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Posted by: Aaediwen 07-Dec-2006, 10:08 PM |
I normally don't post these things, but hey there's the forum for it and I'm sitting here browsing blogthings filling out tons of them. Your Linguistic Profile: 65% General American English 15% Dixie 15% Yankee 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak? http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/ |
Posted by: haynes9 07-Dec-2006, 10:25 PM |
***Your Linguistic Profile:*** 70% General American English 15% Dixie 5% Midwestern 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Yankee That's me! Plain vanilla! |
Posted by: Lady of the Loch 08-Dec-2006, 05:51 AM |
Your Linguistic Profile: 70% General American English 15% Dixie 5% Midwestern 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Yankee |
Posted by: maisky 08-Dec-2006, 01:17 PM |
50% General American English 15% Upper Midwestern 15% Yankee 5% Midwestern 0% Dixie 15% Idaho Deviant |
Posted by: Roberto Phoenix 08-Dec-2006, 07:02 PM |
<table style="color: black;" align=center border=1 bordercolor=black cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> <tr> <td bgcolor="#A8FFB3" align=center> <font style='color:black; font-size: 14pt;'> <strong> Your Linguistic Profile: </strong> </font> </td> </tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">65% General American English </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#A8FFB3">10% Dixie </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">10% Upper Midwestern </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#A8FFB3">5% Midwestern </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">5% Yankee </td></tr> </table> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/">What Kind of American English Do You Speak?</a></div> Wha, No Yooper? Dere somethin funny going on here, eh? |
Posted by: Shadows 09-Dec-2006, 06:54 AM |
***Your Linguistic Profile:*** 70% General American English 20% Dixie 5% Yankee 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak? http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/ OK that is only 95%! I guess they don't allow for the 5% Arcadian that I am so often accused of speakin with> LOL! |
Posted by: Sekhmet 09-Dec-2006, 10:55 AM |
That test is stacked...I speak Pittsburghese dangit! Totally different. LOL <table style="color: black;" align=center border=1 bordercolor=black cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> <tr> <td bgcolor="#A8FFB3" align=center> <font style='color:black; font-size: 14pt;'> <strong> Your Linguistic Profile: </strong> </font> </td> </tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">50% General American English </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#A8FFB3">15% Dixie </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">10% Upper Midwestern </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#A8FFB3">10% Yankee </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">5% Midwestern </td></tr> </table> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/">What Kind of American English Do You Speak?</a></div> |
Posted by: Antwn 09-Dec-2006, 10:56 AM |
Can y'all tell I grew up in the South? **Your Linguistic Profile:*** 45% General American English 30% Dixie 10% Upper Midwestern 10% Yankee 0% Midwestern |
Posted by: WizardofOwls 09-Dec-2006, 11:07 AM |
Your Linguistic Profile: 55% General American English 30% Dixie 5% Midwestern 5% Yankee 0% Upper Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak? http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/ Hmmmm.... Interesting.... |
Posted by: stevenpd 09-Dec-2006, 11:51 AM |
<table style="color: black;" align=center border=1 bordercolor=black cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> <tr> <td bgcolor="#A8FFB3" align=center> <font style='color:black; font-size: 14pt;'> <strong> Your Linguistic Profile: </strong> </font> </td> </tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">60% General American English </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#A8FFB3">15% Upper Midwestern </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">10% Dixie </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#A8FFB3">5% Midwestern </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">5% Yankee </td></tr> </table> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/">What Kind of American English Do You Speak?</a></div> |
Posted by: stoirmeil 09-Dec-2006, 01:57 PM |
