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What kind of English do you speak?
Take the quiz and find out:
http://www.blogthings.com/amenglishdialecttest/ Here is my breakdown: 60% General American English 20% Yankee 15% Dixie 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern H-D :pimp: |
Here's mine, but it's not entirely accurate. The question about water fountain/drinking fountain should have contained *bubbler*. That's pure Yankee :D
Your Linguistic Profile: 55% Yankee 25% General American English 10% Dixie 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern |
Your Linguistic Profile:
40% General American English 25% Yankee 20% Dixie 15% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern |
Your Linguistic Profile:
50% General American English 30% Yankee 15% Dixie 5% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern |
65% General American English
30% Yankee 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Dixie 0% Midwestern Makes sence since I live in New England Although Ive never used any terms in # 10 |
60% General American English
25% Yankee 10% Dixie 5% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern Hayleys gona be pissed when she sees there no FIZZY option for the pop |
let's see how it goes for the foreign:
65% General American English 25% Yankee 5% Dixie 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern |
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Your Linguistic Profile: 65% General American English 20% Yankee 10% Upper Midwestern 5% Midwestern 0% Dixie |
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I wish Canadian would have been one of the five English things. I'm partly French Canadian, and my Canadian-ness comes out at times, eh!?!:laugh:
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I would like to remind everyone (particulary those inside the United States) that there is no such word as mom. In fact the word is mum and if I hear you say mom again the Queen of England will get James Bond on your ass! ;)
Also it is not color but coloUr! lol This has being a public service announcement by the Department of Proper Speaking under the authority of her majesty the Queen Elizabeth the 2nd of England. |
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Your Linguistic Profile: ;)
50% General American English 25% Yankee 20% Dixie 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern PS: Humm, I loved blogthings site. I'll try other quiz... :rolleyes: |
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why thank you kerri i live to serve! ;) how did this american spelling start in the first place? |
What exactly means "Dixie"?
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65% General American English
15% Dixie 10% Yankee 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern |
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mom n : informal terms for a mother mum n. A chrysanthemum. adj. Not verbalizing; silent. interj. Used as a command to stop speaking. n. A strong beer originally brewed in Brunswick, Germany. intr.v To act or play in a pantomime. -- The act of mumming. To go merrymaking in a mask or disguise especially during a festival. 2) It is not "coloUr" because letters in the middle of words are not capitialized. 3) Part A Our George Bush could kick your Queen Elizabeth's butt any day of the week. 3) Part B At least we have a ruler who actually lives in our country! :D H-D :pimp: |
Dixie is Southern: Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Lousiana, Tennessee, South Carolina... perhaps North Carolina, Kentucky, and Virginia
60% General American English 20% Yankee 10% Dixie 10% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern That's kinda funny, b/c I'm from the Midwest.... I wonder if maybe they mean rural Midwest? Of course, they didn't ask how I pronounce "44" (in St. Louis, it's something to the effect of "farty-far".... people from KC & rural MO down here have commented on how i have long A's.... very long A's. for example, "mom" would sound a little bit closer to "mahm") |
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[quote=RMadd]Dixie is Southern: Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Lousiana, Tennessee, South Carolina... perhaps North Carolina, Kentucky, and Virginia
QUOTE] Thanks for the explanation man ;) |
65% General American English
15% Dixie 10% Upper Midwestern 10% Yankee 0% Midwestern |
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aussie 1: higher desire:0 |
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It's "mom," not "mum." It's "favorite," not "favourite." It's "realize," not "realise." It's "defense," not "defence." hahahahahahaha ;) Anyway... here's my breakdown: 70% General American English 20% Yankee 5% Dixie 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern California English is actually it's own dialect... but I suppose that it's just incorporated into the "General American English." I went to visit family in Massachusetts during January... and they kept saying that I had an accent... probably because I pronounce the letter "r." |
DANG IT! IM A HICK.
oh well. i should have seen that one coming. 50% Dixie 30% General American English 10% Yankee 5% Midwestern 5% Upper Midwestern |
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Maybe you guys need a declaration of independence because your head of state is an old women who sits in a palace in a completely different continent. I would rather ELECT my head of state, in my opinion. C'mon you Aussies... it's easy... we got our independence won by a rag-tag bunch of farmer minutemen (with some help from the French). :D |
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yeah but you guys elect a president and look what you've elected. there was clinton who did not have sexual relations with that woman! lol now there is bush who has such intelligence he can give inspiring quotes like "our enemies never stop thinking about ways to destroy us, and neither do we" or something like that! :laugh: what australia should do is simply replace the queen with a figurehead for a head of state that doesn't have any power and is not elected. the prime minister and his/her government continues to run the show, we just sever all ties with england. maybe we could challenge the poms to a game of cricket. if we win we're independent, if we lose we stay part of the commonwealth! we can't lose! :D |
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Yes, look who we've elected. A man that has brought democratic governments to former totalitarian states like Afghanistan and Iraq. The elections in Afghanistan and Iraq have influenced the rise of freedom in Ukraine, Georgia (the European nation), Palestine, and Lebanon. Face it... Australia wouldn't lead a coalition to stand up to terrorists. Sure, you guys support our ventures (as seen in Iraq and we are very greatful for it) but no way in hell would you guys actually lead a war against a genocidal dictator that filled mass graves and raped the nation's little girls. You're making fun of the way George Bush speaks? Australians speak more broken English than America's biggest redneck. lol Just kidding. :D I love Australians... but you guys aren't necessarily known for your great linguistic skills either. The English think that we BOTH butchered their language (which we have). All I have to say, is thankfully John Howard is your Prime Minister... and thankfully Great Britain is re-electing Tony Blair. G'day! :) |
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Higher Desire: 1 H-D :pimp: |
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anyway the joke has turned into another debate........lol |
40% General American English
40% Yankee 15% Dixie 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern How I could come up with 40% Yankee I have no idea. Oooh, this debate is interesting! Fight! Fight! FIGHT! Ehe |
The OED rules...Mine came with a Bausch & Lomb magnifying glass :thumbsup:
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okay i'll show you a fight! back of the oval after school after all the teachers have left! :D
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the oval or the sports oval is generally at the back of the school and in this case is where anyone spelling mum "mom" shall be beaten to a bloody pulp! ;) |
Yeah... I have never heard the term "oval." There you go again... making up words. :D
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70% General American English
20% Yankee 10% Upper Midwestern 0% Dixie 0% Midwestern i work at a grocery store and I hate when employees and customers call the shopping carts "buggies". it drives me nuts |
"sports oval"? still doesn't clarify anything for me. you mean like a "track" for "running" (or is it "ronning"?)?
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well it could be a big field (for playing football on aussie, rugby or soccer) or it could be a running track with the area for field events contained therein. running unlike mom is an english word! ;) |
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