Post #204,106
4/20/05 5:31:30 PM
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What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
Your Linguistic Profile:
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55% General American English |
25% Yankee |
15% Dixie |
5% Upper Midwestern |
0% Midwestern |
[link|http://www.blogthings.com/amenglishdialecttest/|What Kind of American English Do You Speak?] Obviously, "Crazy Russian" was not measured.
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Post #204,107
4/20/05 5:40:05 PM
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Here's mine
Your Linguistic Profile:
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75% General American English |
15% Upper Midwestern |
5% Midwestern |
5% Yankee |
0% Dixie |
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Post #204,109
4/20/05 5:40:41 PM
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Dixiecrat
| 55% General American English | | 30% Dixie | | 5% Midwestern | | 5% Upper Midwestern | | 5% Yankee |
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Post #204,111
4/20/05 5:48:28 PM
4/20/05 5:51:03 PM
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55 / 20 / 15 / 5 / 0. Could have answered some differently.
Whoops, I see that the order isn't constant in the scores:
Your Linguistic Profile:
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55% General American English |
20% Yankee |
15% Dixie |
5% Upper Midwestern |
0% Midwestern |
The ~ evenly matched Dixie and Yankee is probably about right. I wonder what they call Midwestern though... Cheers, Scott.
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Post #204,112
4/20/05 5:48:34 PM
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Not Midwestern.
Your Linguistic Profile:
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40% General American English |
30% Dixie |
25% Yankee |
5% Upper Midwestern |
0% Midwestern |
Alex
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Post #204,113
4/20/05 5:51:11 PM
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Re: What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
No [link|http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=bubbler|bubbler]?* Your Linguistic Profile: | | 70% General American English | | 20% Yankee | | 5% Dixie | | 5% Upper Midwestern | | 0% Midwestern |
No surprise here - Army Brat - lived all over. * I lived in Wisconsin a couple years Darrell Spice, Jr. [link|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass|Artistic Overpass]\n[link|http://www.spiceware.org/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
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Post #204,114
4/20/05 5:54:48 PM
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I've been in Indiana too long.
Your Linguistic Profile:
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60% General American English |
25% Dixie |
10% Midwestern |
5% Upper Midwestern |
0% Yankee |
bcnu,
Mikem
Eine Leute. Eine Welt. Ein F\ufffdhrer.
God Bless America.
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Post #204,159
4/20/05 9:00:11 PM
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At least you're damn Yankee! :)
Alex
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell
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Post #204,117
4/20/05 6:36:03 PM
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It's all about the Great Lakes.
Your Linguistic Profile:
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70% General American English |
25% Upper Midwestern |
5% Midwestern |
0% Dixie |
0% Yankee |
<div align="center"> [link|http://www.blogthings.com/amenglishdialecttest/|What Kind of American English Do You Speak?] </div> Regards,
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Post #204,122
4/20/05 6:52:23 PM
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The correct kind
Your Linguistic Profile:
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60% General American English |
30% Yankee |
5% Dixie |
5% Upper Midwestern |
0% Midwestern |
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Post #204,123
4/20/05 6:55:11 PM
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General then yankee
I have no idea where the Dixie came from though.
Your Linguistic Profile:
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65% General American English |
15% Yankee |
10% Dixie |
5% Midwestern |
5% Upper Midwestern |
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Post #204,125
4/20/05 7:00:59 PM
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Apparently, this kind:
Your Linguistic Profile:
| | 60% General American English | | 25% Yankee | | 15% Dixie | | 0% Midwestern | | 0% Upper Midwestern |
Which I find odd, given my inhabiting the Chi-cau-goland area for the last 25 years or so... jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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Post #204,148
4/20/05 8:24:04 PM
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I dunno where . . .
. . that 5% Dixie commed from.
Your Linguistic Profile:
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65% General American English |
20% Yankee |
10% Upper Midwestern |
5% Dixie |
0% Midwestern |
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Post #204,181
4/20/05 10:29:09 PM
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Wow
Your Linguistic Profile:
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45% General American English |
40% Yankee |
10% Dixie |
5% Upper Midwestern |
0% Midwestern |
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Post #204,193
4/20/05 11:46:24 PM
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Ruh-row
Your Linguistic Profile:
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70% General American English |
10% Dixie |
10% Upper Midwestern |
10% Yankee |
0% Midwestern |
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Post #204,197
4/21/05 12:04:43 AM
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The Dixie comes in strong.... But how did I get Yankee?
Your Linguistic Profile:
45% General American English
40% Dixie
15% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
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Post #204,236
4/21/05 8:39:56 AM
4/21/05 8:40:23 AM
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Must be the influence of that influx of hawkey fans
Edited by ChrisR
April 21, 2005, 08:40:23 AM EDT
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Post #204,904
4/27/05 12:29:45 AM
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Figured it out...
I must have picked up some words from those New Yorkers my wife worked with when JCPenney moved from NYC to Plano, TX.
Her language and nature changed when she worked there 8 years. Now, she would fit in NYC, from her language and tough nature.
She's now been gone about 8 years, and the NYC "edge" is starting come off.
Another reason I never want to even visit the city. SFO was weird enough for me. Give me some Texas Panhandle town with about 5,000 people and a lake and I'd be happy.
Meet at 3:30pm every day at the Corner Drug for a cherry coke and catch up on the town gossip.
