5/18/2006

Mom will be so proud!

Your Linguistic Profile::
70% General American English
15% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern


I speak english gud.

Props to Deb @ Accidental Verbosity for the fun quizzie. (I was saving this for tomorrow, but since everyone is posting it tonight, I'll jump on the bandwagon.)

14 comments:

  1. I see you scored that 5% dixie too. What's up with that?

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  2. What about upper mesa? ;-)

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  3. I've added my results to my quiz results blog :).

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  4. And what's up with the 0% Midwestern on everybody's results? I don't think there were any Midwestern specific questions. They didn't ask how to pronounce "roof" or "root," for example.

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  5. I'm thinking the Midwestern is the Pop vs. Coke vs. Soda (the correct answer, btw) question. Dunno though. Cause in Chicagoland, it's all about the Pop. (And I just would recite Hop on Pop for a bit to torment my local roommate.)

    Jim, I think the 5% Dixie comes from the fact that I do say y'all occasionally and admitted it. Being from PA though, don't you opt for you'ens or yooze?

    Lyn, heh. No habla Upper Mesa-spanol. :)

    Rach - I'll have to go see how a New Zealander scores - could be fun. :)

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  6. Apparently, Midwestern folks use the word 'pop' for carbinated beverages and 'sack' for what you bring you groceries back in.

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  7. "Pop" and "sack"? Hmm, That sounds about right, I guess. I do remember deliberately changing over to "soda" and "bag" at some point, which probably took away any Midwestern points I once had. ;-)

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  8. Your Linguistic Profile::
    0% Dixie
    0% General American English
    0% Midwestern
    0% Upper Midwestern
    0% Yankee

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  9. OOPS
    Sorry

    Your Linguistic Profile::
    40% Dixie
    45% General American English
    0% Midwestern
    0% Upper Midwestern
    15% Yankee

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  10. Sack? Seriously? I'll stick with bag, thankyouverymuch.

    Rodmonster - Yeah, I can see that about you - careful though, you're being poisoned by us yankees. :)

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  11. Yeah, "sack" puts me in the mind of Monty Python. I never use that anymore. I'm a reformed Midwesterner. ;-)

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  12. 70% General American English
    15% Dixie
    5% Midwestern
    5% Yankee
    0% Upper Midwestern

    How did I get so much Dixie? I never say Y'all (or even Y'uns) and it's POP people. I could see that much Dixie if my mom's sister was Aint Lily (like Andy Griffith pronounced it.) The whole test seems a little whopperjawed.

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  13. Anonymous6:31 PM

    Ijust love these quizes you put up!

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