Jack Frost Posted August 28, 2006 Posted August 28, 2006 55% General American English 30% Yankee 10% Dixie 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern To be more exact. I speak the Wyoming Valley English...a northeastern Pennsylvanian dialect rooted in the borderline of northern American dialects and midland American dialects. If you're a language freak, you'll know what I am talking about.
Guest raz Posted August 29, 2006 Posted August 29, 2006 (edited) 70% General American English 15% Yankee 10% Dixie 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern Why does it add up to 95%? Edited August 29, 2006 by raz
Compaq Posted August 29, 2006 Posted August 29, 2006 I did take this, with some dissapointment that Y'at wasn't one of the "englishes". New Orleans accent is the best, if I do say so myself. ***Your Linguistic Profile:*** 55% General American English 30% Dixie 10% Yankee 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern
buttershots Posted August 29, 2006 Posted August 29, 2006 Your Linguistic Profile: 85% General American English 5% Dixie 5% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern 0% Yankee HAHAHA this is hilarious! I grew up in the midwest!!! Hmmm...I guess I always new I was the generic Wal-Mart brand. I like these quizzes. Welp...toot-ti-lou folks! - Kaiten
Rabble_Rouser Posted August 29, 2006 Posted August 29, 2006 ***Your Linguistic Profile:*** 65% General American English 10% Dixie 10% Yankee 5% Midwestern 5% Upper Midwestern Hey, after working with Texans for 3 years, I've started to use "y'all" so that must have raised my Dixie! Oh, we always called the easy classes "bird" courses... don't know why but we did.
Jack Scribe Posted August 29, 2006 Posted August 29, 2006 Hell, I'll jump into the fray. 65% General American English 20% Midwestern 15% Californian - dude Jack
AFriendlyFace Posted August 29, 2006 Posted August 29, 2006 rknapp said: 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. 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. **raises his hand** actually I probably wouldn't say it myself (unless I wanted to start a conversation), but that's the choice I'm most familar with and my grandfather used to always say it. Compaq said: I did take this, with some dissapointment that Y'at wasn't one of the "englishes". New Orleans accent is the best, if I do say so myself. hehe I agree too! I don't have the accent myself, but it is cute. I seem to remember a comic a few years back making jokes about the phrase "jeat" which OF COURSE means "Did you eat?" Anyway I haven't yet, so I'd better get going Take care all, Kevin
Caipirinha Posted August 29, 2006 Posted August 29, 2006 I think the quiz was fun, but I don't think it was encompassing enough variety of American Dialects. I mean with all this talk about Y'at and Cat-A-Corner, it makes me wonder what else they left out, besides west coast. I guess I'll have to wonder later, because right now I'm fixin'a go to bed. ;-)
Julian Alexander Posted August 29, 2006 Posted August 29, 2006 Your Linguistic Profile: 55% General American English 25% Yankee 15% Dixie 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
jalaki Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 Your Linguistic Profile: 70% General American English 10% Upper Midwestern 5% Dixie 5% Midwestern 5% Yankee What Kind of American English Do You Speak? http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofameric...doyouspeakquiz/ I would have thought the "Upper Midwestern" would be a bit higher...guess I've been away from NoDak for too long. I'll have to go back for a little while to "recharge" haha. rknapp said: 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. Heh...I think the Devil one is more of a Southern/"Dixie" thing, the only times I ever remember hearing it have been since I moved down here *shrug* But why ya gotta be so violent? Haha...my grandma always used "kitty-corner" and it's rubbed off on most of her children and us grandchildren....that's more a Midwest/upper-Midwest I think. You're right on the "easy course" one though - I would have called it a "sluff/slough" class Compaq said: I did take this, with some dissapointment that Y'at wasn't one of the "englishes". New Orleans accent is the best, if I do say so myself. Yes, gotta love that accent But you didn't write "Nawleans" Caipirinha said: I guess I'll have to wonder later, because right now I'm fixin'a go to bed. ;-) Y'know, I used to make fun of that southern slang (especially that one in particular) when I first moved here...then one day I was talking to my (now ex-)boyfriend on the phone and said unthinkingly said something like "I'm fixin to go to bed". We both stopped and stood in dead silence for almost a minute trying to comprehend what had just happened. Since that one time, probably over 3 years ago now, I've never said it again *rofl* And it wasn't because I was trying not to say it either, I still don't know exactly why I did it that one time
