Your Linguistic Profile: |
45% General American English |
40% Yankee |
15% Dixie |
0% Midwestern |
0% Upper Midwestern |
Friday, May 06, 2005
Random Findings: What kind of American English do you speak?
I was kind of bummed that there was dixie in there. But then again, some people I really dig are from Dixie -- Keith and Mendi, for my favorite examples. Okay. I'll live. I wonder what triggered it??? Lemme know what you think. I'm trying to snaz up the place.
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well, just for fun, this australian did the test too. Apparently I speak 40% Yankee, 25% General American English and 15% Dixie... so go figure. (by the way, a sweetened carbonated beverage is a 'soft drink' and the grocery-shopping contraption is a 'trolley'... and the whole covering the house with toilet paper thing really made me laugh... maybe you americans have too much time on your hands?? -- no really, come and do mine, I'd love to see the neighbours' reaction)
well, if it helps, white people call some things "dixie" that we might call "black"
here's what mine said:
40% Dixie
35% General American English
20% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
so australians are really from maine and georgia? oy noy! no, i am sure there was NO way that test could do justice to your ADORABLE way of speaking. enchanting. And re the tp'ing -- it's a silly halloween thing. I despise halloween, btw. so mean spirited. carnival is much funner.
and thanks, mendi, now i feel better re "dixie." phew. what is the upper midwestern thing though??? i think the most you've done is look in that direction, yeah?
60% General American English
25% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
upper midwestern=fargo folks.
Did you know that Miggs-Breryer is a mother/daughter team and that the results pretty much stay constant over time? 15 yrs ago I was E/INFJ, and today I am still E/INJF.
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50% General American English
30% Yankee
20% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
A
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