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Ibuprofen Initiate Scribe

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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/

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***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 :D

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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 :o

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Gandalf Adept Scribe

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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/

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AFriendlyFace Journeyman Scribe

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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

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Caipirinha Journeyman Scribe

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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?

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Ibuprofen Initiate Scribe

Ibuprofen

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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.

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vlista20 Adept Scribe

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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'

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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... :2thumbs:

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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 :P

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...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/

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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.

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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.

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Rigel Apprentice Scribe

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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.

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If I ask where the drug store is, and they say anything involving a feline corner, they will make friends with a 12 guage...

 

:wub: Robbie, Do you say things like that just to see if im paying attention? Because you make me sooo dam hot sometimes...... :devil::wub:

 

 

 

B)

 

EDIT: WOO HOO! MY 300TH POST!!!! :D

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LittleBuddhaTW Journeyman Scribe

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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! ;):P

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