Saturday, May 12, 2007

An Interesting Mix

Where'd the Upper Midwestern come from?

Your Linguistic Profile:

50% General American English

25% Dixie

15% Yankee

5% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern

9 comments:

Camera Obscura said...

50% General American English

20% Dixie

20% Yankee

5% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern

Hmmm. Lived in Missouri from 0 - 3, 11 - 28, and 35 - 45. Lived in various parts of the South from 4 - 10. Lived in California and Britain from 29 - 35. Never lived north of St. Louis; never lived east of Gulfport. Where TF did the Upper Midwestern and Yankee come from, and why don't I speak straigth Midwestern?

Ben Varkentine said...

I took this last year.
http://varkentine.blogspot.com/2006/01/there-should-be-category-for.html

I still agree with what I said in my headline.

Anne said...

65% General American English

20% Yankee

5% Dixie

5% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern

I can guess where the Upper Midwestern came from (college in Chicago), but Dixie?!?

Brave Sir Robin said...

Doesn't take long in Texas to pick up "yall".

Anne said...

The funny thing is, on that question, I said I don't use it!

Brave Sir Robin said...

You don't?

I have friends in New Hampshire who lived in Texas for two years in the VERY early eighties and they still say it!

Anne said...

Nope! I say "you guys," or some other such catch-all phrase.

Probably the biggest regional marker in my speech is the frequency with which I say "dude." It's kind of embarrassing, actually.

Brave Sir Robin said...

That's pretty West Coast huh?

Anne said...

Dude, totally.

:)