Take me home...country roads...
Hooray! I'm back in the good old US of A, and very happy to be so, despite being jetlagged and tired and greasy-feeling. To celebrate my repatriated state, I'm offering ya'll up this quiz celebrating the diversity of American English as we know it. (YAY! No more parlez-vous frenchy-french!)Here's my American English profile:
| Heather's Linguistic Profile:: |
| 65% General American English |
| 15% Dixie |
| 10% Upper Midwestern |
| 5% Yankee |
| 0% Midwestern |
posted by Heather at
3:28 PM
7 Comments:
Take Me Home Country Roads, 1971, by Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. AKA John Denver, born in Roswell, New Mexico. Good Memories.
By
curlyheadedwitch, at 5/28/2006 3:54 AM
Roswell?? Hmmmm....
By
Heather, at 5/28/2006 7:32 AM
No suprises here:
60% General American English
20% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Midwestern
0% Dixie
I'm impressed that we can ever understand each other at all!
By
Unknown, at 5/28/2006 8:29 AM
60% General American English
30% Country, oops!!! uh, Dixie
5% Midwestern
No Yankee or Upper Midwestern
By
curlyheadedwitch, at 5/28/2006 1:50 PM
John Denver, Roswell, yes. His father was an Air Force Officer and flight instructor. I assume he was stationed at Holloman Air Force Base (much like someone I know very well) when John was born. John grew up around the Southwest and South as a child.
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curlyheadedwitch, at 5/28/2006 1:59 PM
I speak:
60% General American English
25% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Dixie
Ok, how about math? That doesn't add up to 100%, but whatever.
By
Scott, at 5/31/2006 10:03 PM
You're right, Scott! Were you the first one to notice that?? I didn't, but now that I look, everyone adds up to 95%! What the hell, man? Oh, well. It was still fun, I guess...
By
Heather, at 6/01/2006 5:38 AM
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