Monday, September 18, 2006

American English: taxonomy

This is fitting; I never can manage to escape that little bit of northern-Minnesotan lilt. What do you mean there is more than one pronunciation of "route"?!

Your Linguistic Profile:
75% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
5% Yankee
0% Midwestern

I got this "Blog Thing" via Notes to Self, who sometimes thinks she's speaking into a void.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Okay, I did it. Fun! Results?

45% General American English

40% Dixie(glad I haven't lost all of it)

5% Upper Midwestern

5% Yankee

0% Midwestern
Not surprising. I am a mix. Hope all is well with you. Yvonne

lavahead said...

Thanks baby,

that was fun... Now what does it mean? Am I a geek?

***Your Linguistic Profile:***

60% General American English

20% Yankee

10% Dixie

5% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
http://www.blogthings.com/whatkindofamericanenglishdoyouspeakquiz/