AFriendlyFace Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 (edited) LOL that reminds me of a little miss communication that happened to a friend once. In my native area of Louisiana people use the term "get down" to mean get out of the car and go in. Apparently in other regions "get down" has some serious sexual connotations. Well a few years ago a friend of mine was dating a guy from further north. Anyway they pulled up to this grocery store and she was about to get out and go in. So naturally she turned to her boyfriend and asked, "you want to get down with me?" From what I hear he looked very shocked and stuttered something along the lines of, "yo...you mean...right here? in the parking lot?" -Kevin Edited August 30, 2006 by AFriendlyFace
glomph Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 45% Dixie 45% General American English 5% Yankee 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern That makes sense, except how did that 5% get in there? Maybe it was the trip to New York a couple of weeks ago. I have good friends of long standing from the Midwest. I guess I understand their expressions, but they've not rubbed off on me. With a much longer test, they could have been more specific results, using such questions as, What do you call a submarine sandwich? What do you call a small tomato such as the ones they put on salads? If you call a small tomato, does the vegatable respond to you? (Sorry, had to throw that one in for Zappa fans.) If you don't say "y'all," how do you stress that you are using the second person plural? Is there an intensive form you use (analogous to "all y'all")? How many distinct meanings do you use for the word "poke"? What do you call the small storage compartment on the right side of a car's dashboard? Do you pronounce "-n't" as a distinct, semi-accented syllable, as in "could-dent"? How do you say the first syllable of "orange"? And then there could be a series of questions that zero in on when and how you pronounce the letter "r." Etc., etc. AFriendlyFace said: In my native area of Louisiana people use the term "get down" to mean get out of the car and go in. Apparently in other regions "get down" has some serious sexual connotations. I've never heard "get down" used in either of those ways. I would take it as a disco expression, or advise on what kind of sleeping bag to buy. This reminds me of the very different UK and US meanings of getting knocked up. AFriendlyFace said: 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" I would take "Catty corner" and "Cat-a-corner" to be the same expression, just spelled differently. Unless I were trying to articulate the difference, I'd say them the same. When I say it, I have no spelling in mind.
Site Moderator TalonRider Posted August 30, 2006 Site Moderator Posted August 30, 2006 Your Linguistic Profile: 60% General American English 15% Dixie 10% Yankee 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak? http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofameric...doyouspeakquiz/ The midwestern parts surprise me since I grew up in a midwestern state. Guess I've lived in Pennsylvania too long.
glomph Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 rknapp said: 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. It's not just any ole summer shower. It's one that happens when the sun is shining. I've heard the expression all my life. I've never heard anyone say it as if they thought they would be taken seriously. As often as I'd hear someone say, "I'm fixin' to . . .," I'd hear, "I'm a-fixin' to . . . ." And I've heard the humorous procrastination, "I'm a-fixin' to commence to start."
Ibuprofen Posted August 30, 2006 Author Posted August 30, 2006 (edited) What do you call a submarine sandwich? -A sub What do you call a small tomato such as the ones they put on salads? -Cherry Tomato If you call a small tomato, does the vegatable respond to you? (Sorry, had to throw that one in for Zappa fans.) -... If you don't say "y'all," how do you stress that you are using the second person plural? Is there an intensive form you use (analogous to "all y'all")? -... never really thought of that before, sometimes I say "you" and "all" as two seprate words, sometimes I say "you guys", or "all of ya/you"... something like that. How many distinct meanings do you use for the word "poke"? -at the moment... I can think of 4 What do you call the small storage compartment on the right side of a car's dashboard? -I just say "put it(some object) in the dashboard" and everyone knows what I am talking about. Do you pronounce "-n't" as a distinct, semi-accented syllable, as in "could-dent"? -sometimes I do, other times I don't. How do you say the first syllable of "orange"? -or/ore... like for rowing a boat And then there could be a series of questions that zero in on when and how you pronounce the letter "r." -are/arrr... like a stereotypical pirate would say it, only not so long. Edited August 31, 2006 by Ibuprofen
Narcidius Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 Your Linguistic Profile: 65% General American English 20% Yankee 10% Dixie 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak? http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofameric...doyouspeakquiz/ Hmmm...
