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Thread: WHAT KIND OF AMERICAN ENGLISH DO YOU SPEAK?

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    Your Linguistic Profile:
    50% General American English
    25% Dixie
    15% Yankee
    10% Upper Midwestern
    0% Midwestern

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    50% General American English
    20% Yankee
    15% Dixie
    15% Upper Midwestern
    0% Midwestern

    Kinda surprised myself with those results.

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    What the...I'm more Yank than Midwestern???? I find that I pronounce one word different ways (ie route).

    50% General American English
    25% Yankee
    15% Dixie
    5% Midwestern
    5% Upper Midwestern

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    100% Old-school

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    Just answer 20 questions and find out what kind of American English you speak.

    I am:<font color="black">
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    <tr><td align="center" >
    <h3>Your Linguistic Profile:</h3>
    </td></tr><tr><td >
    65% General American English</td></tr><tr><td >
    20% Upper Midwestern</td></tr><tr><td >
    15% Yankee</td></tr><tr><td >
    0% Dixie</td></tr><tr><td >
    0% Midwestern</td></tr></table></font>


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