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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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 Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 3:18 am Post subject: What kind of American English do you speak? |
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http://www.blogthings.com/amenglishdialecttest/
Your Linguistic Profile:
65% General American English
25% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern |
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funplanet
Joined: 20 Jun 2003
Location: The new Bucheon!
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 3:38 am Post subject: |
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correct English....  |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 3:59 am Post subject: |
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70% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
10% Midwestern
5% Dixie
0% Yankee
I had trouble with a few of the questions. I use both drinking/water fountain. Before I lived in Korea I didn't have a word for a traffic circle/rotary because I'd never seen one outside of a movie. And an easy class is a snap--I've never heard the choices offered: A crip is short for cripple, fat people have a gut and blow off is not a noun. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:03 am Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
| I had trouble with a few of the questions. I use both drinking/water fountain. Before I lived in Korea I didn't have a word for a traffic circle/rotary because I'd never seen one outside of a movie. And an easy class is a snap--I've never heard the choices offered: A crip is short for cripple, fat people have a gut and blow off is not a noun. |
I struggled with a few as well.. different ones I've used in different places.
For the 'snap', I used 'blow off'.. its a blow off class.
I ended up choosing 'soda' as I got in a strong habit of saying then when in NYC. But grew up saying 'pop' in Michigan.. and they said 'pop' in California too. But 'soda' always sounded better when I got use to it, so I still use it today.
There were others as well.. it was also interesting they differentiated 'upper midwest' and 'midwest'. Never heard of 'upper midwest' before.. but Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota are A LOT different than the states below it (with all those cornfields or whatever they got down there). |
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dulouz
Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: Uranus
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:04 am Post subject: |
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Midwesterners say "bubbler" for water fountain.
70% General American English
25% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Dixie
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fidel
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
Location: North Shore NZ
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:19 am Post subject: |
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45% General American English
35% Yankee
20% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
Weird, I'm not an American so could someone please explain what yankee is. |
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Derrek
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:35 am Post subject: |
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85% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Yankee
Very interesting. Thanks for the link! |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:39 am Post subject: |
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| I speak Queen's English. |
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chance2005
Joined: 03 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:42 am Post subject: |
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| fidel wrote: |
45% General American English
35% Yankee
20% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
Weird, I'm not an American so could someone please explain what yankee is. |
We won the Civil War. |
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fidel
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
Location: North Shore NZ
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:44 am Post subject: |
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| Yes, but where do these alleged yankee's live, and do they have freaky accents? |
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fidel
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
Location: North Shore NZ
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:48 am Post subject: |
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| Yes, but where do these alleged yankee's live, and do they have freaky accents? |
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thorin
Joined: 14 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:50 am Post subject: |
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70% General American English
20% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern
Don't mess with me, I'll TP your house on Devil's Night! |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:54 am Post subject: |
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| fidel wrote: |
| Yes, but where do these alleged yankee's live, and do they have freaky accents? |
i'd guess that would be anywhere along the northeast of the U.S. - Boston, New York, Philadelphia, etc. |
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weatherman
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:57 am Post subject: |
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Your Linguistic Profile:
60% General American English
40% Yankee
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
I am from Boston, so not too shocking. |
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ashke516
Joined: 01 Mar 2005
Location: on the beach
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:59 am Post subject: |
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Your Linguistic Profile:
65% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
10% Dixie
5% Midwestern
5% Yankee |
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