What type of English do you speak?

**63190** · 04-16-2005, 08:54 PM

What type of English do you speak?
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<h3>Your Linguistic Profile:</h3>
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50% General American English</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#A8FFB3">
25% Dixie</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">
10% Upper Midwestern</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#A8FFB3">
10% Yankee</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">
5% Midwestern</td></tr></table>
>_< Dangit! It won't work here.

**damiongage** · 04-16-2005, 08:57 PM

Ebonics????

**kloter1** · 04-16-2005, 09:14 PM

dixie

**J.S.N.** · 04-16-2005, 09:18 PM

70% General American English
25% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern

what the flip is "yankee?"

**ReX357** · 04-16-2005, 09:35 PM

50% General American English
30% Dixie
20% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

**63190** · 04-16-2005, 09:45 PM

50% General American English
25% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Midwestern
Well, let's see if I can use some elementary deduction to figure out what a Yankee is.
Where do the Yankees play? New York
So, we must assume then, that a Yankee is one who lives in the north east at least, if not New York.

**J.S.N.** · 04-16-2005, 09:52 PM

Originally Posted by 63190

50% General American English
25% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Midwestern
Well, let's see if I can use some elementary deduction to figure out what a Yankee is.
Where do the Yankees play? New York
So, we must assume then, that a Yankee is one who lives in the north east at least, if not New York.

that is one sports team. it is also a widely-used term that means an american. new york is all a bunch of immigrants, therefore they aren't as "yankee" as say the WASPs in vermont or kentucky, so it doesn't make sense.

**busster** · 04-16-2005, 10:59 PM

'american' english....havent heard of that language before......hmmm must be new....

**maxmuscle187** · 04-16-2005, 11:03 PM

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

**TheNatural3456** · 04-16-2005, 11:09 PM

45% General American English
20% Dixie
20% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern

**3Vandoo** · 04-16-2005, 11:54 PM

what the ****!

50% Yankee
35% General American English
10% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

atleast dating a yankette helped!

***xxx*** · 04-17-2005, 12:16 AM

100% German english

***Billy_Bathgate*** · 04-17-2005, 12:40 AM

80% General American English
15% Yankee
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

funny..im from the midwest

**J.S.N.** · 04-17-2005, 12:43 AM

Originally Posted by ***xxx***

100% German english

run to dö choppö!!!

**JDawg1536** · 04-17-2005, 02:13 AM

65% General American English
15% Yankee
10% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

ive never left california

***G-1000*** · 04-17-2005, 07:57 AM

what be english

he be not reading me post's

**samoth** · 04-17-2005, 08:14 AM

Eh, their results were inaccurate. It should be something like:

55% Upper Midwestern
25% Midwestern
20% General American English
0% Yankee
0% Dixie

Southern accents scare me. I wish people would talk normally.

Swellin · 04-17-2005, 08:17 AM

Originally Posted by samoth

Eh, their results were inaccurate. It should be something like:

55% Upper Midwestern
25% Midwestern
20% General American English
0% Yankee
0% Dixie

Southern accents scare me. I wish people would talk normally.

What's funny is that we say the same thing about you.

**samoth** · 04-17-2005, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by Swellin

What's funny is that we say the same thing about you.

LOL!

It's ya'll that gots th' accents, ya'hear?

**SplinterCell** · 04-17-2005, 09:15 AM

%100 yankee

Swellin · 04-17-2005, 09:17 AM

Originally Posted by samoth

LOL!

It's ya'll that gots th' accents, ya'hear?

At least yours is midwestern and western...that practically makes us kin. It's those Yankees that sound funny to us.

While in Wyoming, some of the residents told me they go down south to Missourri. LMFAO! We call them folks Yankees, and they are calling that the south!