What kind of english do you speak?

Craven Sound · Post by **Craven Sound** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 11:48 am

http://www.blogthings.com/amenglishdialecttest/

Here's what I got; sorry, Pittsburghese isn't one of them.

75% General American English
10% Dixie
10% Yankee
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

byndrsn · Post by **byndrsn** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:52 pm

Here is mine - that is pretty cool.

Your Linguistic Profile:
65% General American English
15% Dixie
15% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

esa · Post by **esa** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 1:17 pm

Your Linguistic Profile:
50% General American English
35% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

Y'all pegged me badly.
And the one about the sunshower thingy... i don't use those terms.. it's spittin' outside for that term. sunshine or no.

Bert|Evil · Post by **Bert|Evil** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 2:45 pm

Your Linguistic Profile:
60% General American English
25% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

Mackovyak · Post by **Mackovyak** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 2:54 pm

85% General American English
10% Dixie
5% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

Staceman · Post by **Staceman** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 3:28 pm

70% General American English
15% Dixie
15% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

The "easy class" thing should have also had a "I don't use any of these terms".

ToonaRockGuy · Post by **ToonaRockGuy** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 3:29 pm

Hm, guess my 7 years in Charleston, South Carolina still comes into play...

Your Linguistic Profile:
35% General American English
30% Dixie
20% Yankee
15% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

DMFJ03 · Post by **DMFJ03** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 4:13 pm

When I saw this thread, my first thought "Oh...bad english." , but here are my specs.

Your Linguistic Profile:
70% General American English
20% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

MakinSumNoise · Post by **MakinSumNoise** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 4:43 pm

Your Linguistic Profile:
35% Yankee
30% General American English
15% Dixie
10% Midwestern
10% Upper Midwestern

BDR · Post by **BDR** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 5:41 pm

Your Linguistic Profile:

60% General American English
20% Yankee
15% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

RobTheDrummer · Post by **RobTheDrummer** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 6:12 pm

65% General American English
15% Dixie
10% Yankee
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern

English is FUCKED up!

DMFJ03 · Post by **DMFJ03** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 6:13 pm

RobTheDrummer wrote:65% General American English
15% Dixie
10% Yankee
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern

English is FUCKED up!

I'd like to congratulate Rob on being the first person to have anything in Upper Midwestern.

esa · Post by **esa** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 6:14 pm

No he wasn't.

RobTheDrummer · Post by **RobTheDrummer** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 6:18 pm

UH OH! And she's your woman!!!

DMFJ03 · Post by **DMFJ03** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 6:23 pm

Wait a tit...

Where is Rob's last "english"

There should be another one below it, that is why I am confused.

RobTheDrummer · Post by **RobTheDrummer** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 6:25 pm

I got five just like everyone else...different order i guess!

Post by **Ron** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 6:48 pm

Hmm... upper mid-western... makes me think of "Fargo", ya.

Bert|Evil · Post by **Bert|Evil** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 7:36 pm

Ron wrote:Hmm... upper mid-western... makes me think of "Fargo", ya.

"Awww Geez"

ERiC_AiXeLsyD · Post by **ERiC_AiXeLsyD** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 8:09 pm

Your Linguistic Profile:
40% General American English
25% Yankee
20% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern

That was cool!

Post by **Ron** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 8:13 pm

Yah, let's go eat some pancakes and get laid.

Post by **Jim Price** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 10:35 pm

Your Linguistic Profile:

55% General American English
25% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 11:17 pm

Your Linguistic Profile:

50% General American English
25% Dixie
20% Yankee
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

esa · Post by **esa** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 6:50 am

Ron wrote:Yah, let's go eat some pancakes and get laid.

Garson! Check please!

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 11:15 am

esa wrote:
Ron wrote:Yah, let's go eat some pancakes and get laid.
Garson! Check please!

Did you mean GarÇon (hold alt, press 128 from the keypad and lift alt)?

esa · Post by **esa** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 3:19 pm

::pulls out her best yoda voice:: Mmm..yes, yes. At 3:30 in morning spelling mistakes right, typing good, you will not.

Garcon! (that didn't work. all keyboards are made differently. I get the ~ thing when I type that in)

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