What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

[AOX81]

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

Your Linguistic Profile:
75% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern

[Gina1201]

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

[BSP_Nicole]

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

[twhrider13]

Your Linguistic Profile:
50% General American English
45% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
0% Yankee

No kidding, LOL.

[EEKappa]

That was fun!

40% General American English
35% Dixie
15% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

Glad to see that living among Yankees for a while hasn't stopped me from talking like a Belle. :)

[BetteDavisEyes]

65% General American English
15% Dixie
15% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[LightBulb]

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

[UofISigKap]

75% General American English
20% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern

Well, this doesn't surprise me. If anyone even notices my accent, they say Minnesota or Wisconsin.

[PSUSigKap]

65% General American English
15% Dixie
15% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[LeslieAGD]

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

[carnation]

50% Dixie
40% General American English
5% Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Upper Midwestern

[wrigley]

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

[MTSUGURL]

65% General American English
30% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern

[epchick]

Your Linguistic Profile:
75% General American English
15% Yankee
10% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[kansas13]

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

[AGDee]

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

Guess that fits me just right.

[Rollergirl2001]

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

[Coramoor]

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

I guess that makes sense. I have never been told I have an accent, no matter where I go.

[kafromTN]

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

There were a couple I had never heard of, like the easy class.


-Mark

[NutBrnHair]

I feel like I've taken this before. I wonder if my results are the same?


45% Dixie
40% General American English
10% Yankee
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[Langox510x]

75% General American English
15% Dixie
10% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[a.e.B.O.T.]

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

[_Opi_]

Your Linguistic Profile:

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

[PhiPsiRuss]

60% General American English
25% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[cutiepatootie]

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

[USCTKE]

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

[hawaiiagd]

Your Linguistic Profile:
50% General American English
25% Yankee
15% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[IluvSirFidel]

I had a really hard time with this because it depends on whether I'm at home in teeny-tiny Hometown, Tennessee, or in the city of Memphis in the hospital (because I try to sound more professional and watch what kind of words I use). But....


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


I think I win for the Southern accent....

[Misbehavn23]

Although all four of my grandparents moved from the deep south to Detroit, they were sticklers for proper English. If my grandmother had a premonition that I was going to utter anything less than proper English, I would get that mama look and quickly reiterate the correct saying. Yeah, I took a little teasing in school but as a 6th grader I was competing in oratorial contests on a high school level and actually won a few.


95% General American English
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
0% Yankee
0% Dixie

[alum]

50% General American English
40% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern


No surprise there except for upper Midwestern.

[tnxbutterfly]

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

[AlphaFrog]

Originally posted by NutBrnHair
I feel like I've taken this before. I wonder if my results are the same?

That's Because You Did (http://greekchat.com/gcforums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=66738&perpage=40&highlight=General+American+English&pagenumber=2)


You were close...

Originally posted by NutBrnHair
Your Linguistic Profile:
45% Dixie
45% General American English
5% Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Upper Midwestern




Mine:
Your Linguistic Profile:
75% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
5% Yankee
0% Midwestern
Which is strange because I was born and raised in the heart of the Midwest...although people have ALWAYS asked me if I'm from Wisconsin.

[Optimist Prime]

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

[PoohsHoneyBee]

Your Linguistic Profile:
60% General American English
30% Dixie
10% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[Denise_DPhiE]

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

Having just commented on someone who was "finnin" to do something, I stumbled across this thread!

One more...do you stand on line or in line??? I say in line.

Denise

[AUDeltaGam]

Your Linguistic Profile:
60% General American English
30% Dixie
10% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[DSTinguished1]

Your Linguistic Profile:
70% General American English
15% Dixie
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee

[Greekcart]

Denise:
Isn't it always 'in line'? Where'd you hear 'on line'?

[RedAngel]

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

[soulfulremix]

Your Linguistic Profile:
45% General American English
35% Yankee
15% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[Sahara]

Your Linguistic Profile:
50% General American English
35% Yankee
15% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

some of the answers didn't apply. I call an easy class an easy class, for example.

Someone told me she went to a tag sale today. I was like "a what?". It's the same as a garage sale.

[AGDLynn]

45% General American English
40% Dixie
10% Yankee
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[ztabchbum]

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

[PerfectVerse06]

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

[mulattogyrl]

45% Yankee
35% General American English
20% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern


I'm a true blue YANKEE!!!!! :D :D :D

[f8nacn]

Your Linguistic Profile:
55% General American English
30% Dixie
15% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[OleMissGlitter]

Your Linguistic Profile:
70% General American English
30% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
0% Yankee

[Rudey]

55% General American English
30% Yankee
15% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

I must have picked up some dixie that one year I worked on a tobacco farm. WTF?

There's a cool documentary that PBS did on speaking "American" if anyone's interested.

-Rudey

[ADPiShannan]

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

[ADPiShannan]

Originally posted by LeslieAGD
65% General American English
20% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern

Looks like you and me and are the only two to get this exact combo.

[ihearttrisigma]

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

Since I'm a northerner I am not surprised that was my highest after the general catgory. But where on earth did I get some Dixie language?!;) Thats alright, now I can finally claim part of me is a Southern Belle.:p

Although, I am interested..what do people usually say in the Midwest and how is that different from the Upper Midwest? Is the Midwest defined as say Oklahoma and the Upper Midwest the Dakotas and Montana? I just think of all of it as the Midwest. I feel bad now if they are supposed to be refered to differently! ;)

[KSigkid]

Your Linguistic Profile:
50% Yankee
45% General American English
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

Considering I've lived in New England my whole life, this sounds about right.