Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Y'all should be talkin' like me



Your Linguistic Profile:



50% General American English

25% Dixie

15% Yankee

10% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern


Posted by Randy at 8:18 PM

4 comments:

Ann said...

Fun little survey. I came up 60% general American English and 10-15% everything else (pretty evenly balanced).

For a really, really cool survey (by a former Harvard prof who moved to Wisconsin, probably because he's a full professor now) go here.
(registration required)

10:31 PM
Randy said...

I was a little put off that they didn't have the most prevalent local term for a carbonated beverage: "cold drink." I marked "coke," but that's not the term most used in the New Orleans area.

7:46 AM
Anonymous said...

I put "pop," because that's what I grew up saying. But mostly, I just say, "I think I'll have a drink."

8:54 AM
Ann said...

Um, anonymous was me, posting from work.

7:57 AM

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