Not enough Dixie!
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
Your Linguistic Profile: |
| 55% General American English |
| 25% Yankee |
| 20% Dixie |
| 0% Midwestern |
| 0% Upper Midwestern |
http://www.blogthings.com/amenglishdialecttest/
I saw this on another language blog, Logomacy, and decided to take the test myself.
I was born and raised in the South, yet I'm only 20% Dixie when it comes to my English. I must admit that the only real southern thing about my English is that I use the word "y'all" (which is short for "you all" for those who don't know). I use it because, to me, it's perfectly logical and grammatically correct. It's like "vous" in French or "vosotros" in Spanish. Some say that the plural and singular forms of the verb "you" in English are one and the same. I say that there is "you" and then there is "y'all". That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!
April 20, 2006 at 3:54 am
That was a fun test. my score was 80% general american 10% upper midwestern 5% dixie & 5% yankee. I think that’s pretty fair since i live in Oregon.
April 20, 2006 at 2:11 pm
Yeah, yours makes sense. But what sense does it make for me, a southerner, to have more Yankee than Dixie in their English! I guess the linguist in me just wouldn't accept the dialect *sigh*.
July 27, 2006 at 7:45 am
I took a quiz like this a while ago. I think I wasn’t very Southern either. And I totally agree with what you said about “y’all”, “vous”, and “vosotros.”