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To: franksolich; All

Mine's pretty accurate:

55% General American English
20% Dixie
15% Yankee
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern

Most of my family came from the south (Arkansas & Alabama) but my mom's family is yankee blue-blood through and through. Guess the 10% from the midwest must have come while they were all making their way west.

Cindie


894 posted on 06/02/2005 5:59:55 PM PDT by gardencatz (A brass unicorn...has...catapulted across a...street and impaled an eminent surgeon. Words fail me!)
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To: gardencatz
Ha! I spent 4 years at school in Wisconsin. Don't know how I got any Dixie at all!

Your Linguistic Profile:

50% General American English
35% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

1,027 posted on 06/03/2005 11:47:49 AM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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