Luc Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 Hmm... I suppose it's about right. Your Linguistic Profile: 55% General American English 25% Yankee 15% Upper Midwestern 0% Dixie 0% Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak? http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofameric...doyouspeakquiz/
Jay Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 ***Your Linguistic Profile:*** 40% General American English 30% Yankee 15% Dixie 10% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak? http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofameric...doyouspeakquiz/ For what it's worth I have never even been to the midwest. I was raised in south Jersey and my mother always used the term kitty-corner.
Drewbie Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 (edited) AFriendlyFace said: LOL that reminds me of a little miss communication that happened to a friend once. In my native area of Louisiana people use the term "get down" to mean get out of the car and go in. Apparently in other regions "get down" has some serious sexual connotations. Well a few years ago a friend of mine was dating a guy from further north. Anyway they pulled up to this grocery store and she was about to get out and go in. So naturally she turned to her boyfriend and asked, "you want to get down with me?" From what I hear he looked very shocked and stuttered something along the lines of, "yo...you mean...right here? in the parking lot?" -Kevin "Get down", To go inside a place, that is odd Edited August 30, 2006 by Drew
clumber Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 Your Linguistic Profile: 50% General American English 25% Yankee 10% Dixie 5% Midwestern 5% Upper Midwestern Well, I'm British but why not? anyway, looks like Lancashire = Yankee By Easy Class I take it Means like a school class.... because if it does then really I'd call it a 'Doss about'... oh well.
sumbloke Posted August 30, 2006 Posted August 30, 2006 Drew said: "Get down", To go inside a place, that is odd It's a loan translation from French "d
AFriendlyFace Posted August 31, 2006 Posted August 31, 2006 glomph said: What do you call a submarine sandwich? a Sub glomph said: What do you call a small tomato such as the ones they put on salads? Cherry tomato glomph said: If you don't say "y'all," how do you stress that you are using the second person plural? Is there an intensive form you use (analogous to "all y'all")? I don't say "All ya'll", but I do say "ya'll" glomph said: What do you call the small storage compartment on the right side of a car's dashboard? Glove compartment. I thought it was the funniest thing ever the first time I heard someone call it a "glove box" glomph said: Do you pronounce "-n't" as a distinct, semi-accented syllable, as in "could-dent"? sometimes glomph said: How do you say the first syllable of "orange"? I do it both ways, sometimes the pirate way previously described, sometimes the "aww" way. glomph said: I've never heard "get down" used in either of those ways. I would take it as a disco expression, or advise on what kind of sleeping bag to buy. HAHAHAHAHA! glomph said: This reminds me of the very different UK and US meanings of getting knocked up.I would take "Catty corner" and "Cat-a-corner" to be the same expression, just spelled differently. Unless I were trying to articulate the difference, I'd say them the same. When I say it, I have no spelling in mind. well when I say it I clearly stress the "a" sound. sumbloke said: It's a loan translation from French "d
Krista Posted August 31, 2006 Posted August 31, 2006 Heh, well... Your Linguistic Profile: 45% General American English 25% Yankee 15% Dixie 5% Midwestern 5% Upper Midwestern Krista
VTicarus Posted September 1, 2006 Posted September 1, 2006 ***Your Linguistic Profile:*** 55% General American English 30% Yankee 10% Upper Midwestern 0% Dixie 0% Midwestern Y'll think thissl make me stick out lahk a sore thumb when I move to Tennessee?
xander Posted September 1, 2006 Posted September 1, 2006 70% General American English 10% Dixie 10% Upper Midwestern 5% Midwestern 0% Yankee Thas me
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