Ibuprofen Posted August 28, 2006 Posted August 28, 2006 So, I just found this quiz type thing and it amused me. I decided to poast it because I thought some of you guys might enjoy it too. Here is mine... Your Linguistic Profile: 55% General American English 25% Yankee 5% Dixie 5% Midwestern 5% Upper Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak? http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofameric...doyouspeakquiz/
Tim the Traveller Posted August 28, 2006 Posted August 28, 2006 Your Linguistic Profile: 65% General American English 15% Upper Midwestern 10% Dixie 5% Yankee 0% Midwestern I guess I speak wehatever the hell I want too Not surprising Upper Midwestern is at 15%
JamesSavik Posted August 28, 2006 Posted August 28, 2006 Your Linguistic Profile: 50% General American English 40% Dixie 5% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern 0% Yankee
Kurt Posted August 28, 2006 Posted August 28, 2006 ***Your Linguistic Profile:*** 70% General American English 15% Upper Midwestern 5% Dixie 5% Yankee 0% Midwestern But I say bubbler, not water or drinking fountain. Kurt
Trebs Posted August 28, 2006 Posted August 28, 2006 Your Linguistic Profile: 55% General American English 20% Upper Midwestern 20% Yankee 0% Dixie 0% Midwestern
Drewbie Posted August 28, 2006 Posted August 28, 2006 (edited) Interesting, I never heard those terms for a easy class. Your Linguistic Profile: 65% General American English 20% Yankee 5% Dixie 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern # If it's raining while the sun is shining, you call it: * The Devil is Beating His Wife Edited August 28, 2006 by Drew
SonoLuminus Posted August 28, 2006 Posted August 28, 2006 65% General American English 20% Yankee 5% Dixie 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern I wasn't familiar with any of the terms for 'an easy course', though, so I just had to pick one.
Gandalf Posted August 28, 2006 Posted August 28, 2006 uum interesting. Must have picked up the midwest from my neice and nephew that I raised as they came to me from Ohio(I know that is not really midwestern). Dixie from sailing south I guess. Oh my I am a Yankee. Pax, Steve ***Your Linguistic Profile:*** 40% General American English 40% Yankee 10% Upper Midwestern 5% Dixie 0% Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak? http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofameric...doyouspeakquiz/
AFriendlyFace Posted August 28, 2006 Posted August 28, 2006 Your Linguistic Profile: 45% General American English 25% Dixie 25% Yankee 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern But I say bubbler, not water or drinking fountain. Interesting, I've never heard that. Sounds cute though lol. Similarly I don't call the person diagonal from me "Kitty corner" or "Catty corner", so I HAD to pick "Diagonal", I'd call them "Cat-a-corner" Interesting, I never heard those terms for a easy class. I've heard "crip course" so I picked that, but I don't call it any of those three either. Kevin
Caipirinha Posted August 28, 2006 Posted August 28, 2006 Your Linguistic Profile: 50% General American English 35% Yankee 10% Dixie 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak? http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofameric...doyouspeakquiz/ Connecticut must have rubbed off. Also, two quick questions/observations: Any one else notice that none of the scores (Unless I missed one somewhere in there) add up to a hundred? And did they forget about the west coast or are they just ignoring it?
Davey Posted August 28, 2006 Posted August 28, 2006 Your Linguistic Profile: 50% General American English 30% Yankee 10% Dixie 5% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak? http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofameric...doyouspeakquiz/ Hmmm since I'm British how can I be 50% American english? lol
Ibuprofen Posted August 28, 2006 Author Posted August 28, 2006 Connecticut must have rubbed off. Also, two quick questions/observations: Any one else notice that none of the scores (Unless I missed one somewhere in there) add up to a hundred? And did they forget about the west coast or are they just ignoring it? Wow, never noticed they didn't add up before now. Wierd. Also, considering they don't add up, I am going to have to go with forgot or just didn't notice for anything that is left out. I have never heard those terms for an easy course, I have heard "bird course" or plain old "easy" before though. I use the term kitty corner for diagonal sidewalks, but for most everything else just diagonal.
