My Linguistic Profile

Your Linguistic Profile:

75% General American English

10% Dixie

10% Upper Midwestern

5% Yankee

0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak? (from sucks)

Comments

[Kimberly]

45% General American English
30% Dixie
25% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

I have a lot more regionalisms than you do. Looks like that 4 years in New England, and marriage to a Yankee, have done away with some, but not all, of the Dixie in my speech.

[Tvindy]

At least you're completely free of the midwestern accent.

[Will]

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

The only thing that I say/pronounce that you might not expect from someone like me, is that I sometimes say "y'all" involuntarily. It's mostly how I address a small group of people. For instance, when I sit at a semi-occupied table in the cafeteria, I sometimes say "'Sup y'all?" without even really thinking.

[Tim]

Your Linguistic Profile:
65% General American English
30% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern

I have no idea where the midwestern comes from. However, I went to school with many people from New York City, and I was always made fun of for saying paJAMas instead of paJAHmas. I also got ripped on for not dilineating between the names Cary and Kerry. People have too much time on their hands.

[Tvindy]

Will, I'm thinking that "y'all" will probably become standard within the next hundred years. English has a desparate need for separate plural form of "you".

Tim, I have the same problem. To me, "Harry" and "hairy" are pronounced the same.