Know Your American Dialect!

[YDV offline]

Okay, I posted this at UMSD like a loooong time ago, but I just reminded myself of it over in Games. ^^;;

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

Obviously for Americans only, but you can still take it if you wish.

65% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern

^^ My results. yay! I still retained my Michigan accent! ^^

[Delritho offline]

90% General American English
5% Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Dixie
0% Upper Midwestern

Nuff said

[LadyChaos offline]

Is Ohio considered Upper Midwestern? 'Cause if so, I shouldn't have gotten 0% for that one.

There was another quiz like this that I took one time but if you clicked on the answer it would tell you it's mostly from "blah". There was one that I remember one of the answers being centralized to Michigan and upper Ohio. Wish I could remember what it was though. That quiz was also fun 'cause it had a question that went something like "What do you call when you put a bunch of your belongings out on the front lawn and invite people to come over and look at them and buy them if they want them?" Didn't realize that there were people who didn't call it a yard sale or garage sale. Heck, I'd never even heard of a 'tag sale' before.

EDIT: Guess I should post my results.
75% General American English
10% Dixie
10% Yankee
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[Darkborn offline]

60% General American English
35% Yankee
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

Meh, Rhode Island Accent.

[Lani offline]

60% General American English
25% Yankee
15% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern


What. xDD;

[KayLenny#7 offline]

70% General American English
10% Midwestern
10% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
0% Dixie

[Blue Armor Boy offline]

70% General American English
15% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern

[KayLenny#7 offline]

What is "dixie"?

[LadyChaos offline]

What is "dixie"?

South. Louisiana, Mississippi, etc.

[KayLenny#7 offline]

What is "dixie"?

South. Louisiana, Mississippi, etc.

Then thank goodness I had 0%! *gonk of relief*

[Blue Armor Boy offline]

What is "dixie"?

South. Louisiana, Mississippi, etc.

What the? Maybe I messed up a question..

[LadyChaos offline]

What is "dixie"?

South. Louisiana, Mississippi, etc.

What the? Maybe I messed up a question..

Not necessarily. I use a little bit of southern slang *cough*y'all*cough*. It might have something to do with the people around you. Some of my teachers and a great deal of my mom's family came from West Virginia and they use a lot of slang that's more 'southern'.

[Blue Armor Boy offline]

What is "dixie"?

South. Louisiana, Mississippi, etc.

What the? Maybe I messed up a question..

Not necessarily. I use a little bit of southern slang *cough*y'all*cough*. It might have something to do with the people around you. Some of my teachers and a great deal of my mom's family came from West Virginia and they use a lot of slang that's more 'southern'.

Hmm? I thought y'all was northern.... Ah! I remember now.. Well that ends that......

[Stonecreek]

I only got %5 each for Upper Midwestern and Midwestern. I expected that for U.M, not having lived in Wisconsin for 16 years, but Missouri hasn't rubbed of on me much, either, I guess.

[The BB of C offline]

65% General American English
20% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern

That's mine.

[YDV offline]

I'm pretty sure Ohio is considered Midwestern, and MI is considered Upper Midwestern. ...I think. (Considering KY is considered the South..)

Just wondering, what did you guys put for the answers? (The results barely mean much when it comes right down to it lol)

Here's what I did:


1. The level of a building that is underground is called the:

Cellar
*Basement (Who calls them "cellars" these days?)

2. What do you call the night before Halloween?

Nothing
*Devil's night (Devil's night. Duh. It was either that or nothing,.)
Mischeif night

3. You bring back your groceries in a...

Sack
*Bag (Grocery BAG...)


4. The act of covering a house or area in front of a house with toilet paper is called...

Toilet papering
Rolling
*TP'ing ("Rolling?" Wtf?)

5. You call sweetened, carbonated beverages:

Soda
*Pop (I drink pop, you drink pop, we all scream for.... wait.)
Coke


6. You drink from:

*A water fountain (I've heard it both ways 'round here, actually, but I would say water fountain.)
A drinking fountain


7. You tend to call the sweet spread on top of cake:

Icing
Frosting
*Both (...Depends...)


8. Do you use the word cruller?

*No (What does that even MEAN?!)
Yes


9. What do you call a traffic situation in which several roads meet in a circle and you have to get off at a certain point?

Rotary
*Something else like a circle, traffic circle, or roundabout (I actually don't call it anything but most likely a traffic circle.)


