What Type of American English Do You Speak? I’m 75% General American English, 10% Upper Midwestern, 5% Dixie, 5% Midwestern, and 5% Yankee. I figured that much. A lot of them I had to think about though, since I don’t use many of those phrases over here. I should totally write my own quiz: “Which version of International English do you speak?” Question 1: Do you say a) ass, b) ahhhss, or c) arse? Question 2: How many syllables are in the chemical element with the symbol ‘Al’? (Hint: You probably have a roll of it in your kitchen.) Question 3: Is it a) ketchup, b) catsup, or c) tomato sauce?
I got a million of ’em. (Link courtesy of Brigita, who definitely pronounces ‘envelope’ and ‘amen’ correctly but regrettably stuffs up ‘aunt.’)
Jason
April 21, 2005 — 6:10 am
70% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
10% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Yankee
Cool quiz!
Sara
April 21, 2005 — 10:48 pm
85% General, 5% each Dixie, Midwestern, Upper Midwestern
I had no clue that some people pronounce Mary, merry, and marry differently!
Kevin
April 22, 2005 — 5:17 am
55% General American English, 25% Dixie, 15% Yank, 5% Upper Midwestern…I dunno where that last 5% came from, but otherwise that’s about right.
Frances
April 22, 2005 — 7:29 am
80% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Dixie
Well, Okay then…there you have it.
jussi
April 22, 2005 — 6:27 pm
My English (bad one) is 65% General American English, 20% Yankee, 10% Upper Midwestern, 5% Dixie.
Hey, I’m from Finland, English is NOT my language.
Frances
April 23, 2005 — 3:31 am
I was just looking around this particular site (Blogthings) and did you happen to see the “You know you are from Australia when…” link? (It also has several other nations and has each state in the US. Rather humourous to me. Here’s a link the the Australia one.
http://www.blogthings.com/Australia.html
amy
April 23, 2005 — 8:13 am
55% General American English
25% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern
that’s about right….
Kris
April 23, 2005 — 11:12 am
Hmmm… The Snook and I just looked through that list, Frances, and we don’t agree with 99% of them. It was more like “You know you’re a bogan if…” or “You know you’re from Paramatta when…” Not many of them apply to Aussies in general, I think. (Except for the fairy bread one. That one’s spot on.)