What kind of American English do you speak?

[Pappy]

Your Linguistic Profile:
40% General American English
25% Dixie
15% Yankee :wtf:
10% Midwestern
10% Upper Midwestern

What's up with the 15% Yankee?? I was born and bred in the South.

 

[lapdog2001]

Pappy,

I think the number of responses was too small in some cases. I left one blank, since there was no 'none of the above' and the non-answer was accepted. I selected the closest answer for some of the questions.

I just took it again and left blank any that did not have what I would use. I got:
45% Yankee
30% General American English
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern

That is probably more realistic for me.

LapDog :9

 

[dickbulge]

Originally posted by prepstudinsc+Apr 17 2005, 01:48 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(prepstudinsc &#064; Apr 17 2005, 01:48 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-dickbulge@Apr 17 2005, 12:19 AM

I&#39;ve only lived in Texas and Utah&#33; How did I get such a mix? Many people can spot the southern in my speech pretty fast.  (Especially givaways like "pretty fast". ) I think the test is too short to be real accurate ("real accurate" not "very accurate", see) and doesn&#39;t allow for education or conscious attempts to overcome regional pronunciation. Y&#39;all.

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I&#39;ve been to southern Utah (St. George and Cedar City) and those places can be as "southern" as the real South, down to the confederate flags that are emblazoned on the pickups and that fly from flagpoles. There is a hint of a southern accent, too. It might be the redneck factor or something. LOL

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Utahns will not take a backseat to anyone in insensitivity&#33; I&#39;ve heard something about that hint of the South in the S. Utah patois but forgotten what exactly.

Really, west of the Rockies all bets are off: we&#39;re mutts. Especially Californians&#33;

 

[DC_DEEP]

45% General American English
25% Dixie
20% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

I agree, "not enough information." Many of the questions should have also had "n/a, other, or none of the above" responses.

I tend to use standard grammar most of the time, but I can adjust to most any situation. Some linguistic laziness drives me over the edge, though, especially in writing. It amazes me how many people don&#39;t know their possesive pronouns. They&#39;re/their/there, its/it&#39;s, et al. ad nauseum. One final note - y&#39;all does have a proper place but should NEVER refer to an individual. It is a contraction of "you all." And for those of you who enjoy making fun of the Appalachian and Ozark "hillbilly" dialects, just keep in mind that those are the last remaining traces of Elizabethan/Shakespearean English. Pronouncing victuals (food) as "vittles" and creatures as "critters" was common, accepted, and proper usage at the time.

 

[surferboy]

Yah, we Cali people are mutts, and I&#39;m damn proud of it.

 

[lapdog2001]

I&#39;m from the north, but I thought:

y&#39;all was singular

and

all y&#39;all was the plural&#33; B)


LapDog :9 :9

 

[dickbulge]

Originally posted by lapdog2001@Apr 21 2005, 10:57 AM
I&#39;m from the north, but I thought:

y&#39;all was singular

and

all y&#39;all was the plural&#33; B)


LapDog :9 :9

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"Y&#39;all" is plural . "All y&#39;all" is for added emphases as in: "All y&#39;all kids come here right now before I get a belt&#33;"

 

[Hockeytiger]

Originally posted by dickbulge+Apr 21 2005, 11:25 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(dickbulge &#064; Apr 21 2005, 11:25 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-lapdog2001@Apr 21 2005, 10:57 AM
I&#39;m from the north, but I thought:

y&#39;all was singular

and

all y&#39;all was the plural&#33;  B)


LapDog :9    :9

[post=302963]Quoted post[/post]​

"Y&#39;all" is plural . "All y&#39;all" is for added emphases as in: "All y&#39;all kids come here right now before I get a belt&#33;"

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LOL I learn something new every day.

Anyways here are my scores.

60% General American English
25% Upper Midwestern
10% Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Dixie

 

[jeepwranglerboi]

Like I said, I do indeed say y&#39;all but I only use it in the plural sense and never in the singular.

 

[jonb]

"all y&#39;all" is the second-person collective. (In Lakota, we have first-person dual and third-person collective verb inflections. The latter&#39;s very rare, restricted to nouns, adjectives, and a few irregular verbs.)