<table style="color: black;" align=center border=1 bordercolor=black cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> <tr> <td bgcolor="#A8FFB3" align=center> <font style='color:black; font-size: 14pt;'> <strong> Your Linguistic Profile: </strong> </font> </td> </tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">50% Yankee </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#A8FFB3">30% General American English </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">10% Upper Midwestern </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#A8FFB3">5% Dixie </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">0% Midwestern </td></tr> </table> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/">What Kind of American English Do You Speak?</a></div> Yankee. Well, I could have told you that |
Posted by: Dreamer1 09-Dec-2006, 08:25 PM |
<table style="color: black;" align=center border=1 bordercolor=black cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> <tr> <td bgcolor="#A8FFB3" align=center> <font style='color:black; font-size: 14pt;'> <strong> Your Linguistic Profile: </strong> </font> </td> </tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">50% General American English </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#A8FFB3">20% Yankee </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">15% Dixie </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#A8FFB3">5% Midwestern </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">5% Upper Midwestern </td></tr> </table> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/">What Kind of American English Do You Speak?</a></div> Gee, I grew up in Ohio, my parents are from Indiana, and Hubby and I have lived in New England for over 20 years now --- where did the Dixie part come from?? I'm surprised! Fun quiz, though, thanks! Dreamer1 |
Posted by: gettin-away 10-Dec-2006, 09:01 AM |
***Your Linguistic Profile:*** 65% General American English 25% Upper Midwestern 5% Midwestern 0% Dixie 0% Yankee Michigan it is. gettin-away |
Posted by: BluegrassLady 30-Dec-2006, 02:46 PM |
50% General American English 20% Upper Midwestern 15% Dixie 5% Midwestern 5% Yankee I was born in Canada, lived in Michigan and now reside in Kentucky. Guess I'm adaptable. BGL |
Posted by: stoirmeil 30-Dec-2006, 02:50 PM | ||
Oooohh . . .I know Pittsburghese. You're right -- it IS different. What is really mystifying to me is "General American English." What in the world is that? Probably a product of broadcast media news anchors, who are supposed to speak "middle American." Our British friends refer to their analogue as "pure BBC." |
Posted by: Nova Scotian 30-Dec-2006, 04:50 PM |
This is defiantly me. However, growing up in New Jersey, my wife says my yankee accent really comes out when we're visiting there. Canadians I work with say they hear Atlantic Canada twang in my pronunciations as well. ***Your Linguistic Profile:*** 5 50% General American English 20% Yankee 10% Dixie 10% Upper Midwestern % Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak? http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/ |
Posted by: MDF3530 31-Dec-2006, 04:24 PM |
<table style="color: black;" align=center border=1 bordercolor=black cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> <tr> <td bgcolor="#A8FFB3" align=center> <font style='color:black; font-size: 14pt;'> <strong> Your Linguistic Profile: </strong> </font> </td> </tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">65% General American English </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#A8FFB3">15% Upper Midwestern </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">5% Dixie </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#A8FFB3">5% Midwestern </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">5% Yankee </td></tr> </table> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/">What Kind of American English Do You Speak?</a></div> This is so me . |
Posted by: MDF3530 31-Dec-2006, 04:30 PM | ||
I tink dat'd be under da "Upper Midwest" classification, my friend . |
Posted by: CelticRose 01-Jan-2007, 06:05 AM |
I was born in California, but my mother was born and raised in the south. My dad was born in Michigan. Most folks who hear me talk say I have a wee bit of southern accent...go figure! Your Linguistic Profile: 55% General American English 15% Upper Midwestern 15% Yankee 10% Dixie 0% Midwestern |
Posted by: TheCarolinaScotsman 01-Jan-2007, 01:03 PM |
