Canadian by birth. I'm not sure now that 10% Dixie got in there.

***Your Linguistic Profile::***

65% General American English

15% Yankee

10% Dixie

5% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/

[no name no slogan]

35. I got the same score (and I'm from Minnesota)

go figure. :)

[TallahasseeGrannie]

17. I speak New Jersey

[RevolutionaryActs]

18. 60% General American English

15% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern

[deadparrot]

19. Mine:

75% General American English
15% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern

Strange, seeing as I'm from the Midwest. :shrug:

[ZombieNixon]

24. There was no "wanna come with?" question.

That's why. ;)

[Rabrrrrrr]

22. Damn!! I have some Dixie! DAMN!!

Your Linguistic Profile::
50% General American English
30% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern


I played around with the answers trying to figure out what is "Dixie" about me, and I couldn't figure it out.

Crud. I worked hard to get the midwest out of me (though it will never fully leave), but to be saddled with some part of Dixie? What the fuck?

[electron_blue]

40. um, I think your dixie comes from wherever your "saddled with" comes from

sounds southern to me.

I'm just sayin'

[Rabrrrrrr]

42. D'oh!!

I think "saddled with" is more western, or at least farmer, though. All my aunts and uncles were farmers as children, and all had horses, not tractors (in the midwest).

My parents were big country and western fans, though, and so I grew up watching those ignorant fucks on hee haw and seeing them in concert, and I know that, even though I grew up "way up north", I had a lot of ignorant dixie influences through the TV and country-western music.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

25. Surprise, surprise...

Results are predictable; I've lived in Minnesota my whole life and I sound a little like Marge in "Fargo."

60% General American English

20% Upper Midwestern

10% Yankee

5% Midwestern

0% Dixie

[texanwitch]

27. Texan English.

We say git instead of get, and ya'll.

[maveric]

28. Boa-stun.

And a wicked fucken pissah accent too!

[sakabatou]

29. Me

55% General American English

30% Yankee

10% Dixie

0% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

[Left Is Write]

30. I speak Minnesotan.

[StellaBlue]

31. LOVE these

50% General American English


40% Dixie


5% Yankee



No surprise there, but I wonder what the other 5% is...?

[Iniquitous Bunny]

32. Sounds about right.

Your Linguistic Profile:

55% General American English

25% Yankee

10% Upper Midwestern

5% Dixie

0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

[Ava]

33. i speak Southern!

:P ;)

[no name no slogan]

34. 65% General American English

Your Linguistic Profile::
65% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern

Which kind of makes sense, since I grew up in an urban area of the Upper Midwest :D

[NNadir]

36. Irrespective of the quiz, I speak fluent Brooklyn.

But I do this only in the home.

My kids have to go to speech class because they say "dis" instead of "this."

I consider this cultural imperialism, but I have to accept it or else face dire consequences. Like so many other people I have to subsume my culture and assimilate, although secretly I am unhappy about it and trying to perserve my culture in little ways.

Youse guys don't no nutin' about what da fuck it's like.

[idgiehkt]

37. me

40% Dixie
35% General American English
20% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

I am one quarter yankee so it kind of makes sense, and have no midwestern since my granparents were all off the boat and never made it out of the coastal states.

My yankee is Bronx, New York.

[NJ Democrats]

38. I thought I would have a lot of Yankee

Your Linguistic Profile::
55% General American English
30% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[Critters2]

39. A life spent in Iowa and Illinois gives me...

Your Linguistic Profile::
55% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
15% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern

[WritingIsMyReligion]

41. Typical:

Your Linguistic Profile:
50% General American English
30% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

:P

:rofl:

[smirkymonkey]

43. Mostly GAE....

Your Linguistic Profile::
55% General American English
30% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[JohnKleeb]

44. Ok

65% Generic American
20% New England
10% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

This don't add up to 100%

[bigwillq]

45. General American English

***Your Linguistic Profile::***

50% General American English

25% Yankee

10% Dixie

10% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern

[NMMNG]

46. No surprise

Having been born and raised in New England:

