A friend got this quizz on her livejournal and I thought it might be entertaining...
Your Linguistic Profile:
50% General American English
25% Dixie
25% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
A friend got this quizz on her livejournal and I thought it might be entertaining...
Your Linguistic Profile:
50% General American English
25% Dixie
25% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
I have a plan: attack!
I first though 'cool', but then I open it and see what kind of American English....!!! I speak bloody British English!
Anyway, as I love quizzes, I'll take it anyway
50% General American English
35% Yankee
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
Whatever...I was going to leave it though...How do I know how I prononuce words I've never heard before...I prononuce them in Italian English!
I skipped the question about soda/pop/coke cos it was way too American for my posh British self
Ehy what's Dixie btw?
I want a British English quiz
dead on the inside, i've got nothing to prove
keep me alive and give me something to lose
Strangely I have taken this quiz before, and I got the same results, but I guess most of language tends to remain the same.
Your Linguistic Profile:
70% General American English
15% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
Your Linguistic Profile:
75% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Midwestern
0% Dixie
Told by a fool, signifying nothing.
Blahhhh I didnt know most of the words I mean the day before hallawwen is exactly thatt the 30th of october, and why do you need to know ". The act of covering a house or area in front of a house with toilet paper is called..." who would do that anyway???
Still its a nice way to start the day
50% General American English
30% Yankee
20% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
PS do people really call light rain"The Devil is Beating His Wife" thats fantastic
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What is a Dixie anyway?Your Linguistic Profile:
50% General American English
30% Dixie
20% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
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My Linguistic Profile:
55% General American English
35% Yankee
10% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
No matter what they say, I speak Greeklish
P.S.What does "Y'all" mean anyway???
70% General American English
15% Dixie
10% Yankee
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
dixie is southeastern US area like and Yankee is Northeastern US
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50% General American English
25% Yankee
15% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
i liked this test, Jay
shh!!!
the air and water have been here a long time, and they are telling stories.
We have the same results, my fellow Oregonian!Originally Posted by shortysweetp
Your Linguistic Profile:
65% General American English
25% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Dixie
It's a southern term for "all of you"P.S.What does "Y'all" mean anyway???
ie. How are all of you doing? = How Y'all doin'?
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
Your Linguistic Profile:
75% General American English
25% Yankee
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
"I'm farther from doing what I want to do than I was 20 years ago"
~~H.P.Lovecroft~~
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it's used by some of us in philly, too. it's kind of weird to visit california now and say it; i forget it's not normal speech there.
shh!!!
the air and water have been here a long time, and they are telling stories.
Your Linguistic Profile:
50% General American English
25% Yankee
15% Dixie
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern
hehehe i like this test. english is not my mother language and i think i concentrate more on british english.... maybe 50% american english and 50% brit english
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