I keep telling everyone I'm just an ole country boy. ***Your Linguistic Profile:*** 45% Dixie 35% General American English 10% Yankee 5% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern |
Posted by: Monarchs Own 01-Jan-2007, 01:25 PM |
Your Linguistic Profile: 60% General American English 20% Dixie 10% Yankee 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak? http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/ |
Posted by: Muircheartach 01-Jan-2007, 09:52 PM |
Hi all, So, here's my Anglo linguistic make-up: Your Linguistic Profile: 60% General American English 20% Yankee 10% Dixie 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern As you can see, Monarchs Own is my sister - Nicht ist das, Schwester recht? Happy New Year! |
Posted by: valpal 59 30-Jan-2007, 09:17 AM |
Your Linguistic Profile: 55% General American English 20% Dixie 10% Yankee 5% Midwestern 5% Upper Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak? http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/ |
Posted by: pretentiouswombat 17-Mar-2007, 04:02 PM |
<table style="color: black;" align=center border=1 bordercolor=black cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2><tr><td bgcolor="#A8FFB3" align=center><font style='color:black; font-size: 14pt;'><strong>Your Linguistic Profile:</strong></font></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">35% Dixie</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#A8FFB3">30% General American English</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">20% Yankee</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#A8FFB3">10% Upper Midwestern</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">0% Midwestern</td></tr></table><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/">What Kind of American English Do You Speak?</a></div> One thing that I know people look at me funny when I say is Kitty Cornered. I don't know if it comes from New England (where I was born) but it definitely isn't from down South! I've lived in the South since 1962 so I certainly should talk like I'm from Dixie. :-) |
Posted by: pflanary 16-May-2007, 02:48 PM |
50% General 20% Dixie--Hey, I grew up in and lived in the South most of my life--this should be higher. 10% each Upper Midwestern and Yankee--where the heck did these come from?? I have never even been in the Upper Midwest--maybe my secretary is rubbing off on me--she's from Wisconsin. I knew I had some Yankee contaminationn from living up North and out West for a while |
Posted by: John Clements 17-May-2007, 05:20 AM |
Born in Brooklyn, need I say more. |
Posted by: Senara 17-May-2007, 12:11 PM |
first off it's not a drinking fountain nor is it a water fountain...it's a BUBBLER!!!!! but did they think to ask that....noooooooooooooooo wonder where my last 5% went too....hrmmmm.... Your Linguistic Profile: 60% General American English 20% Yankee 10% Upper Midwestern 5% Dixie 0% Midwestern |
Posted by: TheCarolinaScotsman 17-May-2007, 12:51 PM | ||
Got washed away in the bubbler. |
Posted by: pflanary 21-May-2007, 01:04 PM |
You must have MidWestern contacts. I had never heard the term bubbler until my office manager, who is from Wisconsin, used it and explained it to me. |
Posted by: Haggishead 07-Nov-2007, 04:10 PM |
Your Linguistic Profile: 60% General American English 20% Yankee 15% Dixie 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern |
Posted by: Senara 26-Nov-2007, 02:33 PM | ||
*waves* born and raised cheesehead...everyone needs to use Bubbler more often as far as I'm concerned...heheh Life is just better that way.... |
Posted by: Irish Stepper 26-Nov-2007, 04:40 PM |
60% General American English 20% Dixie 10% Upper Midwestern 5% Yankee 0% Midwestern |
Posted by: sisterknight 27-Nov-2007, 10:07 AM |
okkkaaaayyyy..... hummm..... says i'm 60% general american 15% yankee 10% upper mid west 5% dixie 5% midwestern so the missing 5% proves that i'm canadian, eh???? they don't give all the proper choices either, do they? |
Posted by: tsargent62 05-Dec-2007, 02:16 PM |
65% General American English 20% Upper Midwestern 5% Dixie 5% Yankee 0% Midwestern I can't help the "y'all" thing. I was in the Army for 6 years and around southerners the whole time. I don't have the twang that I picked any more, but some things just stuck! |
Posted by: pretentiouswombat 05-Dec-2007, 03:32 PM |
