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What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

By grrlscientist on February 23, 2007.

This quiz might be more accurate than the previous one for diagnosing your linguistic profile.

Your Linguistic Profile:
45% General American English
25% Yankee
15% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
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I got nearly what you did, differing only in the amount of 'Upper Midwestern' (5% instead of 10) and 'Midwestern' (5% instead of 0%) .

This is amusing because I've spent nearly my whole life in Utah.
I also found I wanted an 'all of the above' or 'none of the above' that wasn't there in about half of the questions.

I oddly ended up with 75% General American English and 20% Dixie. I grew up in the Midwest. Did anyone else notice that the percentages only add up to 95%?

I got 35 GAE, 30 Y, 15 D, 10 UM, 5 M. Funny, I'm an Appalachian-Californian.

And I identical results to yours. I am English, living in England.

I don't think it's actually that accurate, simply because a lot of the questions lacked appropriate answers. My best answers, though, got 65% General American, 20% Yankee, 5% Dixie, and 5% Upper Midwestern.

Same ranking, different weights. It makes sense, too. Being a Hawaiian who doesn't do the whole Pidgin thing, my language exposure was basically TV... i.e., General American. I've also been living in Boston for 6 years now, so I picked up some Yankee. And I just plain like saying "y'all". ;P

50% General American English
20% Dixie
20% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

I'm English. Except when I'm talking to Americans - then I'm a Brit.

80% General American English
10% Yankee
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

Since I'm Puertorrican and English is my second language, this doesn't surprise me at all. I've been living in Upstate NY for 2 years now so I've also picked up some Yankee.

75% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern

mexican-indian by heritage, los angeles by birth, european by choice... :)

Thats 21years U.K. 32Years America, when in England,I get where are you from in America. While in America I get where you from in England

***Your Linguistic Profile:***

45% General American English

20% Yankee

15% Upper Midwestern

10% Dixie

5% Midwestern

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