What kind of english do you speak?

[hammered]

What does "Midwestern" sound like?


hammered

sort of like a lower upper midwestern

That explains a lot . Just wait until you come over here, it's even more confusing . Norfolk compared to west country, Mancunian compared to southern scouse, it goes on, but I will confess, I always thought there was just a southern or northern American accent, with a few variations.


hammered

Been there (well not Ankh-Morpork, been a while since me and Terry hung out in discworld) and will be back, but no problem after 5 pints we all sound the same

Next time I see you in the "Broken/Mended Drum" I will buy You a pint . Terry is a great guy and will probably have a half with us



Ian

I'll take ya up on that cause I was tired of Biers and Igors crazy drinks

Don't dith igor'th or irgorina'th, they really believe in recycling , sorry I'm getting into the Discworld mentality again , Glad your read the same stuff mate


Ian

 

[Dano Sverige]

Is there a "Click "2" - to do this test in Spanish" button?

 

[Bramblefind]

Wow! I'm pretty impressed by the accuracy of this this This looks like Upstate New York speak-

60% General American English

25% Yankee

15% Upper Midwestern

0% Dixie

0% Midwestern

 

[dallgire]

70% General American English

15% Dixie

10% Yankee

5% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern


Yep i live in Ohio for 13 years. But Y'all does run of my tongue so nicely! I will get the wife to do the test when she gets home she is pure dixie!

 

[ivan salis]

50 % general american

25% yankee

15% dixie

10% upper midwestern

0 % midwestern

 

[NaturalJWL]

I prefer my "cornbread" english.

Not sure how that yankee snuck in there.

50% General American English

35% Dixie

10% Yankee

5% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern

You must know what a crueller is

I have no idea.

 

[montepollock]

well,My Dad calls a slingshot a "niggerflipper",and brazil nuts "niggertoes",pancakes"flapjacks"
I guess that makes Him abt 90%Cracker english.
HH,Mont


PS Dads Idea of politically correct is "Not voting",and Gun control is hitting what You aim at.

 

[ohioaxeman]

70
10
10
5
5

 

[homefires]

Being brought up in a military family and living in 6 countries seems to had a effect.

Family is spread all over from Up State NY to Houston and Tucson.

Go Figure.

65% General American English

20% Dixie

15% Yankee

0% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

 

[stefen]

This test pertains to word usage only...however, there is no way to test my Deutch/Yiddish/American accented speech affliction...

65% General American English

15% Dixie

10% Upper Midwestern

10% Yankee

0% Midwestern

 

[savant365]

I've lived in the midwest all my life and only got 5% midwestern? They must grade this test on the left coast somewhere.

70% General American English

15% Upper Midwestern

5% Dixie

5% Midwestern

5% Yankee

 

[Frankn]

Since I already know all those teachers and professors wasted there time, and I am of Irish and Check descent, I didn't take the test. I know I speak spellcheck English. Frank

 

[Cobalt*Blue]

Post it now!


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50% Yankee

35% General American English

10% Upper Midwestern

5% Dixie

0% Midwestern

 

[poorhunter78]

35% General American English

25% Dixie

25% Yankee

10% Midwestern

5% Upper Midwestern

Whatever in the heck that means..

 

[packerbacker]

Hammered asked: What does "Midwestern" sound like?

I'm thirsty. I'm going to either buy a bottle of "pop" (soda or Coke) to quench it or I'm going to get a drink of water at the "bubbler" (drinking fountain or water cooler)
pop and bubbler are midwestern. (looks like you are 30% Yank! )

 

[diggummup]

70% General American English

15% Dixie

15% Yankee

0% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

 

[stefen]

Since I already know all those teachers and professors wasted there time, and I am of Irish and Check descent, I didn't take the test. I know I speak spellcheck English. Frank

Spal-czek ain't always workin

 

[packerbacker]

AU24, regional vernacular is more about customs, dress or architecture etc. in different regions of the country more than language. Regional dialects is more what this little quiz was about. You have to admit that, in the North "most" people say "you all"
in the South most say "y'all"
Both are speaking English but they are using the dialect from their particular part of the country. It would be fair to say someone speaks more Yank English than Southern if they said "you all" don't you think? I know we all hate to be pigeonholed but that's just a fact of life.

 

[Frankn]

Stefen, you said it and boy do I miss it. But it is working on selected fourms I went over to alert the mods and it worked over there. Frank

 

[stefen]

Stefen, you said it and boy do I miss it. But it is working on selected fourms I went over to alert the mods and it worked over there. Frank

The only issue with any spell-check program, is they don't always correct the word with the same sound but with a different spelling and meaning...such as wear, ware and where...

The TN's program doesn't even check for improper punctuation...

I would suspect that the Spal-Czek will be upgraded in the near future...