Well then?? What American Dialect are you????

Chicagoago · April 24th, 2006, 07:15 PM

Born and lived in Iowa for 22 years, been in Chicago for the past 5. My results pretty much made sense. Click the link, it only takes a few

70% General American English
20% Upper Midwestern
10% Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Yankee

http://www.blogthings.com/amenglishdialecttest

Third of a kind · April 24th, 2006, 07:23 PM

I got

55% general american english
35% Yankee
10% dixie
0% Midwestern
0% upper midwestern

btw i'm from new york, lived here all my 22 years.
I guess it made some sense.

bay_area · April 24th, 2006, 07:33 PM

Neato.

75% General American English
15% Yankee
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

***dhuwman*** · April 24th, 2006, 07:35 PM

85% General American English
10% Yankee
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

these numbers really tell where we live

TexasBoi · April 24th, 2006, 07:36 PM

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

hmmmmmmm....

triadcat · April 24th, 2006, 07:38 PM

70% General American
15% Dixie
15% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

I score different on the other test.

Steely Dan · April 24th, 2006, 07:47 PM

65% General American English
20% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Midwestern
0% Dixie

having lived in chicago my whole life, i guess this makes sense, though the 10% yankee seems a tad unusual......

***Xusein*** · April 24th, 2006, 08:34 PM

70% General American English
20% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern

This makes sense, since General American English is what I learned when immigrating here.

TroyBoy · April 24th, 2006, 09:22 PM

70% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern

Im from Detroit yet no midwestern.
How whould a midwestern anwser these?

ROCguy · April 24th, 2006, 09:24 PM

Your Linguistic Profile:
75% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Dixie

I got nailed when I said pop. I actually usually say Soda now, but said pop "which is definitely pronounced "pahp") originally. Glad to see the 0% Dixie. I have been fighting it off for years. lol

TroyBoy · April 24th, 2006, 09:28 PM

I thought they only said pop in Metro Detroit because when i go on vacation and ask for a pop they always say "hey you from Michigan?"

UWMilwaukeeJay · April 24th, 2006, 09:28 PM

wheres bubbler? thats what i drink from.
55% General American English
30% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern

wow lol

ROCguy · April 24th, 2006, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TroyBoy

I thought they only said pop in Metro Detroit because when i go on vacation and ask for a pop they always say "hey you from Michigan?"

They say pop all along the shores of the Great Lakes.... from Milwaukee/Chicago to Buffalo and Rochester, NY.

UWMilwaukeeJay · April 24th, 2006, 09:33 PM

we also sometimes say soda pop

Steely Dan · April 24th, 2006, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ROCguy

They say pop all along the shores of the Great Lakes.... from Milwaukee/Chicago to Buffalo and Rochester, NY.

milwaukee is "soda" country.

"pop" & "soda" are completely interchangeable in chicago, though "pop" does predominate here. being from chicago, the pop vs. soda debates always seemed very strange to me becuase it seemed like people were arguing between "car" and "automobile"; two completely normal, but differnet, words for the same exact thing. i guess in other places the issue is much more one side or the other. in chicago, we're neutral on the pop/soda thing.

gaviidae · April 24th, 2006, 09:57 PM

65% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
15% Yankee
5% Midwestern
0% Dixie

Sounds about right to me.

atx001 · April 24th, 2006, 10:13 PM

60% General American English
25% Yankee
15% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

Interesting...

HoustonTexas · April 24th, 2006, 10:15 PM

70% General American English
15% Dixie
15% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

***i_am_hydrogen*** · April 24th, 2006, 10:20 PM

65% General American English
20% Yankee
15% Upper Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern

illmatic774 · April 24th, 2006, 11:02 PM

55% General American English
20% Upper Midwestern
10% Dixie
10% Yankee
5% Midwestern

I guess Detroit/Toledo is Upper Midwestern. I nailed Devils Night

April 24th, 2006, 07:15 PM	#1
Chicagoago Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,657 Likes (Received): 55	Well then?? What American Dialect are you???? Born and lived in Iowa for 22 years, been in Chicago for the past 5. My results pretty much made sense. Click the link, it only takes a few 70% General American English 20% Upper Midwestern 10% Midwestern 0% Dixie 0% Yankee http://www.blogthings.com/amenglishdialecttest

April 24th, 2006, 07:23 PM	#2
Third of a kind metrocard millionaire Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,275 Likes (Received): 1	I got 55% general american english 35% Yankee 10% dixie 0% Midwestern 0% upper midwestern btw i'm from new york, lived here all my 22 years. I guess it made some sense. __________________ what comes around goes around

April 24th, 2006, 07:33 PM	#3
bay_area Live and Let Live Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: here and there Posts: 1,620 Likes (Received): 0	Neato. 75% General American English 15% Yankee 5% Dixie 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern __________________ This Space For Lease.

