Just for Fun

snowloft · Post by **snowloft** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:02 am

http://www.blogthings.com/amenglishdialecttest/

My results:

55% General American English
25% Dixie
15% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

peg · Post by **peg** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:22 am

What fun!

65% General American English
25% Dixie
10% Yankee
0 Upper Midwestern
0 Midwestern

Thanks for posting this!!

Grabraham · Post by **Grabraham** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:45 am

50% General American English
30% Yankee
15% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern

Question 6 is missing a choice.

Bubbler

tlc95066 · Post by **tlc95066** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:52 am

65% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
10% Dixie
10% Yankee
0% Midwestern

I guess my Louisanna and Mississippi heritage is showing, but only a little bit!

Teri

WAFlowers · Post by **WAFlowers** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 12:34 pm

A Candian boy transplanted to the US (and FL isn't South, the South is North of us) really confused the test. This is what it reported:

55% General American English
25% Yankee
15% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
0% Dixie

Question #10 was missing a choice I'd have made: "Bird course".

FJC · Post by **FJC** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 12:45 pm

Michigan born and raised - this seemed to match perfectly.

Your Linguistic Profile:
70% General American English
25% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Yankee

Wulfman · Post by **Wulfman** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 12:55 pm

Here ya go, y'all:

70% General American English
10% Dixie
10% Midwestern
10% Upper Midwestern
0% Yankee

I didn't think there were enough options on some of them.

Den

Sleepless on LI · Post by **Sleepless on LI** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 1:06 pm

40% General American English
40% Yankee
15% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

For C.....'s sake, I'm from NEW YAWK!!!! This is how we all TAWK!!!! Especially we Long-Guylanders.

BP · Post by BP » Thu Oct 13, 2005 1:21 pm

BP wrote:70% General American English
25% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
0% Yankee

Sleepless on LI · Post by **Sleepless on LI** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 1:26 pm

BP wrote:
BP wrote:70% General American English
25% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
0% Yankee

BP, you're being put in the next online yearbook unless you tell me not to...just thought you'd like to know.

TXKajun · Post by **TXKajun** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 1:42 pm

Dat lyin' damn test is totally bogus!

45% General American English
35% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
5% Yankee

#1. It don' say nothin' bout my little Cajun accent
#2. It done say I got a 5% Yankee part to my speakin'!

Outrageous! Bogus!

But fun.

tlc95066 · Post by **tlc95066** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 1:49 pm

TXCajun... I have been dying to ask you this question. So are you a "coon ass". My grandfather is from Breaux Bridge, LA (crawfish capital of the world) and he sure is!

Teri

TXKajun · Post by **TXKajun** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 1:58 pm

tlc95066 wrote:TXCajun... I have been dying to ask you this question. So are you a "coon ass". My grandfather is from Breaux Bridge, LA (crawfish capital of the world) and he sure is!

Teri

Teri, actually, I am Cajun on both my mother and father's side, and have traced my heritage all the way back through Nova Scotia (Acadia) and into France. I consider the term "Coonass" to be a very negative and derogatory term, actually. Not quite fighting words, but close!

I was born and raised in the swamps of SW Louisiana in a little town called Welsh, which is 22 miles east of Lake Charles. My mother still lives there (still taking care of herself at the age of 81, including making it through hurricane Rita with no problems).

Fortunately, I've got a pretty thick skin....and have been called LOTS worse than coonass! LOL

This therapy WORKS!!! (an' I don' care what no damn lyin', incomplete survey says bout my way of speakin' )

tlc95066 · Post by **tlc95066** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 2:04 pm

TXCajun,
I am very sorry if the term hurt your feeling, it was truly not my intentions. In our family we use this term and all it is not considered derogatory at all. I didn't mean any disrespect at all to you or your family.

Teri

Sleepless on LI · Post by **Sleepless on LI** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 2:08 pm

TXK,

Look at that face on Teri! Could she be verbally abusive to anyone? Come on!!! The face on an angel...

Mask