What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
Posted by Sarah on 04 Oct 2005 at 09:10 pm | Tagged as: Thinking Happy Thoughts
I found this cool quiz on The shaping of myself towards a more grown-up form. Here is the variety of American English that I speak:
Your Linguistic Profile: |
| 70% General American English |
| 10% Upper Midwestern |
| 10% Yankee |
| 5% Dixie |
| 5% Midwestern |
(Note to Melissa: It’s pronounced “Car-mul”, not “Care-a-mell”.) 
Here’s the quiz if you’d like to take it yourself: What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
Let me know how you score!
PHEW! {rob wipes imaginary sweat from his brow}
Your Linguistic Profile:
65% General American English
15% Yankee
10% Dixie (dixie??? who me?)
10% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
Thank goodness my penance in Texas didn’t rub too much Southern fried lingo on me.
Your Linguistic Profile:
80% General American English
15% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
0% Yankee
I guess I am very general in my speech!!
Eet sayd Aye tolk purfick Anglash. Whadya know???
What’s wrong with Texas? I think Texas rocks, especially Texas men! Can’t git enough…
Ich nicht spracht Deutsche, pero yo hablar Espanjo un poco…yo no soy ma dinero soy capitan, soy capitan, soy capitan. Comprende vous?
I scored 65 general, 15 midwest, 15 yankee. This makes sense since I am from the midwest. One problem with the quiz, where I am from, a drinking fountain is called a Bubbler, so I couldn’r answer that question.
Cool quiz.
I also can’t type