April 21, 2005

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

According to this language meme - you know about meme's right? Those things the Internet is woefully short of - I speak the following kinds of American English. What about you? How this can be accurately determined by twenty questions I do not know.

Your Linguistic Profile:

65% General American English
20% Yankee
15% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
Posted by Will Burnham on Thu Apr 21, 2005 | Comment on this entry
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My Linguistic Profile:
65% General American English
20% Dixie
15% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

That can't be right...you and I weren't even raised in the same area! Although I WAS born in Baltimore...hmmmm...

Posted by: Pea on April 21, 2005 01:25 PM

Dang. My Georgia is showing through...

50% - General American English
30% - Dixie
15% - Yankee
5% - Midwestern
0% - Upper Midwestern

Posted by: Steve-o on April 21, 2005 01:26 PM

65% General American English
20% Dixie
10% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

Where'd that Upper Midwestern bit come from? "Fargo", maybe.

Pie, anyone?

Posted by: Dr. Worm on April 21, 2005 04:20 PM