I need some help

[Trilby]

75% General
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
5% Dixie
5% Yankee

[Happy Monkey]

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</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#d9ffd8">75% General American English</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#a8ffb3">20% Yankee</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#d9ffd8">5% Dixie</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#a8ffb3">0% Midwestern</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#d9ffd8">0% Upper Midwestern</td></tr></tbody></table>

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

[Clodfobble]

60% General American English
20% Dixie
20% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

I guess that's what happens when you have a mother from Tey-xas and a father from New Joisey...

...and...

Stereotype-shatterer
You scored 60% on orthophony and 100% on eugrammacy!
Despite your nonstandard way of speaking, you seem to appreciate some very fine points of grammar. Next time the New York Times has an opening for an editor. . . .

How you compared to other people your age and gender:
You scored higher than 73% on orthophony
You scored higher than 93% on eugrammacy

Stereotype-shatterer
You scored 16% on orthophony and 100% on eugrammacy!
Despite your nonstandard way of speaking, you seem to appreciate some very fine points of grammar. Next time the New York Times has an opening for an editor. . . .




My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 0% on orthophony

You scored higher than 66% on eugrammacy

I always suspected I was wierd...

[wolf]

Originally Posted by grant

... pretty much everyone tries to maintain their cultural identity which language plays a huge part of.

This is a relatively recent viewpoint. I know a lot of people who are VERY proud of their ethnic identity, and don't speak their mother (or father, depending on culture) tongues.

[wolf]

Your Linguistic Profile:
60% General American English
35% Yankee
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

What's interesting is that my primary language acquisition occured in the Midwest (Chicago Suburbs) but I was raised by Eastern parents.

[Griff]

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55% General American English</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#A8FFB3">
30% Yankee</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">
15% Upper Midwestern</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#A8FFB3">
0% Dixie</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">
0% Midwestern</td></tr></table>

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Of course, my accent is Northern Appalachia, so I don't know if people really hear Yankee...

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by wolf

What's interesting is that my primary language acquisition occured in the Midwest (Chicago Suburbs) but I was raised by Eastern parents.

Heh. I was raised in DC by Midwestern parents, and I also ended up with 0% Midwest.

[wolf]

Apropos of this thread, I received this from xoxoxobruce the other day ...

[BigV]

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65% General American English</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#A8FFB3">
15% Dixie</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">
10% Upper Midwestern</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#A8FFB3">
10% Yankee</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#D9FFD8">
0% Midwestern</td></tr></table>

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So, where exactly is Ohio, where I grew up, if not in the Midwest? :puzzled:

[Perry Winkle]

Originally Posted by wolf

This is a relatively recent viewpoint. I know a lot of people who are VERY proud of their ethnic identity, and don't speak their mother (or father, depending on culture) tongues.

I suppose so. I hadn't really looked back at things very well. I'm not sure where this new trend came about or if it really is a trend that applies to the majority of ethnic groups. (This is one of my complaints about sociology and social science, very little is concrete. Nobody knows anything, it's all hypthetical or anecdotal evidence)

Another strong factor, I believe, is that Ebonics and Spanish speakers tend to remain in, or strongly connected to, a social group who's primary language is not SAE. Latinos tend to stay closely tied to their families in Latin American countries through the Spanish language so it remains important for them to know it. For urban Ebonics speaking blacks, unless they move to a non-Ebonics speaking area and are forced to interact daily & relatively intimately, they will continue to speak Ebonics and pick up rudimentary(hopefully at least) SAE skills. That is if both groups are accepting of the others.

(i'm quite sleep deprived so if none of that made sense, it's either because I'm retarded or not all here right now)

[Perry Winkle]

Originally Posted by wolf

Apropos of this thread, I received this from xoxoxobruce the other day ...

If Sammy says that to the Snakes on the Plane I'll be able to die happy.