Battleaxe Posted August 28, 2006 Posted August 28, 2006 ***Your Linguistic Profile:*** 50% General American English 30% Yankee 15% Dixie 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern
vlista20 Posted August 28, 2006 Posted August 28, 2006 Well since soooo many people say I talk like a hick I had to do this one! 45% General American English 40% Yankee 5% Dixie 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern and NO I didn't cheat! hehe I guess there's just no special rating for 'hick'
Formosa Posted August 28, 2006 Posted August 28, 2006 55% General American English 20% Yankee 15% Dixie 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern I've only been to America once in my life, and that was for less than a month twelve years ago! So I don't understand how I can speak General American, let alone Yankee, Dixie or Upper Western. Don't even have a clue what those last ones are. And to be honest I just randomly picked some of the answers (hush)! :wacko: I guess I just speak my own kind of English...
Site Administrator Graeme Posted August 28, 2006 Site Administrator Posted August 28, 2006 Your Linguistic Profile: 45% General American English 30% Yankee 20% Dixie 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern Okay... I've obviously been watching too much American TV. I need to improve my general AUSTRALIAN English percentage
NickolasJames8 Posted August 28, 2006 Posted August 28, 2006 ***Your Linguistic Profile:*** 70% General American English 10% Dixie 10% Upper Midwestern 5% Yankee 0% Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak? http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofameric...doyouspeakquiz/
MacLir Posted August 28, 2006 Posted August 28, 2006 ...Must have picked up the midwest from my neice and nephew that I raised as they came to me from Ohio(I know that is not really midwestern)... Um, then where is Ohio categorized? AFAIK, here, its always been part of the Midwest... Just curious. Your Linguistic Profile: 70% General American English 10% Midwestern 5% Dixie 5% Upper Midwestern 5% Yankee What Kind of American English Do You Speak? http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofameric...doyouspeakquiz/
rknapp Posted August 28, 2006 Posted August 28, 2006 50% General American English 30% Yankee 10% Dixie 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern Who the hell calls a summer shower "The Devil is beating his wife"?? I had to choose sunshower because summer shower wasn't an option. Kitty corner? Catty corner??? WTF?? If I ask where the drug store is, and they say anything involving a feline corner, they will make friends with a 12 guage... An easy course is either and easy course or a bullshit course. Not crip, gut, or blow off... i said blow off because I'm sure a lot of people blow it off. I seriously wanna meet the guy who looks at a summer shower and says "Ah, I see the Devil is beating his wife." If I said that, to ANYONE, they'd have me institutionalized.
Guest OldHippie Posted August 28, 2006 Posted August 28, 2006 (edited) 45% General American English 25% Yankee 15% Upper Midwestern 5% Dixie 5% Midwestern sort of a bit of everything, neat! But nobody talks like me here, you weirdos. Edited August 28, 2006 by OldHippie
Mark_l Posted August 28, 2006 Posted August 28, 2006 ***Your Linguistic Profile:*** 50% General American English 25% Yankee 15% Dixie 5% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak? http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofameric...doyouspeakquiz/ but but i'm British...........
Rigel Posted August 28, 2006 Posted August 28, 2006 Your Linguistic Profile: 45% Yankee 25% General American English 15% Dixie 10% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern My big kvetch is that there's a lot of New Yorker in my speech, which the poll doesn't get, but who am I to complain?. But it's good to know that all my years in Maryland haven't spoiled my native Yankee-ness.
Tim the Traveller Posted August 28, 2006 Posted August 28, 2006 If I ask where the drug store is, and they say anything involving a feline corner, they will make friends with a 12 guage... Robbie, Do you say things like that just to see if im paying attention? Because you make me sooo dam hot sometimes...... EDIT: WOO HOO! MY 300TH POST!!!!
misanthropicfiend Posted August 28, 2006 Posted August 28, 2006 80% General American English 10% Upper Midwestern 5% Midwestern 0% Dixie 0% Yankee Heh, I guess I'm the most generic so far.
LittleBuddhaTW Posted August 28, 2006 Posted August 28, 2006 I'm not that surprised by my results ... ***Your Linguistic Profile:*** 60% General American English 15% Dixie 15% Yankee 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak? And for Vance ... 40% yankee is pretty darn 'hick,' so don't worry ... you're still the champion hick boy here at GA!
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