When I moved to Georgia, my best friend would make fun of the way I said "dog" because it sounded Northern. Even living in Los Angeles for 7 years didn't take away the accent that I picked up every summer when I stayed for nearly 3 months in Rhode Island. But I picked up the Southern drawl little by little and that last time I visited RI, they made fun of my accent. I really didn't think I had that much of one, but I apparently do - compared to them, anyway. |
Posted by: Thecorgiwoman 01-Jan-2008, 10:15 PM |
[CENTER][/CENTER]General American english 55% Dixie 15% Yankee 15% Midwestern 5% Upper midwestern 5% Odd results because I'm from Texas and my relatives are from Tennesse and Arkansas. But I also put alot of British slang in my speech as well sometimes. Football: Americans call it soccer the pitch: the field we play on roundabout the road that goes in a circle wellies: rubber boots trolley: cart I pick up the accents of the people I'm around most. At festivals I unconsciously have an Irish lilt to my words. My ancestors are mostly Irish descent and still use strange phrases. My mother will talk at you later on the phone and my great-grandmother trades at Walmart. Her sister had yeller flowers in that there field. Mar sin leibh: Heather |
Posted by: stoirmeil 02-Jan-2008, 09:48 AM | ||
That's odd . . . I was born in Providence, Rhode Island and raised within 10 miles of there, and I never heard it called anything BUT a bubbler until I moved away from New England. |
Posted by: oldraven 02-Jan-2008, 11:21 AM |
I speak the real English. |
Posted by: marti64 12-Jan-2008, 11:37 AM |
45% Yankee 30% General American English 15% Upper Midwestern 5% Dixie 0% Midwestern That sounds about right!!!!!! I guess that proves that I am a typical New Englander!!!!!!! By the way, I totally get BUBBLER and KITTY CORNER!!!!!! LMAO!!!@!!! MARTI |
Posted by: pretentiouswombat 12-Jan-2008, 01:06 PM |
Totally with you on the "kitty corner" bit. My mom used to say "bubbler" all the time but that never caught on with me. Interestingly, I've read "catty-cornered" in one of Stephen King's books and that pretty much threw me as to where the "kitty corner" came from. Unless Maine isn't really considered New England. Go figure. |
Posted by: piobmhor piper 14-Jan-2008, 06:38 AM |
***Your Linguistic Profile:*** 80% Canadian English Eh! 20% Canadian Newfie, Lord tunderin Jezzus we spell CANADA C, eh, N, eh, D, eh 0% General American English 0% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern 0% Dixie 0% Yankee Lord tunderin Jezzus we spell CANADA C, eh, N, eh, D, eh |
Posted by: leenie 01-Feb-2008, 07:58 PM |
60% General American English 15% Yankee 5% Dixie 5% Midwestern 5% Upper Midwestern I was born in Southern Illinois, lived in South Carolina and Arizona. |
Posted by: Crebain 02-Jul-2011, 11:06 AM |
60% General American English 20% Yankee 15% Dixie 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern |
Posted by: Dogshirt 02-Jul-2011, 01:29 PM |
65% General American English 20% Upper Midwestern 10% Dixie 5% Midwestern 0% Yankee |
Posted by: BDiamond 24-Jul-2011, 02:11 AM |
http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/results/?AM=65&Y=20&D=5&UPM=5&M=5 65% General American English 20% Yankee 5% Dixie 5% Midwestern 5% Upper Midwestern http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/ http://www.blogthings.com |
Posted by: HunaWoman 19-Sep-2011, 01:27 PM |
65% General American English 15% Dixie 10% Midwestern 10% Upper Midwestern 0% Yankee I lived in Wisconsin for 23 years, I guess that's where the upper midwest comes in. Otherwise I was born in Oklahoma, grew up in Kansas and have lived in Texas, Mississippi and Arkansas. They missed a possible answer for water fountain, drinking fountain. In Milwaukee they call it a "bubbler". One country, a million languages!!! |
Posted by: tjbren 19-Jan-2012, 11:02 AM |
65% General American English 15% Upper Midwestern 10% Yankee 5% Dixie 5% Midwestern |
Posted by: Copperwood87 02-Feb-2012, 04:15 PM |
65% General American English 25% Dixie 10% Yankee 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern HA 10% yankee, them is fightin' words. Mississippi Girl to the core |
Posted by: jmparrish 22-Feb-2012, 10:27 PM |
80% General American English 10% Upper Midwestern 5% Midwestern 5% Yankee 0% Dixie How interesting this is! Dialects are a particular area of interest for me. It is astounding what conclusions are drawn about character simply from what dialect people use. |
Posted by: Grace2302 14-Mar-2012, 12:50 PM |
