Quiz thingy: What kind of American English do you speak?

[unsavedtrash]

http://www.blogthings.com/amenglishdialecttest/
mine:
Your Linguistic Profile:
60% General American English
35% Dixie
5% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[enigmatic]

1. Hmmmm...

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

[fleabert]

2. the dixie part comes from -y'all- and -coke- answers, I am sure.

Your Linguistic Profile:
65% General American English
20% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Midwestern

[Orangepeel]

33. It has to be more than that

I didn't answer either of those questions "southern," but I still got "10% Dixie".

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

I don't know where the 10% Yankee came from either. I sound like the people on television, which I suppose is "general American English."

[mahina]

3. He doesn't have us in there.

Ho, brah, da buggah no get us, eh?
OK den.

[ogradda]

4. Hmmmm..

75% general American english
15% upper midwestern
5% midwestern
5% yankee
0% dixie
I don't even know what upper midwestern is.:shrug:

[unsavedtrash]

5. I was trying to figure that out too. Hot dish or casserole?

:shrug:

[ogradda]

7. It's a casserole. Dammit.

And it's not pop or soda, it's sodie. Huh.:evilgrin:

[unsavedtrash]

18. here in Alabama, it is a casserole and it is coke not soda

:hi:

[enigmatic]

6. I'm thinking upper Great Lakes area...

Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota..

[xmas74]

13. Yep. Grew up mostly in that area.

The lingo is different from the rest.

[enigmatic]

14. Me too..

I guess I must have scrubbed it all out of my system when I went on the road; now that I'm living in Canada I'm trying to work "eh" into all my sentences!:)

[xmas74]

16. they still use "eh" in the UP.

I really miss the UP sometimes. Now that is a whole new language. It should be a separate option.

[enigmatic]

17. It's beautiful up there

Desolate beauty, especially in the Eastern UP by the Soo, but beautiful nonetheless. A country unto itself in a way...

Have you read any of Steve Hamilton's mystery books? He writes about the UP better than anyone this side of Robert Traver's books IMO..

[xmas74]

21. Not really but I have always planned to.

I used to live on the western side by Iron River. Ski Bru was popular over there. Lots of old iron ore mines.

[BlondieK143]

8. Here's mine

60% General American English
30% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Midwestern

[ogradda]

9. Dixie is southern right?

Your profile says Tennessee. Is that considered southern?

[BlondieK143]

10. I think so.

(About Dixie being Southern)

And yes, Tennessee is DEFINITELY considered Southern. Actually, I'm surprised I'm not 90% Dixie then. I certainly have an accent!

[NMMNG]

11. Mine

Your Linguistic Profile:
45% General American English
40% Yankee
15% Upper Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern


Ayuh, born and bred in New England ;-)

[Huckebein the Raven]

12. My results:

70% General American English
20% Yankee
10% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[xmas74]

15. Mine

Your Linguistic Profile:
40% General American English
30% Yankee
15% Upper Midwestern
10% Dixie
5% Midwestern

I do not understand why Yankee scored higher than Upper Midwestern. Maybe that's cuz they didn't have bubbler as an option!

[SmileyBoy]

19. 60 percent General American??

Hmmm...

Your Linguistic Profile:
60% General American English
20% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern

[crimson333]

20. mine and you can tell i grew up all over the world

30% Dixie
30% General American English
20% Yankee
15% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern

[tsakshaug]

22. me

50% General American English
20% Dixie
15% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Midwestern

[BlueIris]

23. My results are weird, y'all.

65% General American English (West Coast)
25% Dixie (Raised by parents who lived in Missouri until their 30s)
10% Yankee (I was an English major in college? I don't know)

[ProfessorGAC]

24. This Is What I Got

70% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Midwestern
0% Dixie


I think that seems OK for as much as i know about this stuff (which is minimal), but 5% midwestern seems low, since i've never lived anywhere except in Illinois. Go figure. The rest seems logical.
The Professor

[Swamp Rat]

25. I speak N'awlins/Brooklynese/Creole

Dis tess dont measure/rate people from Southern Louisiana... "way'at dawlin', gonna pass by momenims den make some groçries."

[RebelOne]

26. My profile:

The Yankee part comes from Philadelphia where I was born and lived until I was 4 years old. The Dixie part is from when I lived in South Florida and now Georgia.

65% General American English
20% Yankee
15% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[tnlefty]

27. 45%-General American, 40%-Dixie and 15%-Yankee

I feel like such a mongrel.

[khashka]

28. For what it's worth....

55% General American English
25% Dixie
15% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern




But what does it mean??????

Khash.

[progmom]

29. interesting!

Your Linguistic Profile:
55% General American English
20% Yankee
10% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern

I grew up in Upstate NY, moved to Europe at 15, and have lived in Michigan since I was 18. :shrug: Don't know where the Dixie came into play.

[FlyByNight]

30. 40% Gen. American English; 40% Yankee; 10% Upper...

Midwestern and 5% Dixie.

:)

[Lars39]

31. Hmm.

55% General American English
25% Dixie
15% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

Northerners always think I sound Southern, and visa versa. :)

[Hugin]

32. I'm a mutt...

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

Don't see how it could be more spread out
than that.

[LeftyMom]

34. here's mine

Your Linguistic Profile:
70% General American English
20% Yankee
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[SarahB]

35. Me...

65% General American English
25% Yankee
10% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern


Which is weird because I've lived half my life in the midwest and half in New England, but my dad is from the South, so I suppose it's all just jumbled a bit. I'm surprised I got 0% in the Midwestern part though. Damn Yankees knocked it out of me. However, I still say "scoop the snow" as opposed to "shovel the snow". :D

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

36. Here's mine:

75% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern
5% Yankee

Born, raised and still living in the Chicago area. I have no idea where the 5% Dixie and 5% Yankee come from.

[hickman1937]

37. 65% General American English

25% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Dixie
Wow. You'd never know by talking to me that I've spent my whole life in Michigan.

[Zuni]

38. here is mine

55% General American English
25% Yankee
15% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern


But if you ask me, I have a Murlin'(I have lived in Maryland all my life---my father spoke with a thick Baltimore accent) and have a general mid atlantic dialect and phrasing

[Strawman]

39. 70 % General, 25 %Upper Midwestern, 5% Midwestern

Your Linguistic Profile:

70% General American English
25% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Yankee

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

[leftofthedial]

40. hard to believe

55% General American English
20% Dixie
15% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
0% Midwestern

I'm mostly southern by linguistic background, with a little Chicago thrown in.

[JimmyJazz]

41. I've never lived in a midwestern state - I wonder what question that

was.

55% General American English
30% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[trackfan]

42. 80% general, 15%Upper Midwest, 5%Yankee

I'm from Los Angeles

[madeline_con]

43. 30% Yankee??!!

50% General American English
30% Yankee
15% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

There's something terribly wrong here? Or am I one of those Southerners who doesn't fit the stereotype "slow"?

[BiggJawn]

44. That's scary...

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

I'm from Indiana, that takes care of the Upper Midwestern AND Dixie parts..

Don't rightly know where the "Yankee" comes from...

[VOX]

45. 70% General; 15% Dixie; 10% Yankee; 5% Upper Midwestern...

And 0% Midwestern.

Guess this is about right for a native Californian. :)