Your Linguistic Profile::
40% General American English
35% Yankee
15% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern

[TimeChaser]

47. Here's what I got

** Your Linguistic Profile:: ***

55% General American English

20% Yankee

10% Dixie

5% Midwestern

5% Upper Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/

[u4ic]

48. RUNNERS, not tennis shoes or sneakers

route - I say "rout" and "root" for different things, but am more inclined to the former. (eg...the bus rout, but the bus root number is 52)

Your Linguistic Profile::
50% General American English
15% Dixie
15% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern

[magellan]

49. Inscrutable

40% General American English
30% Yankee
20% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[LSK]

50. mine

Your Linguistic Profile::
65% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern
5% Yankee

[swag]

51. .

***Your Linguistic Profile::***

70% General American English

15% Yankee

5% Dixie

5% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern



post edited to excise inadvertent smiley.

[unsavedtrash]

52. well that's interesting. I thought I would have higher Dixie.

50% General American English

45% Dixie

0% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

0% Yankee

[jukes]

53. unreliable

born & raised in Dogtown, south St. Louis. i live in the south, but detest "suthrenism", so i'm sure i retain my midwest accent & patterns; this is my score:


55% General American English

20% Yankee

15% Dixie

5% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern

[Odin2005]

54. Uffda, ya!

Your Linguistic Profile:

60% General American English

20% Upper Midwestern

10% Yankee

5% Midwestern

0% Dixie

[Oeditpus Rex]

55. 'bout like I figgered

55% General American English

25% Dixie

10% Yankee

5% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern

I had a bit of a dilemma with the "route" question, though. For some reason, I had a paper rowt when I was a kid and I'd rowt an office document or something, but I'd get my kicks on root 66. :shrug:

[Mutley]

67. Then you say rowt.

The only reason you say root 66 is because that's how it is in the song. :P

[Nicole]

56. I don't believe it

***Your Linguistic Profile::***

55% General American English

25% Dixie

10% Yankee

5% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern



I had to guess on some of them because I had no answer. Like this one:

What do you call an easy class?

* A crip course
* A gut
* A blow off

We called it an easy A.

[Robeson]

57. About what I expected....

...

55% General American English
40% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
0% Yankee

[pokerfan]

58. 80% General American English

Your Linguistic Profile::
80% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Yankee

[Starbucks Anarchist]

59. I guess I'm a general Yankee.

***Your Linguistic Profile::***

50% General American English

25% Yankee

15% Dixie

5% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern

[reformedrepub]

60. Noo Yawkese

A whole different dialect..Fuggheddaboutit!

[Rowdyboy]

61. About what you'd expect for a southern boy....45% Dixie...

***Your Linguistic Profile::***

45% Dixie

35% General American English

10% Yankee

5% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

[terrya]

62. Mine:

***Your Linguistic Profile::***

60% General American English

15% Yankee

10% Dixie

5% Midwestern

5% Upper Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/

[Burma Jones]

63. About Right

55% General American English

15% Dixie

10% Upper Midwestern

10% Yankee

5% Midwestern

[Spider Jerusalem]

64. Huh. No 'Dixie' at all.

(Which is a little surprising, given that I've lived in the South since I was eight.)

65% General American English

25% Yankee

5% Upper Midwestern

0% Dixie

0% Midwestern

[rbnyc]

65. A little weird since I grew up in Illinois.

55% General American English
25% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[LaurenG]

66. Why only 95% where is the other 5%?

Your Linguistic Profile::
70% General American English
15% Dixie - this one surprised me.
10% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[jmm]

68. I guess this means I've lived in New England too long

Your Linguistic Profile::
60% Yankee
15% Dixie
15% General American English
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[npincus]

69. the Queen's English (Queens, NY, that is)

[trof]

70. 40% Dixie

40% Dixie

35% General American English

20% Yankee

0% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

[Misunderestimator]

71. Can't believe I even got 5% Dixie...

Thought I got rid of my texas-speak completely decades ago.

