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Offline StarOfAfrica2

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« Reply #30 on: May 03, 2005, 06:05:50 PM »
Your Linguistic Profile:
65% General American English
35% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
0% Yankee
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Offline Hangtime

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« Reply #31 on: May 03, 2005, 06:18:51 PM »
Your Linguistic Profile:
45% General American English
20% Dixie
20% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern

Born' n raised in The San Fernando Valley (LA), Lived in Maine for 5 years, been in NY (Long Island) for the last 25 years.

...and I don't have an accent. Which really pisses people off around here for some reason.
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« Reply #32 on: May 03, 2005, 06:24:35 PM »
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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
What is a Yooper?


Michigan!  Upper Peninsula > UP > Uper > Yooper.  :)
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« Reply #33 on: May 03, 2005, 06:38:46 PM »
Those guys that do the yooper comedy are frickin funny.  I have their tape permanently in my cassette player on the pontoon boat in Northern Wisconsin.
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« Reply #34 on: May 03, 2005, 06:42:31 PM »
80% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Yankee


Makes since to me since I grew up in Illinois and Minnesota.
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« Reply #35 on: May 03, 2005, 06:45:30 PM »
Your Linguistic Profile:
65% General American English
15% Dixie
15% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

Florida

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« Reply #36 on: May 03, 2005, 06:51:49 PM »
55% General American English
20% Yankee
15% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern
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« Reply #37 on: May 03, 2005, 06:57:13 PM »
75% General American English
15% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
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Offline Maverick

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« Reply #38 on: May 03, 2005, 07:46:19 PM »
75% General American English
10% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Midwestern


I can't be speaking General English. I only made it to LTC.
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Offline GRUNHERZ

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« Reply #39 on: May 03, 2005, 08:01:33 PM »
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Originally posted by Octavius
Michigan!  Upper Peninsula > UP > Uper > Yooper.  :)


You mean they are like the people in movie Fargo?
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Offline kevykev56

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« Reply #40 on: May 03, 2005, 08:02:54 PM »
45% Dixie
35% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
0% Midwestern



Hmm, Guess they aint to many Ya'll from the South.
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« Reply #41 on: May 03, 2005, 09:39:09 PM »
65% General American English
25% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Midwestern

I'm From Florida so This is no suprize..only southern state that is so full of everybody else that we don't have alot of Dixiespeak.
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« Reply #42 on: May 03, 2005, 09:41:10 PM »
65% General American English
15% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
0% Midwestern
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Offline Holden McGroin

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« Reply #43 on: May 03, 2005, 09:50:40 PM »
65% General American English
20% Upper Midwestern
15% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Yankee

Since Midwestern is Elko, Upper Midwestern must be Boise.

Anything east of Butte is New York.
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« Reply #44 on: May 03, 2005, 10:17:01 PM »
ok the actual test

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

is "Dixie" a southern accent/language?
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