10. What do you call an easy class?

A crip course
A gut
*A blow off (I would call it an easy class, but definitely not a "crop course" or a "gut")


11. If it's raining while the sun is shining, you call it:

The Devil is Beating His Wife
A sunshower
*You have no term for it (I've heard of the first choice, though I thought that's what you call thunder. o.O)


12. What do you call something that is diagonal from you?

*Kitty corner (Um.. I'm pretty sure EVERYONE says diagonal but otherwise I would say kitty corner.)
Diagonal
Catty corner


13. What is the four wheeled contraption you push around your groceries in?

Buggy
Carriage
*Shopping / grocery cart (Target = Shopping cart. Kroger = grocery cart. Duh.)

14. You work out in...

*Tennis shoes (I say gym shoes, but that's not an option..)
Sneakers


15. "Y'all"...

Just rolls off your tongue
*Is not sometihng you say (unless I'm pretending to be Southern or occasionally with my family...)


16. The second syllable in pajamas sounds like:

The A in jam
*The A in father (Pa-JA-Mas.)


17. Does "caramel" have two or three syllables?

*Two (Carmel. The a's silent. xD)
Three
You say it both ways


18. Do you pronounce "aunt" like "ant"?

Yes
*No (THE U IS THERE FOR A REASON!!)


19. "Route" rhymes with...

*Boot (Get your kicks, on Route 66! )
Out


20. Mary / marry / merry...

Are pronounced differently
*Are pronounced the same (How would they be pronounced differently? o.O)

[Chad Rains offline]

80% General American English
15% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
0% Yankee

[LadyChaos offline]

I'm pretty sure Ohio is considered Midwestern, and MI is considered Upper Midwestern. ...I think. (Considering KY is considered the South..)

Just wondering, what did you guys put for the answers? (The results barely mean much when it comes right down to it lol)

Here's my answers:
1. The level of a building that is underground is called the:
Cellar
*Basement

2. What do you call the night before Halloween?
*nothing
Devil's Night
Mischief Night

3. You bring back your groceries in a...
sack
*bag

4. The act of covering a house or area in front of a house with toilet paper is called...

*Toilet papering
Rolling
TP'ing (sometimes this, but mostly toilet papering)

5. You call sweetened, carbonated beverages:

Soda
*Pop
Coke (Sometimes this as I drink Coke instead of Pepsi.)

6. You drink from:

*A water fountain
A drinking fountain

7. You tend to call the sweet spread on top of cake:

*Icing
Frosting
Both

8. Do you use the word cruller?

*No (like YDV said, what does that mean?)
Yes

9. What do you call a traffic situation in which several roads meet in a circle and you have to get off at a certain point?

Rotary
*Something else like a circle, traffic circle, or roundabout

10. What do you call an easy class?

A crip course
A gut
*A blow off

11. If it's raining while the sun is shining, you call it:

The Devil is Beating His Wife
A sunshower
*You have no term for it

12. What do you call something that is diagonal from you?

Kitty corner
Diagonal
*Catty corner (this or diagonal)

13. What is the four wheeled contraption you push around your groceries in?

Buggy
Carriage
*Shopping / grocery cart

14. You work out in...

*Tennis shoes
Sneakers

15. "Y'all"...

Just rolls off your tongue
*Is not sometihng you say (at least not that often)

16. The second syllable in pajamas sounds like:

The A in jam
*The A in father

17. Does "caramel" have two or three syllables?

Two
Three
*You say it both ways

18. Do you pronounce "aunt" like "ant"?

*Yes
No

19. "Route" rhymes with...

Boot
*Out (actually both ways but more commonly out. It rhymes w/ boot if you're talking about a road. If you're saying, "this is you route, it rhymes w/ out.)

20. Mary / marry / merry...

Are pronounced differently
*Are pronounced the same

[Ransomed_Heart offline]

65% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern

I'm Ohioan, what can I say?

[Star Way]

70% General American English
15% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[KayLenny#7 offline]

I know I like it when a guy has a lot of Yankee in his english!

Erm, but yeah. Not important... *shify eyes*

[Just_Jaine offline]

80% General American English
15% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern

[Stephen (x1)]

85% General American English
10% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern
<s>90% Sexy</s>

Wtf, yo, that yankee crap should be all down there with the zeroes.

[TB3]

I just took this to see how my dialect approximates to Americanese.

45% General American English
35% Yankee
15% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

Is this good or bad?

[KayLenny#7 offline]

Very good, TB3. Why can't you be like 10 years younger!