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Virtual Headache
06-05-2005, 12:55 AM
Just take teh test:
http://www.blogthings.com/amenglishdialecttest/
I got these results:
Your Linguistic Profile:
55% General American English
35% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
but I'm not American at all XD
corral
06-06-2005, 02:12 AM
this is me....i hope
Your Linguistic Profile:
70% General American English
15% Dixie
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee
Chareon
06-06-2005, 04:06 PM
55% General American English
25% Yankee
20% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
And I'm from the south, so that's a surprise 0_o My English is quite good. It's just the "ya'll's" and "mamaandthem's" that get me :p
SBJ95
12-21-2005, 10:18 PM
I speak:
70% General American English 15% Upper Midwestern 10% Yankee 5% Midwestern 0% Dixie
Jdoddgrill
12-22-2005, 12:42 AM
60% General American English
25% Yankee
15% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
Cookie Monster
12-22-2005, 01:00 AM
65% General American English
20% Yankee
15% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
=O
Arielle
12-22-2005, 01:43 AM
70% General American English
20% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
No midwestern? But I'm from the midwest ;________;
corral
12-22-2005, 02:15 AM
i took it again....
65% General American English
15% Yankee
10% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
not much change
~*LV*~
12-22-2005, 04:09 AM
Your Linguistic Profile:
70% General American English
20% Dixie
10% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
My results:
70% General American English
20% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
En-Cu-Kou
12-22-2005, 03:35 PM
My Linguistic Profile:
60% General American English
30% Yankee
10% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
Scary Fan Girl
01-19-2006, 09:24 PM
Your Linguistic Profile:
65% General American English
25% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
=OOO Even though, I'm not from the USA! =D
King toad
01-20-2006, 06:50 AM
I am:
50% General American English
20% Dixie
20% Yankee
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
Even though I have no idea what a Dixie, Midwestern and Upper Western are.
K-dawG
01-20-2006, 02:28 PM
Your Linguistic Profile:
60% General American English
20% Dixie
20% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
King toad
01-20-2006, 02:29 PM
I've just relised mine only goes up to 95% o.0
K-dawG
01-20-2006, 02:30 PM
lol thats wierd
Latios
04-09-2006, 02:04 AM
I talk:
50% General American English
30% Yankee
10% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
Saruki
10-19-2007, 09:18 PM
50% General American English
25% Yankee
10% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
AH AIN'T NO YANKEE! I'm Canadian...
Comis Patronus
10-19-2007, 10:48 PM
55% General American English
30% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
Me a bit of a Yank? No way. :(
~@};-
Protest The Hero
10-20-2007, 12:44 AM
65% General American English
15% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern
.....I don't like New York
I have some dixie in my English?......I guess...
Sharp
10-20-2007, 04:50 PM
50% General American English
30% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
Half of the terms I've never heard of..
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