Your Linguistic Profile: |
| 50% General American English |
| 35% Yankee |
| 5% Dixie |
| 5% Upper Midwestern |
| 0% Midwestern |
Here's my result, let's hope its readable:
Your Linguistic Profile:
45% General American English
45% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
Your Linguistic Profile:
65% General American English
25% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
65% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
10% Dixie
10% Yankee
0% Midwestern
45% Yankee
35% General American English
15% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
Must be the Y'alls.
Posted by: Bob at April 19, 2005 01:33 AMYour Linguistic Profile:
45% Yankee
40% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern
60% General American English
25% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
Question 19 throws me, I pronounce "Route" differently depending on how it is used.
i.e the quickest route (out) is to take route (boot) 33.
I also pronounce "route" differently. I get my kicks on Route (root) 66, and the internet routes (rowts) around damage. However, I'm not sure that I'm consistent about root/rowt when it comes to roads. And the phrase "paper route" sounds right to me either way.
Similarly, there was one question along the lines of "what do you call a dead-easy class?" where I wouldn't have used any of the 3 answers. I picked the one that sounded the least wrong to my ears, but I would never describe a class that way.
Posted by: rv at April 19, 2005 05:31 PMInteresting. That was the same question that tripped me up too. None of the choices were ones I would use.
Posted by: cf at April 21, 2005 07:39 AM75% General American English
10% Dixie
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee
Sorry, that looks like crap... I see I'm the only one so far that has influences from all catagories. Gotta get Dawn to try this too.
Posted by: z at April 23, 2005 02:40 PMYour Linguistic Profile:
65% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern
Z, no problem— just reformatted your survey results so that they look fine now.
Posted by: rv at April 23, 2005 06:54 PM