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What Kind Of American English Do You Speak?

I'm 75% General American English with 20% Yankee and 5% Upper Midwestern. What are you?

Posted by Jake on 04/25/05 @ 04:19 PM
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pat said on 04/26/05 @ 12:43 AM:
70% General American English
10% Dixie
10% Yankee
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern

crap, mine is 10% dixie. kill me now

Scott said on 04/26/05 @ 06:21 AM:
Mine was:
80% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee

I moved from the northern tip of Indiana to the southern tip seven years ago -- I can't believe I haven't developed a little bit of Dixie from across the river.

Rick said on 04/26/05 @ 06:45 AM:
75% General American English
20% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern

Dan said on 04/26/05 @ 06:46 AM:
Mine was:
40% General American English
40% Yankee
15% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

15% Dixie?! Probably 'cause I say y'all occasionally. I've never left the North East though.

Paul said on 04/26/05 @ 07:36 AM:
65% General American English
20% Yankee
15% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

Kentucky said on 04/28/05 @ 08:44 AM:
60% General American English,
35% Dixie,
5% Midwestern.

None of that Yankee crop for this Bluegrass girl..... ;)

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