What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

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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