Glen Austin
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Post #204,198
4/21/05 12:07:26 AM
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Re: What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
Your Linguistic Profile:
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50% General American English |
30% Yankee |
15% Dixie |
5% Midwestern |
0% Upper Midwestern |
Peter
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Post #204,276
4/21/05 1:21:40 PM
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I thought you'd be more Dixie.
bcnu,
Mikem
Eine Leute. Eine Welt. Ein F\ufffdhrer.
God Bless America.
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Post #204,200
4/21/05 12:33:00 AM
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Ok, here's mine
Your Linguistic Profile:
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60% General American English |
10% Dixie |
10% Yankee |
5% Midwestern |
5% Upper Midwestern |
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Post #204,205
4/21/05 1:19:09 AM
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Re: What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
Your Linguistic Profile:
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65% General American English |
20% Dixie |
15% Yankee |
0% Midwestern |
0% Upper Midwestern |
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
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Post #204,208
4/21/05 1:30:24 AM
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lower Canadian :-)
\r\n\r\nYour Linguistic Profile:\r\n | | \r\n60% General American English | | \r\n25% Yankee | | \r\n10% Dixie | | \r\n5% Upper Midwestern | | \r\n0% Midwestern | \r\n Have fun,\r\nCarl Forde
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Post #204,209
4/21/05 1:33:54 AM
4/21/05 1:35:14 AM
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Hm! Route like about when a noun, but boot when a verb!
Hooray! I'm 0% (non-upper) Midwestern! :) Makes sense, though--Dad from Indiana, Mom from Oregon. Your Linguistic Profile: | | 65% General American English | | 20% Upper Midwestern | | 10% Yankee | | 5% Dixie | | 0% Midwestern |
Edited by FuManChu
April 21, 2005, 01:35:14 AM EDT
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Post #204,215
4/21/05 3:03:12 AM
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Re: Hm! Route like about when a noun, but boot when a verb!
A rewter is a thing that sends network traffic hither and yon.
A rowter is a thing a woodworker uses.
That's how it is over here, anyroad.
Peter
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Post #204,221
4/21/05 7:16:53 AM
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Both the same pronunciation in MI.
A "rooter" is something that gets used on your septic tank...
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #204,223
4/21/05 7:25:35 AM
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Both prounounce 'Rowter' here.
A Rewter is generally only a very happy man, getting plenty. Bus Routes are usually 'Rowts', probably because the drivers must have tired of the old 'Are you a good root?' jokes several decades ago :) As for the survery - it needed more answers: 5: Soft drink 10: Piece'o'piss. 13: Shopping Trolley. But after following the nearest approximations (execpt q10, whish was just too weird)
Your Linguistic Profile:
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35% General American English |
35% Yankee |
20% Dixie |
5% Upper Midwestern |
0% Midwestern |
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
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Post #204,231
4/21/05 8:16:08 AM
4/21/05 8:20:10 AM
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Re: What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
Your Linguistic Profile:
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60% General American English |
35% Yankee |
5% Dixie |
0% Midwestern |
0% Upper Midwestern |
Edited by bluke
April 21, 2005, 08:20:10 AM EDT
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Post #204,277
4/21/05 1:22:48 PM
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The one I want to see is Ashton's.
bcnu,
Mikem
Eine Leute. Eine Welt. Ein F\ufffdhrer.
God Bless America.
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Post #204,345
4/21/05 4:53:32 PM
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There aren't enought "None of the Above" for Ashton...
jb4
shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT
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Post #204,349
4/21/05 5:00:29 PM
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Actually, there weren't for me either.
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Post #205,850
5/4/05 6:02:08 AM
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55-15-15-5-5
..but I have quibbles with several, and there are way too few specimens to justify the granularity (5%).
So it's just another meaningless toy.
(Route/route already dissected)
P-P-Punxsutawney Pshaw y'all
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Post #204,440
4/22/05 12:50:14 PM
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Re: What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
That's what I expected
Your Linguistic Profile:
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85% General American English |
10% Yankee |
5% Upper Midwestern |
0% Dixie |
0% Midwestern |
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He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country..."
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Post #204,522
4/22/05 6:02:14 PM
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Weird, this - I got the *exact* same result as Arkadiy!
I think I wrote down the exact sequence of my answers somewhere... I'll see if I can find that scrap of paper again. :-) Meanwhile, this was my result -- look familiar, Ark?
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Post #204,523
4/22/05 6:16:55 PM
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Same kid of teachers
Eglish textbooks more influeced by British versio of the language, no?
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Post #204,664
4/25/05 4:48:11 AM
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Well, mine were textbooks in ENGLISH, not Americanish... :-)
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Post #204,686
4/25/05 9:11:44 AM
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Re: What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
55% General American English
30% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern
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Post #204,914
4/27/05 2:05:03 AM
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Survey says...
\r\n\r\nYour Linguistic Profile:\r\n | | \r\n60% General American English | | \r\n20% Yankee | | \r\n15% Dixie | | \r\n5% Upper Midwestern | | \r\n0% Midwestern | \r\n\r\n --\r\nYou cooin' with my bird?
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Post #206,002
5/4/05 10:41:24 PM
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Bit difficult for me to do.
My Aussie english came out
Your Linguistic Profile:
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35% General American English |
30% Yankee |
15% Dixie |
0% Midwestern |
0% Upper Midwestern |
But Q4 needed "soft drink", Q6 needed "bubbler", Q10 needed something else but I don't quite know what (perhaps "cinch"?), Q13 needed "trolley" and Q19 needed a "both". Wade.
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Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
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Somebody save my life
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