What Kind Of American English Do You Speak?

[carrot red]

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

It would also be interesting to see what kind of American English our non American members speak.
(Come back right now, Elise. Don't make me go look for you. You know I would.)


65% General American English

20% Midwestern

5% Dixie

5% Yankee

5% Upper Midwestern

[King Link]

Your Linguistic Profile:
70% General American English
15% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[elise]

oeps you scared me .........I made the test :)

Your Linguistic Profile:
55% General American English
30% Yankee
10% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

( I passed on one question I really had never heard about that one )

[fatcatfan]

60% General American English
30% Dixie
10% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[Machiavelli]

55% General American English
30% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[MacWeirdo42]

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

[Starkist]

55% General American English
20% Yankee
15% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

A few, like sack/bag and water/drinking fountain, I use interchangeably

[Archibaldo]

65% General American English
20% Yankee
15% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[ShadowTiger]

55% General American English
30% Yankee
15% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

Same as Starkist, actually. ... More or less. I don't have a single, unique vocabulary or method to speaking. I just say whatever I have to in order to be understood.
Jolly.

[MrCow]

Your Linguistic Profile:
45% General American English
45% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

or if i change it to cellar instead of basement as i say it either way.

Your Linguistic Profile:
50% Yankee
40% General American English
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[MANDRAG GANON]

I got:
60% General American English
30% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

I guess thats good?

[carrot red]

Yeah, there's a couple I use depending on the day too, but I never say *cellar* for example.


Oops you scared me .........I made the test :)

( I passed on one question I really had never heard about that one )
Well, now I'm on a roll, you can't know what to expect. ; )

Which was it?

[mikeron]

Your Linguistic Profile:
60% General American English
25% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

I pronounce "route" both ways.

Based on pronunciation alone, I'd say:
50% General American English
45% Yankee
0% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[elise]

Well, now I'm on a roll, you can't know what to expect. ; )

Which was it?

what I call an easy class,
I never heard that expression :shrug:

[*b*]

75% General American English
20% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern

that "easy class" question really sucked. I don't call it any of those

[biggiy05]

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

[Master Ghaleon]

Your Linguistic Profile:
65% General American English
20% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[Gerudo]

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

I only got the dixie because my mom's side is from the mid-south area (i think)... my gramma says "warsh"... ;p

[SixTen]

Your Linguistic Profile:
65% General American English
20% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern

The Yankee is probably the 10 years I've lived in Pennsylvania. The General would be from living in Europe probably and speaking English with British, Canadians and other Americans who lived near me.

[Paradox]

Your Linguistic Profile:
55% Yankee
40% General American English
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[vegeta1215]

65% General American English
20% Yankee
15% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[Daarkseid]

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

This is almost exactly what I got, but switch Midwestern with Uppermidwestern. Kind of ironic, because I descend from people who originally settled in the midwest when they immigrated here.

I think my results fit. Idaho, and in particular the area I'm from, has not been populated by an isolated people long enough for any sort of signifigant linguistic pattern to form. Also, I live in Ada County, which has seen a huge influx of people from the west coast over the past decade, so language patterns would be fairly general in this place amongst speakers of American english.

[Great Warrior]

Your Linguistic Profile:
70% General American English
15% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[Dart Zaidyer]

70% General American English
15% Dixie
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee

And 5% Homestar Runner. Great jorb!

[goKi]

Some questions had no correct answers for me..... but..

60% General American English
25% Yankee
15% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[Drunken Tiger]

Your Linguistic Profile:
40% General American English
40% Yankee
20% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

What is "Dixie".. I tend to think of Cameron Diaz when you mention dixie...

[carrot red]

I think of the song.

Dictionary

Dixie:

A region of the southern and eastern United States, usually comprising the states that joined the Confederacy during the Civil War. The term was popularized in the minstrel song “Dixie's Land,” written by Daniel D. Emmett (1815–1904) in 1859.

The 11 southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.

[Carcer]

50% General American English
30% Yankee
20% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

Impressive, considering that I don't speak the American English Dialect. My accent is very, very English. In a sort of Oxford style I'd have to say. Which means most Es become As. E.g, Cherwell becomes "Charwll" And yes, you miss out the second E in that. Wot wot.

[CrimsonAi]

I really never thought about it.. all I know is I speak um.. normal.. not ghetto or something like that...

[Great Warrior]

Impressive, considering that I don't speak the American English Dialect. My accent is very, very English. In a sort of Oxford style I'd have to say. Which means most Es become As. E.g, Cherwell becomes "Charwll" And yes, you miss out the second E in that. Wot wot.

Yes, i wonder where the yankee and Dixie come from.


I really never thought about it.. all I know is I speak um.. normal.. not ghetto or something like that...

Everyone thinks they speak normal until they meet someone that has a completely different accent.

[Rainman]

Your Linguistic Profile:
75% General American English
20% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern

I had to randomly pick a couple of those. I've taken a better test for this before. It had a few more specific dialects.

[SUCCESSOR]

40% General American English
30% Yankee
20% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern


Very, peculiar.

[Shadowblazer]

50% General American English
45% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern

If you actually heard me speak you'd probably question that 0% Dixie. I use a lot of phrases and terms that I grew up with in Connecticut, but thirteen years in North Carolina has produced a southern drawl that I can't seem to escape, even if ah do mah best ta avoid usin' actual southern expressions like "Y'all."

[Drunken Tiger]

They teased me when i came to Australia..

Theyre like say "car" again say "water" and "arts"...

But it did draw in a few chics who thought it was cute! ;)

Theres always an upside...




p.s. Thanks carrot red for the explanation

[deathbyhokie]

65% General American English
20% Yankee
15% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

I have a similiar affliction like sb's, where i will randomly slip into a southern tone of voice and never even notice it.

[Darth Marsden]

60% General American English
15% Dixie
15% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

...does anyone speak Midwestern at all?

I am very guilty of pronouncing things like Americans, which irritates my mother no end! I also have a funny story about this. When you see something in bold quotes, say it out loud as typed to get it.

My (English) family was holidaying in Florida when our rented car broke down. My dad called up the company to explain what had happened, but I only really started listening when the guy on the other end clearly had a problem understanding what my dad was saying. My dad was trying to tell him "The state-us of the car", but the guy was having problems with the word, so my dad spelt it out. S-T-A-T-U-S. The guy on the other end suddenly went "Oh! Stat-us!". Oh, the hilarity.

[Sute]

I don't have an accent.. I mean.. if I do, it could only be some sorta "lazy" accent.. slurring together words accidently or something.. I really don't think I speak dixie or anything of that.. I think vowels apparently are the real cause of accents, isn't that where words are pronounced differently?

[SSJ3500]

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

Interesting test..