[silly quiz] Linguistic Profile

[wispfox]

Your Linguistic Profile:

55% General American English

35% Yankee

5% Dixie

5% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

How come there was no option for 'bubbler'? Not that I tend to use it, but... And why didn't they ask about subs/hogies/that other option that I can't remember? Bah.

I am, however, amused (and unsurprised) by my rather generic English. I tend toward that, as I tend to want to be understood by as many people as possible, and therefore try to use words for things which make sense on their own (eg, "water fountain" rather than "bubbler", as was used by people where I grew up). I think this is the first quiz of this particular kind which has General American English as an _option_, though.

Comments

[uberjay.livejournal.com]

That's funny—I also make a conscious effort to expel regional idioms from my speech in an effort to be more understandable.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

I am somehow not surprised.

I suspect that for anyone to whom clear communication is a major priority, this would be the case.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Huh! As noted by uberjay, here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/uberjay/16255.html):

10. What do you call an easy class?

* A crip course
* A gut
* A blow off

None of these fit—perhaps I used "easy-A" to describe an easy class?

19. "Route" rhymes with...

* Boot
* Out

Well, that depends on what I'm talking about:

* sounds like "boot" when referring to a road number.
* sounds like "out" when referring to a network route, perhaps due to the association with "router."

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The first, I think I said the same thing. (I couldn't remember what I said when I was answering the question, but noticed that none was right)

The second, I also do. And as someone else mentioned in comments to uberjay's post, "I take the fastest 'rout' from here to there but I drive on 'root' 30."

So do I. Weeeird.

[jasra]

Brain sharing day. I thought the same things when I got to those questions.

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

On some questions, they didn't have a "both" answer, when I would actually use both. :(

Your Linguistic Profile:
60% General American English
20% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern