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Are you really from all those areas? i knew I like...

2006-03-02T22:55:00.000-06:00

Are you really from all those areas? i knew I liked you for some reason... You're from the Bronx and I'm from Lawn Giland...

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?Your Li...

2006-02-28T08:52:00.000-06:00

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

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

Here I thought I was just plain ol' hick ;)

::laughin at David Amulet::Youns want some soda? ...

2006-02-27T12:53:00.000-06:00

::laughin at David Amulet::

Youns want some soda? I can gitchsome from the fridge. ;)

When I first met the PK, I thought for sure he HAD...

2006-02-27T08:20:00.000-06:00

When I first met the PK, I thought for sure he HAD to be from the south...like Georgia or South Carolina, because he had this southern accent. Turns out, he's from Southern Illinois! All his cousins talk the same way too!

Me...I was born and bred in the south and have NO ACCENT whatsoever. Except for when I say "ya'll" and "fixin to", no one would ever guess I was from the south.

blushingThanks for the compliment Phoenix! :-...

2006-02-27T08:05:00.000-06:00

**blushing**

Thanks for the compliment Phoenix! :-) 'Tis much appreciated!!

Metal Mark, Sounds like most of us have to wear th...

2006-02-27T07:31:00.000-06:00

Metal Mark, Sounds like most of us have to wear the "professional voice" when appropriate.

phred, that's one of the mysteries of the world.

Jillian, the Carolinas have their own dialect. It's a strange one - cross between some Mid-Atlantic, Midwestern, and Southern.

Jamie Dawn, maybe you should watch old Dukes of Hazzard to get more Dixie.

Mojotek, nothing is funnier than a white guy overdoing the Ebonics thing.

Denny & Bruce, you guys must be totally confused now. Your accents must be very strange indeed. Going from the Northeast to the South is a pretty stark contrast.

David, sounds like your ex spoke in tongues.

curare_z, thanks for coming by again. I've been to your blog and hopefully I can help get more traffic to it. It's great writing. Canadians have the most interesting accent of all. The "abut" for "about" can get annoying. But I find their "intestynes" for "intestines" very amusing.

65% General American nglish 20% Dixie 5% Midwester...

2006-02-27T07:25:00.000-06:00

65% General American nglish
20% Dixie
5% Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Upper Midwestern

But, I've been told I "have no accent" because I grew up all over the place (my dad was military).

Only my husband's friends in Canada say I have an accent. "I" have an accent? Whatever. :-)

An ex-girlfriend of mine was great with accents .....

2006-02-26T17:49:00.000-06:00

An ex-girlfriend of mine was great with accents ... she could tell you how long you'd lived in her city--and the area where you lived most of your life before that.

And most of the time, she was quite close.

But not for me. Despite her claims, I am not from hell.

-- david

Of course, after bragging about my ability, I only...

2006-02-26T14:03:00.000-06:00

Of course, after bragging about my ability, I only got 4 right on the dialect quiz...I spoke too soon.
And then, I scored this:

50% General American English
30% Dixie
15% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

I was born in Upstate NY, but have lived all but t...

2006-02-26T13:50:00.000-06:00

I was born in Upstate NY, but have lived all but the first 7 years of my life in Virginia. Over the years, my speech became filled with a lot of "Southernese", but I still retain some of my NY accent, especially with certain vowel combinations. I pride myself on being able to tell where people are from by their accent, and more often than not, I'm right. I've found that there are different Southern dialects, too. Georgia is different than North Carolina; Virginia is different than Tennessee, etc.

I'm from Philly, grew up dere, and I don't notice ...

2006-02-26T13:38:00.000-06:00

I'm from Philly, grew up dere, and I don't notice any diffrent tawlking. Of course now I live in Texas y'all and I have noticed my speech patterns changing slightly.

Yo! Get-a-long dere liddle doggie.

This subject has always interested me... Being fro...

2006-02-26T12:09:00.000-06:00

This subject has always interested me... Being from Kentucky, but not having a southern accent has always been interesting when travelling. I do find myself dawning the twang a bit when I'm out in the country camping or shooting guns (not hunting), just so the locals don't look at you like a stuck up city boy.

Hell, I even pop a little ebonics here and there to fit in with my black friends (but just a little, overdo it and you look like an ass).

That audio dialect quiz was fun. Four of the soun...

2006-02-26T01:28:00.000-06:00

That audio dialect quiz was fun. Four of the sound bytes were not working, but that is not the reason I didn't do very well. That was a hard quiz!!

Here's my results from that other one:
70% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern

I really want to have more Dixie!!

Yes, my relatives to say "farty-far" for 44.

Yeah, I definately find it entertaining when I wen...

2006-02-25T23:36:00.000-06:00

Yeah, I definately find it entertaining when I went to visit South Carolina and they called all soda (pop, whatever) "Coke". My family all just had a laugh.

