An old Cleveland friend found this somewhere deep in the PsychoToddler archives, but it's perfect for this post from yesterday, so...
Just to clarify, we drink soda, which usually is Coke; in school, we drank from a water fountain [but freshies got "bubbly rides"]; and most people wear sneakers for sports. Tennis players wear tennis shoes. People are weird. Who carries groceries in a sack?! Then you look like Santa Claus... not that there's anything wrong with that. It's not as bad as putting your groceries on top of your baby in a carriage, that's for certain.
Your Linguistic Profile:: 50% General American English 30% Yankee 15% Dixie 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern
Hehe. :) I didn't even notice...
ReplyDeleteso i tried that quiz but they didn't have "none of the above" as answers to half the questions so i had to leave out half the questions because I don't actually speak 'american english'. lol
ReplyDeleteAccording to this quiz, I guess I'm a tried and true Yankee!
ReplyDeleteHow you doin?
I guess you learned it from me, I had the same profile!
ReplyDeleteHeh Mom. :)
ReplyDeleteSarah - :P Ah, those Aussies...
Kasamba - Who knew that Brits were such Yanks?!
Youse. How YOUSE doin.
ReplyDeleteHere's what I got for my Canadian accent:
ReplyDelete***Your Linguistic Profile:***
55% General American English
25% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
What the h___?
I also noticed they didn't ask what you call a case of beer and give a "two-four" as an option.
PT - Heh. :)
ReplyDeleteAvrom - Hmm, maybe it's skewed... or you're not really Canadian!
Here's what I got for my "Bawlmore" accent
ReplyDelete***Your Linguistic Profile:***
45% General American English
25% Dixie
25% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
Ah, that south of the Mason-Dixon line accent... :)
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