August 3, 2005
AMERICAN ENGLISH
I got this from Scott over at Sardonic-Bomb, who scored it via Steph at Commonplace Book:
Your Linguistic Profile:
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50% General American English | |
30% Yankee | |
15% Dixie | |
5% Upper Midwestern | |
0% Midwestern |
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As for my own score, I've lived in New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Texas, New Hampshire, Colorado, and now Indiana, so aside from my non-existent 'Midwestern' ranking, the percentages seem to make sense. That being shared, if you ever hear me refer to all soda as "pop" or "coke", shoot me, ya'll, please!
Posted by Mikal at August 3, 2005 8:55 AM
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Here's how I scored:
50% General American English
40% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
My Linguistic Profile:
70% General American English
10% Dixie
10% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee
I am 55-35-10-0-0.
Bein' from Hazzard County 'n all.
40% General American English
35% Yankee
15% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
Born and raised in Connecticut, outside of four years at college ( upstate NY ) I lived here all my life.
I think that television has a great influence on how speak now. I think that we are losing our regional accents and that we are becoming a blend of accents.
Your Linguistic Profile:
60% General American English
20% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
0% Midwestern
80% General American English
10% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
I've been told similar by a trained linguist before. Interesting that I scored 0% Midwestern considering I've lived in Indianapolis my whole life.
My Linguistic Profile:
80% General American English
15% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
0% Yankee
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75% General American English
10% Dixie
10% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
Interesting that I have 0 midwestern since I have lived in Indianapolis all my life. My mother was / is from here, and my father is from Nebraska.
Your Linguistic Profile:
70% General American English
10% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
5% Yankee
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