Thursday, May 19, 2005

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
Your Linguistic Profile:
55% General American English
20% Dixie
20% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

It's funny, I've never considered myself to have a southern accent, but I've certainly never thought of myself as a yankee either and I've been told several times that I have a midwestert accent.

1 comment:

Joyce said...

Well, I was told more than once that I didn't have a distinquishable accent (being Spanish AND a southerner, I was kinda proud of that) But the other day at church, this black lady and her daughter from California told me I had an accent!! Gee, I guess as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so are accents in the ear of ....well, you get the picture.....