What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

[redqueen]

http://www.blogthings.com/amenglishdialecttest/

60% General American English
20% Dixie
15% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[Huckebein the Raven]

1. For DL:

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

[Reverend_Smitty]

2. I could do the nightly news with my non-regional dialect

65% General American English
25% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[HEyHEY]

3. In Canada we call tennis shoes "runners"

[RagingInMiami]

16. In England and Ireland

They call them "trainers".

[tyedyeto]

4. My results

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

[dolo amber]

5. 'Bout what I expected...

Your Linguistic Profile:
60% General American English
25% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern

[tjwmason]

6. Hmmmm

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

In that I don't have the slightest touch of an American accent at all.

[Tektonik]

7. Here's my score

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

[Jessica]

8. Me:

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

[asthmaticeog]

9. Being such a dyed-in-the-wool midwesterner, this kind of surprises me:

50% General American English
25% Yankee
20% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[johnnie]

10. Very general up here.

80% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Yankee

[On the Road]

11. Well, THAT's Interesting

I got 45% split between Yankee and Dixie. Probably because I've lived in both areas.

Your Linguistic Profile:
45% General American English
25% Yankee
20% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[Mizmoon]

12. Does no one speak midwestern?

Your Linguistic Profile:
55% General American English
30% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[LynneSin]

13. I"m just an American Girl

Your Linguistic Profile:
60% General American English
30% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[Bunny]

14. Well, the profile says this:

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

But I speak nearly 100% Pittsburghese, although I did manage to eradicate "yunz" from my vocabulary many years ago.

http://www.sesraw.com/Birdra/pitt.htm

[sundog]

15. ok

55% General American English
25% Dixie
20% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[Maddy McCall]

17. Here's mine.

55% General American English
45% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
0% Yankee

[RagingInMiami]

Here's me

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

[bertha katzenengel]

18. mostly gen...

65% General American English
15% Dixie
15% Yankee

I'm surprised I don't have more Dixie. I've been married to a Tennessee hillbilly for five years.

[HereSince1628]

19. And I vote this way TOO!

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

So there!

[redqueen]

20. Anyone know what that 'devil's beating his wife' thing is about?

I've never heard that and want to know what the heck it means.

[sundog]

22. that's one of those wtf things

:wtf:

when it's raining outside & the sun is shining... makes a lot of sense doesn't it? :wtf:

yes, I heard it when I was a young un, never did make sense to me :shrug:

[fudge stripe cookays]

28. I just heard that they were fighting...

when I was in elementary school. He wants it to be hot (it's hell, after all), and she wants it to rain.

See?
FSC

[redqueen]

30. Ah ok... I get it now.

That's a new one on me.

[CottonBear]

39. It's what we say in the south during a sunshower.

I don't know why. We just do.

[ulysses]

21. :)

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

It's the "y'all" thing. :D

[redqueen]

32. hehe

I could never stop saying y'all. Trust me, I've tried.

[ohiosmith]

23. No Midwestern! I was born and raised in the Midwest!

45% General American English
35% Yankee
15% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[GOPBasher]

24. Mine.

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

[lenidog]

25. My results

40% General American English
30% Yankee
25% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[Kathy in Cambridge]

26. I'm a freakin' Yankee

Your Linguistic Profile:
50% Yankee
40% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern

[hyphenate]

47. It's not a fair test

Massachusettsites say "Tonic" for carbonated beverages!!

[CBHagman]

27. I wish they had more options.

I could have used "Both" on more than one or two options.

I speak:
45 percent General American English.
40 percent Yankee.
10 percent Dixie.
5 percent Upper Midwestern.

On edit: I lived in six different states by the time I was 12.

[fudge stripe cookays]

29. I've lived in Texas for 34 of my 38 years,

Parents were both from Illinois, and I'm married to a Canadian. So there's my Midwest-ish stuff. I still refuse to call Coke "pop" though. Always thought it sounded silly.

60% General American English
20% Dixie
15% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Midwestern

FSC

[phusion]

31. 75% General American

Combined with some Spanish / New Mexican Spanish words once in a while :)

Along w/ the fast, short, and choppy New Mexican dialect that flows out of my mouth once in a while...

[redqueen]

33. I think they should have had Spanglish as a category.

:)

[luvLLB]

34. from Texas...this is me:

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

[ScreamingMeemie]

35. Mine

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

[purr]

36. my profile..

65% General American English
15% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
5% Yankee

[curse10]

37. I'm 60% General American English- how boring!

60% General American English
25% Dixie
15% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[CottonBear]

38. Interesting. I would have thought I'd be more Dixie.

Your Linguistic Profile:
55% General American English
35% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Midwestern

I have no idea where the 5% Upper Midwestern and the 5% Yankee came from. I have no relatives or ancestors who are from anywhere other than the south. I've been to NYC twice and Chicago once along with two trips to DC. Maybe I picked up some Yankee and Upper Midwestern linguistic habits from extensive reading?

[politicat]

40. Somehow....

Your Linguistic Profile:

70% General American English
30% Yankee
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

Which is very, very strange as my family comes from the midwest, not the Northeast.

[demnan]

41. Mine

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

I wonder what is the differenct between upper Midwestern and midwestern, and why doesn't anyone have any?

I was expecting a little more Dixie - I have a moderate southern accent.

[hyphenate]

48. I'm assuming

that "upper midwest" is because of Chicago and environs, while the regular midwestern is more countrified or rustic.

[Magrittes Pipe]

42. Odd. Wonder what they consider "Midwestern."

Seeing as that's where I was born and raised, and have lived my whole life.

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

Of course, any Wisconsinite can tell you that the proper term for that thing from which you drink water is "bubbler."

[gollygee]

43. Michigan girl

65% General American English
25% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Dixie

[ImpeachBush]

44. Mostly midwest (central-Ohio-ese)

Probably 80% midwest, 10% urban Clevelandese, 10% northern-utahn

[hyphenate]

45. I fit right where I should!

Your Linguistic Profile:

45% Yankee
40% General American English
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

[hyphenate]

49. I see a mathematical impossibility

Mine only adds up to 95%!

Ah well--chalk up the extra 5% to a Canadian influence.

[CO Liberal]

46. By Living In Three States, My Profile is Kinda Mixed

Your Linguistic Profile:

50% General American English
30% Yankee
20% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[sakabatou]

50. Mine:

60% General American English
30% Yankee
10% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[kariatari]

51. Interesting link. Will have to send to one of my linguistics profs. ;)

80% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Yanke

[terrya]

52. Here's mine:

Your Linguistic Profile:
60% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
10% Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Dixie

[chaska]

53. I thought you wuz a yankee redqueen. I'm more yankee than you and I'm...

from SC.

Or was it Louisiana? I really must hang out more.

[kick-ass-bob]

54. 55% General American English

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

I grew up in NC - but had upstate NY and Wisconsin parents.

[Cobalt Violet]

55. Yankee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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