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I'm a Yankee
Thanks Heather, you’ve ruined my day ;-)
Your Linguistic Profile: |
| 60% General American English |
| 25% Yankee |
| 5% Dixie |
| 5% Midwestern |
| 5% Upper Midwestern |
Realistically, this puppy didn’t work for me, as on 3 or 4 questions I couldn’t answer what I’d actually normally say, sadly.
I mean, I spent a year in England, so I use a fair amount of UK slang. I still say “Howdy!” when meeting somebody (without a twang, oddly). At some point or another I’ve forgotten more languages than most people ever learn.
I guess “General American English” is the only way they can describe someone who isn’t a yankee, dixie or “xwesterner”. Could they just call me “cool” or “Canadian” though? Grr…
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about 6 years ago
60% General American English
25% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
Go figya.
about 6 years ago
75% General American English
10% Dixie
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee
What the heck is Dixie?
about 6 years ago
Dixie’s the southeast US. Think “Confederates” in US Civil War terms and you have your region.
You and I apparently picked up on something from there :)
about 6 years ago
55% General American English
40% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
0% Yankee
I am Dixie – as in, southern.
about 6 years ago
50% General American English
30% Yankee
15% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
I’m more Yankee than you Jer – how does that work!? :D
about 6 years ago
I suppose it would be pointless to point out that there is no such language as ‘American English’, right?
about 6 years ago
50% General American English
25% Dixie
20% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
That’s about right. I’ve spent my whole life either in Florida or the northeast :)
about 6 years ago
“I suppose it would be pointless to point out that there is no such language as ‘American English’, right?”
It would be more a dialect than another language.
about 6 years ago
A dialect, eh? Yes – I agree with that :)
about 6 years ago
Nothing to be ashamed of ; )