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American English - Page 2

Your Linguistic Profile:
80% General American English
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Midwestern


Some of the questions were not really acurate I use some of the terms both ways but then I call soda "sodapop"

English American

I'm not too surprised by these results. I am surprised they didn't ask whether or not we call the side of a road a "borrow pit" or something else. What about glove compartment vs. jockey box? I know jockey box is used in the west quite a bit which is probably the reason I prefer it!

American English UFO & Writing Art Education Sciences

That's an interesting test.

I have just come to the United States three years ago so most of my English is based on the books I read, and the pronounciation was based on English television shows that I watched.

Edited: Smudge on 28th Aug, 2005 - 5:56am

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Your Linguistic Profile:
55% General American English
30% Dixie
10% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern


**giggle** I honestly expected to score higher on the Dixie. There were a couple of them, like the easy class, that I had never even heard of. I call an easy class... well...and easy class. People make fun of my accent all the time, and I'm definately one of those people who add syllables to words.

Edited: BabyBlues on 4th Sep, 2005 - 9:18pm

English American

50% General American English
40% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

... What is Yankee and Dixie? I don't speak American English, I speak British English, like put 'u' in colour. Or ''adverts'' in stead of commercials.
Better yet I do not speak English at all. ^_^



Edited: funbikerchick on 15th Nov, 2005 - 11:05pm

American English

If I'm correct and anyone who knows better than I, Dixie is from deep south in the United States from states like Louisana, and those states while Yankee is from Virginia and places like that. I'm sorry if I can't be much clearer.

American English - Page 2

Yankie would be the vernacular used most commonly by New Englanders and Dixie would be most common among those from the South East. If you speak British English it is no surprise that you scored so high on the Yankee portion since this is the part of the country established originally by the British. It is from where the New England accent comes and has much to do with the local terms used.

Virginia most definitely is NOT Yankee.

American English Sciences Education Art Writing & UFO - Page 2

Not too surprising, considering I was born in Oregon and have never really travelled out of the west.