What kind of American English do you speak?



Your Linguistic Profile:



50% General American English

35% Yankee

15% Upper Midwestern

0% Dixie

0% Midwestern


What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

Found courtesy of the Tablet PCs weblog.

6 Responses to “What kind of American English do you speak?”

  1. kevinmil Says:

    I was 60% Yankee and 0% Upper Midwestern. Seems like I need a few more years here.

    Strangely enough, they didn’t even list the term I’m familiar with for ‘water fountain’: ‘bubbler’

    -chris

  2. kevinmil Says:

    I am 60% General and 25% Yankee :)

    For the toilet paper question, I have
    no idea about it and randomly picked one.

    Strangely, even though I have spent 7.5
    years in Champaign, I got very minor
    midwestern/upper midwestern impact based
    on this test.

    Shiou-yuan

  3. xiaobin Says:

    General and Yankee count 90% of mine (75% and 15%, respectively). Need to ask Linda about the toilet paper one:-)

  4. Administrator Says:

    Proving that Xiaobin is the most American of us all.

  5. Linda Says:

    75% General, 20% UpperMidwestern, 5% Yankee
    Hmmm…I’m definitely more Uppermidwestern than Midwestern. Does this mean I’m supposed to come to Michigan too?

  6. Administrator Says:

    In a word, yes!

    I see Xiaobin is still the winner as the most American, pending data from Meg, of course.

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