Friday, April 15

what kind of american do YOU speak?



Your Linguistic Profile:



85% General American English

10% Upper Midwestern

5% Midwestern

0% Dixie

0% Yankee


5 comments:

PutYourFlareOn said...

Hmmm, this is good timing I was just talking to someone about the different regions int he US and how the English can vary. I'm from Kansas and here are my results:

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

Glad to see that Kitty Corner made it there I use that all the freaking time and all my friends from the East Coast totally make fun of me for it.

Dixie and Yankeeness, have no clue where that came from.

Anonymous said...

85% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern

There should have been another option for "water fountain." I'm from Milwaukee, and we call it a "bubbler."

Anonymous said...

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

Dude I can't believe I don't speak any Frenglish at all...

Is this test exhaustive? :rolleyes:

Anonymous said...

I don't know where the Dixie came from!

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

Emily said...

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

Looks like those Yanks didn't have too much of an impact on me. ...And to think that I thought I spoke Wall Street English!