Found this nifty little quiz what profiles the sort of English a person uses. I’m proud to say that I scored pretty good in the “Dixie” category. I sound like I’m from the South, I don’t care that I sound like I’m from the South, and I hope I always hold on to my regional dialect.
After all, stuff like “comin’ up a cloud” (”there is a thunderstorm coming”), using “what” instead of “that” (see my first sentence above), and “ain’t no count” (”not worth anything”) are just too much fun to use … even if all of my English teachers/profs and my wife are sighing collectively right now.|
Your Linguistic Profile:
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| 40% General American English |
| 35% Dixie |
| 10% Upper Midwestern |
| 5% Midwestern |
| 5% Yankee |
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
The big question is … where in the world did the “Upper Midwestern” and “Midwestern” influence come from? Must have been those darn Lutherans …
I have no idea about the 5% Yankee.
Update: An alert reader (Dr. Biggly) informed me that when he added up his numbers, he only got 95%. Well, sure enough … the same thing is true with mine. Matter of fact … looks like nobody gets more than 95% total …
Hmm. Somehow I’m only 20% Dixie, in addition to 60% “general” and… gasp… 10% Yankee. Which, humorously enough, only adds up to 90%. I’ll take the initiative here and assign the 10 free points to Dixie.
Dude … you need to bulk up on your Dixie-talk. Just know that I’m here to help, if you need a personal trainer.
Let’s start off with this … repeat after me … “Harrelson Hall is uglier than homemade sin!”