English quiz
I've been told that my accent makes it very difficult to understand my English several times this year, but sometimes when I talk to my British/Irish friends I can't understand them. Back in April, I spent a weekend in Paris with Meredith, Dan (from Liverpool), Kim (from Dublin), and Julia (from Cardiff). There were several times when the conversation just stopped due to someone's unintelligible accent -- but we had a great time teasing each other!
| Your Linguistic Profile: |
| 65% General American English |
| 15% Yankee |
| 10% Upper Midwestern |
| 5% Midwestern |
| 0% Dixie |
posted by Paige @ 7:11 PM
5 Comments:
At 7:52 PM,
Anonymous said…
This is cute! Here is me, even though they didn't ask me about the trademark New Jersey words "water" and "orange."
50% General American English
30% Yankee
15% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
At 12:51 AM,
Anonymous said…
65% General American English
20% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Yankee
for me
At 6:33 AM,
Paige said…
People here are always surprised when I mention that Meredith and I speak differently despite both being American. Then they're even more surprised to hear about all the different regional accents and vocab...which is funny because the regional accents are even stronger and more distinct in the UK, which is even smaller!
At 10:45 PM,
Anonymous said…
50% General American English
20% Upper Midwestern
15% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern
Cute survey. I love you tons and tons!!!
At 3:32 AM,
Anonymous said…
***Your Linguistic Profile:***
60% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
15% Yankee
5% Midwestern
0% Dixie
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