55% General American English
30% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[bikebloke]

72. About right for the Mid-Atlantic

Your Linguistic Profile::
60% General American English
20% Dixie
15% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

Though with all my global wanderings, I wonder what it was like before I started collecting languages.

[wildhorses]

73. go figure...

guess this is what happens when you move around a lot...

Your Linguistic Profile::
35% Dixie
30% General American English
15% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

74. Mine...

45% Yankee

35% General American English

15% Dixie

0% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern


It's funny since I learned my "English" in rural North Carolina and I lived there for 15 years before I moved to NYC, where I lived for the past 4 years.

[riona]

75. I'll take their word for it

45% Yankee
25% General American English
20% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[riona]

76. Another one with a couple of different questions

http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/yankeetest.html

[SiobhanClancy]

77. 40 % General American,40% Yankee

...10 % Dixie,10 % Upper midwestern. I'm surprised to have even 10% Dixie.

[CottonBear]

78. I don't know why my Dixie isn't higher. I've lived here all my life.

***Your Linguistic Profile::***

50% General American English

40% Dixie

5% Yankee

0% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/

Actually, my only 40% Dixie may be because I have more of an Inland South (i.e. Ridge and Valley, Cumberland Platuea, Appalachian Mountains) accent. All of my family is from the mountains and upper Piedmont areas of the Southeast.

I have no idea where the 5% Yankee came from. Ive been to NYC twice and Washington DC twice. That's as far north as I've ever ventured. I did go to Chicago once, but that's in the midwest.

[madrchsod]

79. white anglo saxon protestant northern illinois english

i don`t need a test

[Writer]

80. Here's mine... I'm proud to be only 5% Dixie!

***Your Linguistic Profile::***

60% General American English

20% Yankee

10% Upper Midwestern

5% Dixie

0% Midwestern

[huskerlaw]

81. 60% General...

60% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern

But um, I'm from the midwest, so... :wtf:

[XemaSab]

82. Californian

:bounce:

[yellowdogintexas]

83. mine kind of fits.

I live in the South West, grew up in the south East but lived in Boston and in the Ohio Valley as well..and my mom grew up in Kansas.

I also read a lot so I pick up phrases from books.


***Your Linguistic Profile::***

40% General American English

35% Dixie

10% Yankee

5% Midwestern

5% Upper Midwestern

[nickgutierrez]

84. 15% Dixie? Really?

60% General American English
20% Yankee
15% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

And you'd think spending some time in the midwest would have rubbed off, at least a little bit.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

85. Seems to make sense...

since I'm a New Englander. My mom is from Minnesota.
I wonder what happened to the other 5%???

***Your Linguistic Profile::***

60% General American English

30% Yankee

5% Upper Midwestern

0% Dixie

0% Midwestern

[doc03]

86. A mix of Pittsburghese and West Virginia hillbilly

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

87. Check out the how much you weigh quiz on that website

http://www.blogthings.com/howmuchdoyouweighquiz/

The thing said I should weigh 175, which is at least 55 pounds more than what I really weigh.

[YankeyMCC]

88. Doesn't seem quite right for me either

60% General American English

15% Yankee

10% Dixie

5% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern

===

Only 15% Yankee? I know a lot of people from my Air Force days that would laugh at that. :)

[CPMaz]

89. This sounds about right...

Though I wonder where the 10% Dixie comes from - I'm from MA, living in AZ now. Must be too much TV as a kid. :)

***Your Linguistic Profile***

45% General American English

30% Yankee

10% Dixie

10% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern

[Deja Q]

90. I speak it poorly.

:rofl:

50% General American English
15% Dixie
15% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern

[mzteris]

91. For some one "born & raised" in the South - I'm only 20% Dixie

55% General American English

20% Dixie

10% Upper Midwestern

5% Midwestern

5% Yankee

I did live in KY for 9 yrs & outside of Cleveland for 2; I'm married to a guy from Buffalo, used to date a guy from Brooklyn, and generally eschew "deep southern" inasmuch as possible.

Do yall think I'ma gonna fit in in Wisconsin?