April 24th, 2006, 07:35 PM	#4
*dhuwman* BANGED Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 796 Likes (Received): 0	85% General American English 10% Yankee 5% Dixie 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern these numbers really tell where we live __________________ "The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum - even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on." -Noam Chomsky-

April 24th, 2006, 07:47 PM	#7
Steely Dan facist lord of the cosmos Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: old style city Posts: 2,601 Likes (Received): 10	65% General American English 20% Upper Midwestern 10% Yankee 5% Midwestern 0% Dixie having lived in chicago my whole life, i guess this makes sense, though the 10% yankee seems a tad unusual...... __________________ "I wish they'd hurry up and just destroy humanity already........... it's the waiting that I can't stand" - Philip J. Fry

April 24th, 2006, 07:36 PM	#5
TexasBoi Texas-NoVA Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: NoVA Posts: 2,251 Likes (Received): 0	70% General American English 25% Dixie 5% Yankee 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern hmmmmmmm....

April 24th, 2006, 07:38 PM	#6
triadcat BANNED Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 1,105 Likes (Received): 0	70% General American 15% Dixie 15% Yankee 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern I score different on the other test.

April 24th, 2006, 08:34 PM	#8
*Xusein* Y U NO LIKE?? Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kingdom Come Posts: 24,611 Likes (Received): 568	70% General American English 20% Yankee 10% Upper Midwestern 0% Dixie 0% Midwestern This makes sense, since General American English is what I learned when immigrating here.

April 24th, 2006, 09:22 PM	#9
TroyBoy Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 781 Likes (Received): 0	70% General American English 10% Upper Midwestern 10% Yankee 5% Dixie 5% Midwestern Im from Detroit yet no midwestern. How whould a midwestern anwser these? __________________ OMG!!! ACH NEIN!!! DER ERLKONIG KOMMET I GET HIGH OFF OF BEING HIGH

April 24th, 2006, 09:24 PM	#10
ROCguy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 3,998 Likes (Received): 0	Your Linguistic Profile: 75% General American English 15% Upper Midwestern 5% Midwestern 5% Yankee 0% Dixie I got nailed when I said pop. I actually usually say Soda now, but said pop "which is definitely pronounced "pahp") originally. Glad to see the 0% Dixie. I have been fighting it off for years. lol __________________ There's more to New York than New York City..... a lot more.

April 24th, 2006, 09:28 PM	#11
TroyBoy Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 781 Likes (Received): 0	I thought they only said pop in Metro Detroit because when i go on vacation and ask for a pop they always say "hey you from Michigan?" __________________ OMG!!! ACH NEIN!!! DER ERLKONIG KOMMET I GET HIGH OFF OF BEING HIGH

April 24th, 2006, 09:28 PM	#12
UWMilwaukeeJay Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ruston, Louisiana Posts: 1,532 Likes (Received): 0	wheres bubbler? thats what i drink from. 55% General American English 30% Upper Midwestern 10% Yankee 5% Dixie 0% Midwestern wow lol __________________ MY SHOTS OF my campus in Ruston, La NIGHTVISION http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...08post12080008 My favorite cities: Atlanta, St Louis, Milwaukee, Toronto, New Orleans.

April 24th, 2006, 09:33 PM	#14
UWMilwaukeeJay Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ruston, Louisiana Posts: 1,532 Likes (Received): 0	we also sometimes say soda pop __________________ MY SHOTS OF my campus in Ruston, La NIGHTVISION http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...08post12080008 My favorite cities: Atlanta, St Louis, Milwaukee, Toronto, New Orleans.

April 24th, 2006, 09:57 PM	#16
gaviidae Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 361 Likes (Received): 0	65% General American English 15% Upper Midwestern 15% Yankee 5% Midwestern 0% Dixie Sounds about right to me.

April 24th, 2006, 10:13 PM	#17
atx001 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 156 Likes (Received): 0	60% General American English 25% Yankee 15% Dixie 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern Interesting... __________________ A T U E S X T A I S N

April 24th, 2006, 10:15 PM	#18
HoustonTexas Nassau Bay Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Houston/Cologne Posts: 945 Likes (Received): 0	70% General American English 15% Dixie 15% Yankee 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern __________________ "Most people would agree that it is impossible for eloquent persons to affect their hearers in any degree without being affected by it themselves." Myspace

April 24th, 2006, 10:20 PM	#19
*i_am_hydrogen* muted Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 7,183 Likes (Received): 27	65% General American English 20% Yankee 15% Upper Midwestern 0% Dixie 0% Midwestern __________________ flickrgallery

April 24th, 2006, 11:02 PM	#20
illmatic774 Midwest, young n restless Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Detroit, Toledo, Las Vegas Posts: 474 Likes (Received): 0	55% General American English 20% Upper Midwestern 10% Dixie 10% Yankee 5% Midwestern I guess Detroit/Toledo is Upper Midwestern. I nailed Devils Night

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