What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

[Bucky]

Yes, it's another Blogthings poll, but this one seems interesting. Click here (without reading other people's responses, just to keep it semi-scientific) to see what knd of American English you speak, then come back and give us the answers.

[Bucky]

1. Bucky speaks....

My Linguistic Profile:
55% General American English
35% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
0% Yankee

I'd've been only 30% Southern, but they didn't have a question about "sorsages".

[femmocrat]

5. Very interesting! I can't imagine where the Dixie part came in!

60% General American English

20% Yankee

15% Dixie

0% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

[Gormy Cuss]

2. Ridiculously Yankee. n/t

[bluethruandthru]

3. Just a General American!

***Your Linguistic Profile:***

70% General American English

15% Upper Midwestern

10% Yankee

0% Dixie

0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

4. Um...it only added up to 95%

***Your Linguistic Profile:***

40% General American English

40% Yankee

15% Dixie

0% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

[NewWaveChick1981]

6. General American English

Pretty much what I expected. I have a slight southern accent (I've lived in the South all my life), but my dad's a Yankee. I picked a lot of stuff up from him.

***Your Linguistic Profile:***

50% General American English

30% Dixie

15% Yankee

0% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

[joneschick]

7. interesting---where did I get any Yankee?

Your Linguistic Profile:
70% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern

Born and raised in the Milwaukee area, spent most of my life here.

[reyd reid reed]

8. Geeeze...can't they add?

Your Linguistic Profile:

65% General American English

10% Upper Midwestern

10% Yankee

5% Dixie

5% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/

[Nickster]

11. I'm almost identical to your results.

Your Linguistic Profile:
60% General American English
10% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Midwestern

[Misunderestimator]

13. All results seem to add up to 95%... odd.

[liberaltrucker]

9. I'll speak my Southern English as natural as I please

:)

[Katina]

10. whoa this was a surprise.

Your Linguistic Profile:
40% General American English
35% Yankee
20% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

I guess when I crossed the bridge from NY to NJ, I picked up some Dixie!

[Misunderestimator]

12. I think I've done this before...

Your Linguistic Profile:
45% General American English
35% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern

Ironic that I live in the Midwest now. :)

[sarge43]

14. I speak

75% General American
10% Upper Midwest
5% Dixie
5% Yankee

Fits. Grew up in Michigan, lived in the South for years, now live in NH.

[Reverend_Smitty]

15. My English is...

Your Linguistic Profile:
55% General American English
30% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[RagingInMiami]

16. I can see the yankee and even dixie

But where the hell did the upper midwestern come from.


Your Linguistic Profile:
60% General American English
20% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[MrScorpio]

17. Mine

Your Linguistic Profile:
40% General American English
20% Upper Midwestern
15% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Midwestern

[Jamastiene]

18. 65% General American English

Your Linguistic Profile:
65% General American English
15% Dixie
15% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[XemaSab]

19. Quizzes like this never account for the mix of cultures out west

:shrug:

[Karenca]

20. Having lived in New York my entire life:

45% General American English
35% Yankee
15% Dixie



Dixie?

[lildreamer316]

21. Evidently..

My mother overdid trying to beat the dixie outta me.

60% General American English

35% Dixie

[liontamer]

22. normal thank god

60% General American English

20% Yankee

15% Dixie

0% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

[deadparrot]

23. Mine:

80% General American English
10% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern

[njdemocrat106]

24. My results:

50% General American English
30% Yankee
15% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

I'm a Jersey boy, and I don't know where that Dixie came in from.

[last_texas_dem]

25. 55% General American English

25% Dixie
15% Yankee
Both Midwesterns 0%

Not too surprising... I live in the south and speak with a moderate southern accent, but I don't use some typical southern expressions (I don't call all soft drinks "Cokes", etc.) "Y'all" does roll off the tongue very easily, though...

Oh yeah, and the term that most of the people around here use for toilet papering a house that I never see on these sorts of quizzes is "wrapping." Maybe that's a regional thing, or maybe it's just an uncommon expression; I'm not sure.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

26. I'm British, so it doesn't really count

*** Your Linguistic Profile: ***

45% General American English

25% Yankee

15% Dixie

5% Midwestern

5% Upper Midwestern

[tjwmason]

27. Exactly the same here.

Your Linguistic Profile:
45% General American English
25% Yankee
15% Dixie
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern

[RebelOne]

28. My results

50% General American English

25% Dixie

20% Yankee

0% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

I was born in Philadelphia, grew up in Miami and have lived in the Atlanta area since 1989. But my accent still sounds like I'm from the North.

[LostinVA]

29. Lostinva speaks:

**Your Linguistic Profile:***

40% General American English

30% Yankee

20% Dixie

5% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern


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I grew up in southern NJ near Philly, lived in NC fropm 17-35, and in VA for six years -- but a part of VA where the accent is generally Mid-Atlantic, not Soutern.

[Cannikin]

30. I dont speak anglish. I speak Arkansaw suthern