Tales Of Brave UlyssesSir Robin: An Interesting Mix

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

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

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?; May 12, 2007 at 1:36 PM
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.; May 12, 2007 at 2:49 PM
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?!?; May 12, 2007 at 9:18 PM
Brave Sir Robin said...: Doesn't take long in Texas to pick up "yall".; May 13, 2007 at 6:48 AM
Anne said...: The funny thing is, on that question, I said I don't use it!; May 13, 2007 at 2:38 PM
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!; May 13, 2007 at 9:26 PM
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.; May 14, 2007 at 4:13 PM
Brave Sir Robin said...: That's pretty West Coast huh?; May 14, 2007 at 4:16 PM
Anne said...: Dude, totally.

:); May 14, 2007 at 6:35 PM

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