"Whatdaya' want fer drink?"
"Coke."
"What type a coke?"
"Ummm...coke?"
"Okay I got it, but what type?"
"Okay, I want the beverage COKE. Regular Coke. Not Diet Coke."
"Gootttt yah"

LOL Good times. :-)

I have always wondered why we.. drive on Parkway a...

2006-02-25T22:10:00.000-06:00

I have always wondered why we.. drive on Parkway and park on the driveway???

Ya`ll have a good weekend!

I live in Maryland and was born and raised here, b...

2006-02-25T20:19:00.000-06:00

I live in Maryland and was born and raised here, but I did live in Kentucky and Tennessee for some years. My wife is from Tennessee and still has some of here accent, but a lot of it has rubbed off since she has lived here. I used to talk like a hick and probably still do, but I have learned to speak a little more proper when I am at my job because I deal with a lot of people.

Keshi, I haven't been to 48 states, but close to i...

2006-02-25T19:11:00.000-06:00

Keshi, I haven't been to 48 states, but close to it.

Laurie and Karen, That is funny how you Michigan people got almost the same scores. The quiz is pretty accurate.

L.B, I bet you are surrounded by a ton of surfer dudes and dudettes there in L.B.

Pixie, Putting the "R" is "wash" is SO NOT Standard English. That is so St.Louisan. England has a ton of different dialects. Just turn the corner and you get a variation. Probably because Britain is an island, and islands tend to get invaded and inhabitied by different groups of people.

Siren, 80% Standard is the highest score I've seen anyone get.

NWG, I've never heard anyone under 40 say "Mizzourah." Thanks again for your inspiration.

Lostintx, That was one I wanted to do, but Fuzz is going to do that on his blog, blugstuff.blogspot.com. I'm sure it'll be great.

Day Dreamer, it's not "pop," it's "soda."

etchen, I like the Southern drawl - it's so distinctive. The only time it irritates me is when I'm in a hurry.

Angel, So do you have a hybrid Virginian-Filipino accent? THAT would be very interesting. I think YOU need to do an audioblogger post for all of us to hear.

I also love the different dialects. I like being ...

2006-02-25T16:16:00.000-06:00

I also love the different dialects. I like being able to distinguish what part of the country a person grew up in based on the way they speak.

I'v never cared for a Texan or old fashioned South...

2006-02-25T13:51:00.000-06:00

I'v never cared for a Texan or old fashioned Southern drawl, but I do have to say I love the sounds of Louisiana and the cajun vernacular.

The whole 'coke' thing gets me every time. It's P...

2006-02-25T09:29:00.000-06:00

The whole 'coke' thing gets me every time. It's POP!

he he he

Okay, first of all we don't just say fixin'.. it's...

2006-02-25T09:17:00.000-06:00

Okay, first of all we don't just say fixin'.. it's fixing TO. Like I'm fixin' to do something.. Ha! When I lived in NY I got a lot of questions about that.
And yes, "Coke" means all soda. So when you to a restaurant and say I'd like a coke the appropriate response is "what kind?". Some southern accents are great, like NC or SC for example. Some here in TX are nice but then you have that even I can't understand (MS, KY, WVA).. but I digress..

Orale, you HAVE to do a tex-mex dialogue. Too funny.. I could add many to that one. You is Ju (pronounced like jew almost) just like job is yob. I love my people man.. they are so funny. oh, and bitch = bish :)

Yeah, I guess that I came up 0% Midwestern b/c I d...

2006-02-25T08:06:00.000-06:00

Yeah, I guess that I came up 0% Midwestern b/c I don't say "Missourah". That's right... and damn proud ;)

Great post! I got 7 right on guessing the differe...

2006-02-25T06:53:00.000-06:00

Great post! I got 7 right on guessing the different dialects.

80% General American English
10% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

These quizzes are fun :)

Btw I took the first quiz and got them ALL wrong h...

2006-02-25T00:30:00.000-06:00

Btw I took the first quiz and got them ALL wrong heh.

WP insits he speaks "clean " american whatever tha...

2006-02-25T00:26:00.000-06:00

WP insits he speaks "clean " american whatever that is although I often catch him puttinf an "R" in Wash LOL.
It amazes me just how few dialects you have here,The UK is only the size of one of your states and we have hundreds of different dialects.Go a few miles from home and they are speaking totally different.

I too like the NY Soprano speak, i am not keen on true southern for the simple fact I often need a translation as to whats being said...

I did this quiz a few days ago as well I got
50% General American English
25% Yankee
15% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

although at least 3 or 4 of the questions I chose anything because I would call tennis shoes "Trainers"Call a shopping cart a shopping trolley and would not call an easy class anything???