Your Linguistic Profile: |
50% General American English |
40% Dixie |
10% Yankee |
0% Midwestern |
0% Upper Midwestern |
I hope to have "Dixie" creep up to 100% some day. For now, I am gratified that it is what it is. I have got to beat down that phonetic yankee. Was Sherman's march to the sea not enough, but now there must be linguistic hegemony? Shame.
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This is most disturbing. How did I pick up an Upper Midwestern? I've never even been there, nor could I even point out such a region on the map. I gave this machine one slightly dishonest answer though because none of the options fit just right, so perhaps this got the whole thing out of whack. Anyhow, my results:
50% General American English
25% Dixie
20% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
This machine also leaves little room for foreign English terms. Suppose I have just retured from the Punjab? I don't think they even have basements or cellars, do they? Mercy. Small-minded machines indeed.
With mine, I got 20% Dixie which makes no sense. I did pick up using the word 'y'all' in conversation sometimes from a friend from Alabama... but other than that, I've lived in New Jersey, New Hampshire and Michigan...
People have said I don't have much of an accent, but I did expect more Dixie or Midwestern.
70% General American English
15% Dixie
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee
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