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I speak 70% General American English, 30% Dixie, 0% Midwestern, 0% Upper Midwestern, and 0% Yankee. What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

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p-man:

word.

70% General American English 15% Upper Midwestern 15% Yankee 0% Dixie 0% Midwestern - or - 97% Surfer Dude 1% Proper English 2% Beatbox

sophia:

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65% General American English 20% Yankee 15% Dixie 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern a-ha! i'm less southern than laziz, hooray. huzzah?

laziz:

45 general, 35 dixie, 20 yankee. Who knew?

p-man:

sk - must have been that stint in Germany. sw - the best way to talk dixie is to do it drunk. Amen.

skorloff:

color me not all that surprised: 65% General American English; 20% Dixie; 10% Yankee; 5% Upper Midwestern; 0% Midwestern

swandive00:

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wow... "more than schizo" = "melting pot"? and, my don't the dixie just drawl out when i'm tired. or drunk.

p-man:

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s - wow, you're more than schizo. you're, like, a melting pot in your own right. d - i'm with you. i think all motivation left my body when i turned in my paper yesterday. e - i can answer that. the dixie is so overpowering it eclipses any midwest! dude.

ej:

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i'm 65% general american, 20% dixie, 15% yankee. why am i not any bit midwestern if i lived there for 7 yrs?

Darcy:

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I'm 55% General American, 20% Dixie, 15% Yankee, 5% midwest, 5% upper midwest, and 100% tired of school

swandive00, y\'all:

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why thanks for asking! it turns out i'm a schizo american english speaker with 55% general american english, 20% yankee, 10% dixie, 10% upper midwestern, 5% midwestern. see what happens when you live in IL, CA, MA, LA, GA, ME, and CO?

p-man:

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i'll be damned. Sam's calling me a redneck. my life is complete.

Sam:

Redneck!

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