75% General American English 15% Yankee 10% Dixie 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern That's funny. I was born and raised in Florida, which some people don't even consider part of the South. All four of my grandparents were raised in different states (Upper Michigan (Finnish), Florida, New York and Ohio) which gave us a lot of different dialects to grow up with. |
Posted by: jb156 08-May-2012, 10:29 PM |
75% General American English 20% Upper Midwestern 5% Midwestern 0% Dixie 0% Yankee Cute Quiz although I spend time in the South on business and after I while I told someone I was "fixin" to do something. Couldn't believe I let that slip out. The locals gave me a hard time about it. |
Posted by: sarahmayespe 31-Jan-2013, 10:23 AM |
50% General American English 20% Yankee 15% Dixie 15% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern |
Posted by: togo 02-Feb-2013, 06:37 AM |
From New England. Should I be worried with these results or pleased?? 45% General American English 35% Yankee 15% Upper Midwestern 0% Dixie 0% Midwestern |
Posted by: MacEoghainn 02-Feb-2013, 02:03 PM |
50% General American English 20% Yankee 15% Upper Midwestern 10% Dixie 0% Midwestern Born in Ohio, transplanted to Florida as a kid, and 9 years in Uncle Sam's Canoe Club must have had an effect. |
Posted by: Séreméla 13-Oct-2013, 01:09 AM |
40% General American English 25% Dixie 25% Yankee 10% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern |
Posted by: heartsong 15-Oct-2013, 06:53 AM |
75% General American English 15% Dixie 10% Yankee 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern Since I'm from St. Louis & I've always thought it was in the midwest, I don't know what to think of these results. |
Posted by: TetonAndDistrictPerformingArts 01-Oct-2015, 10:19 PM |
60% General American English 20% Dixie 10% Upper Midwestern 10% Yankee 0% Midwestern |
Posted by: RuralCrone 27-Mar-2016, 10:04 PM |
[http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/results/?AM=75&Y=5&D=5&UPM=10&M=5]You Speak General American English![/url] 75% General American English 10% Upper Midwestern 5% Dixie 5% Midwestern 5% Yankee http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/ http://www.blogthings.com |
Posted by: TheCarolinaScotsman 31-Jul-2016, 05:41 PM |
50% General American English 40% Dixie 10% Yankee 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern |
Posted by: Theophilus 09-Apr-2018, 03:44 PM |
Odd... 45% Yankee 30% Dixie 10% General American English 10% Upper Midwestern 5% Midwestern |
Posted by: Dreamer1 10-Apr-2018, 03:44 PM |
Huh! Took this in '06, just did it again today -- got quite different results! Shows you what living here in New England has done over the years Today's results: I Speak Yankee! 35% Yankee 30% General American English 15% Dixie 10% Upper Midwestern 5% Midwestern ('06 results: 50% General American English, 15% Dixie, 5% Upper Midwestern, 5% Midwestern....I think ) |
Posted by: Dreamer1 10-Apr-2018, 03:47 PM |
P.S. Just went back and checked.... '06 results should also include 20% Yankee |
Posted by: Squire 13-Apr-2018, 04:29 AM |
My quiz results which I suppose I generally agree with due to growing up in the upper West then moving to the South. You Speak General American English! 60% General American English 20% Yankee 10% Dixie 10% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern |
Posted by: MacGreckert 11-Mar-2020, 03:22 AM |
This result, i did never expect! 40% general American 25% Dixi 20% upper Midwestern 10% Yankee 5% Midwestern And this as a german with scotisch and french roots!!! |
Posted by: dundee 19-Mar-2020, 08:48 AM |
Man nothing to do here any more😕 Use to have such fun... so I did this! 60% General American English 20% Yankee 15% Upper Midwestern 5% Dixie 0% Midwestern Don’t know where this yankee and Dixie Baloney came from? Have a great day! |
Posted by: McRoach 02-Dec-2021, 10:28 AM |
Considering the original link was posted 15 years ago (my does time fly) it no longer worked when i tried it. I used a websearch to find a different but similar quiz https://play.howstuffworks.com/quiz/what-kind-of-american-english-do-you-speak This is the result i got from it: "Upper Midwest English To others, you might not seem like you have much of an accent at all. It's only when listening closely that they can hear the upper Midwest influence. You would rather say "you guys" rather than "y'all," and your verbal foundations are clear when you speak. You learned to speak colloquially, and it has stuck with you!" |