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پیر 18 اپریل 2005Monday, April 18, 2005
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
Interesting, considering that most of the time I have lived in the US has been in Dixie (however Dixie Atlanta is and that’s a whole another question) and my education was in the Pakistani dialect of British English.
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Your Linguistic Profile: |
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| 60% General American English |
| 30% Yankee |
| 10% Dixie |
| 0% Midwestern |
| 0% Upper Midwestern |
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
Via Unfogged
Posted by Zack at April 18, 2005 12:12 AM in Miscellaneous
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Posted by: A (5 comments) at April 18, 2005 4:01 AM
65% General American English
20% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
Yankee roommates!
Posted by: kianoush (116 comments) at April 18, 2005 5:40 AM
that’s interesting. I did mine and it does point to where i have lived before. I’m posting it on my blog…
Posted by: renee (123 comments) at April 18, 2005 11:23 AM
I studied in Pakistan where British English is taught. I visited U.K twice, Europeon Continent several times (British English influence area) and America only once for 20 days where I had very little chance to speak with Americans, but my Linguistic Profile:
50% General American English
20% Yankee
10% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
Should I believe that ?
Posted by: Ajmal (314 comments) at April 19, 2005 1:25 AM
60% General American English
30% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
These results are not surprising. I lived in the Northeast for most of my life, was born in the upper midwest and have whiled the last 4.67 years away in Dixie.
Posted by: Captain Arrrgh (145 comments) at April 19, 2005 11:11 AM
Dad: Since the quiz was comparing regional American usage, I don’t think it gives much insight in your case except that you don’t use much American regionalisms in your English.
Captain Arrrgh: The question though is whether you are a Yankee. I would claim you are not.
Posted by: Zack (1792 comments) at April 19, 2005 4:08 PM | PGP Sig
75% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Midwestern
0% Dixie
My mom is from the upper Midwest (from Northern Minnesota) so I’m not entirely surprised by this result. I was born in Ohio, but have lived in Washington state since I was about five. My dad is also from Washington state.
Posted by: Al-Muhajabah (260 comments) at April 21, 2005 1:10 AM
I am :)
My Linguistic Profile:
60% General American English
25% Yankee :D
15% Dixie :?
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
Posted by: Asma (47 comments) at April 27, 2005 1:05 AM
I’ve never been to the US and my results are:
50% General American English
30% Yankee
15% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
Is that good?
Posted by: Munira (31 comments) at April 28, 2005 2:43 PM
Total midwestern. Lots of folks around these parts say (you betcha, and you bet) so much that you thought you died and landed in vegas. I try to assist where assistance is needed letting people know that it’s ok to talk general american english but the scandanavian influence around here is nothing short of overwhelming especially with the old and the rural.
Posted by: Brian relationship advice guy Maloney (1 comments) at June 1, 2005 3:48 PM
Asma, Munira: Looking at the results of the Pakistanis here (me, Dad and you two), it seems like a pattern is emerging: 50-60% General American, 20-30% Yankee, 10-15% Dixie and no Midwestern.
Brian: Haven’t been to the upper Midwest.
Posted by: Zack (1792 comments) at June 2, 2005 10:58 PM | PGP Sig
Your Linguistic Profile:
40% Yankee
25% General American English
15% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
Posted by: shay (1 comments) at March 31, 2007 2:10 PM
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Interesting. Very.