Author Topic: What Kind of American English Do You Speak? (Read 1470 times)

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #15 on:** May 03, 2005, 04:46:47 PM »

That was a really weak linguistics test.

There's one floating around out there that can tell you where you're from if you take it. It's really good too.

mora · « **Reply #16 on:** May 03, 2005, 04:46:50 PM »

Yep Nilsen.

I couldn't answer 2 of the questions:

7. You tend to call the sweet spread on top of cake:

10. What do you call an easy class?

Halo · « **Reply #17 on:** May 03, 2005, 04:47:56 PM »

Can spend an afternoon taking all those polls. Some seem incisive, some off the mark.

As for American English, I tied Nuke:

75% General American English
15% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee

0% Midwestern -- which is really funny since I lived my first 21 years in Indiana.

Swoop · « **Reply #18 on:** May 03, 2005, 04:55:30 PM »

Your Linguistic Profile:
35% General American English
35% Yankee
20% Dixie
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern

And I'm British.

soda72 · « **Reply #19 on:** May 03, 2005, 04:59:19 PM »

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

Nilsen · « **Reply #20 on:** May 03, 2005, 05:03:28 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by mora
Yep Nilsen. I couldn't answer 2 of the questions:

7. You tend to call the sweet spread on top of cake:

10. What do you call an easy class?

7. stripper

10. working class woman with a drug problem

Wolfala · « **Reply #21 on:** May 03, 2005, 05:13:22 PM »

55% General American English
35% Yankee
10% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

For the record, they really need a spot for Brooklynese.

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #22 on:** May 03, 2005, 05:13:39 PM »

Your Linguistic Profile:
70% General American English
15% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Midwestern

Trell · « **Reply #23 on:** May 03, 2005, 05:14:51 PM »

70% General American English
20% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Yankee

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #24 on:** May 03, 2005, 05:37:27 PM »

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

spitfiremkv · « **Reply #25 on:** May 03, 2005, 05:38:12 PM »

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

yikes..I guess Florida don't count as South!

RightF00T · « **Reply #26 on:** May 03, 2005, 05:39:48 PM »

Your Linguistic Profile:
45% General American English
20% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
30% Ebonics

midnight Target · « **Reply #27 on:** May 03, 2005, 05:42:08 PM »

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

Weird.. born and raised in California. My wife is a Yooper though. It musta rubbed off.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #28 on:** May 03, 2005, 05:59:32 PM »

What is a Yooper?

Gunslinger · « **Reply #29 on:** May 03, 2005, 06:04:04 PM »

Your Linguistic Profile:
85% General American English
10% Dixie
5% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

Interesting because I was born and raised in the midwest. The Dixie part is right from living in Texas and having much of my family from Georgia.

I think the thing that did it was the fact that I call it Soda.....my mom allways called it pop and that annoyed me.