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  • #46
    What was it you said about being 100% wrong?
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    • #47
      and there were no right answers for number 10 for me, anda couple others were sorta questionable

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      • #48
        Actually the way I've heard it the Midwest accent is general american english. There could be a lot more distinctions in here. Pure Chicagoans have a definite accent, Texans don't sound the same as other Southerners (and I've heard that people from the Tex-arkana area talk gibberish), people from New Orleans and the surrounding area have a distinct way of talking, there's also a northern rural accent, and certain areas on the west coast sound different.



        Your Linguistic Profile:



        80% General American English

        10% Upper Midwestern

        5% Dixie

        5% Midwestern

        0% Yankee


        I never know their names, But i smile just the same
        New faces...Strange places,
        Most everything i see, Becomes a blur to me
        -Grandaddy, "The Final Push to the Sum"

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        • #49


          Your Linguistic Profile:



          70% General American English

          15% Yankee

          10% Upper Midwestern

          5% Midwestern

          0% Dixie




          They're called "gym shoes"...
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          • #50
            10. None seemed quite right -- can't remember that far back.

            14. We call them gym shoes.

            15. I don't say "y'all" but I do use "howdy" regularly.
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            • #51
              u murderers!
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              • #52


                Your Linguistic Profile:



                60% General American English

                25% Dixie

                10% Yankee

                5% Upper Midwestern

                0% Midwestern


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                • #53


                  Your Linguistic Profile:



                  50% General American English

                  40% Upper Midwestern

                  5% Midwestern

                  5% Yankee

                  0% Dixie





                  I'm surprised someone whose lived their entire life in Minnesota speaks "General American English" rather than "upper midwestern". I wonder if anybody anwhere speaks their version of "upper midwestern".

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                  • #54


                    Your Linguistic Profile:



                    55% General American English

                    30% Yankee

                    10% Dixie

                    5% Midwestern

                    0% Upper Midwestern



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                    • #55
                      They don't have the Midwestern weighted correctly.



                      Your Linguistic Profile:



                      70% General American English

                      20% Dixie

                      5% Midwestern

                      5% Upper Midwestern

                      0% Yankee


                      I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                      • #56
                        This quiz was useless for me, I've lived in Boston for all my life and scored very low. As for Dixie, jeez must be from my dads side, they're a bunch of redneck farmers from the south. *hums Redneck Past* Also around town people confuse me for a Canadian or Brit...



                        Your Linguistic Profile:



                        60% General American English

                        30% Yankee

                        5% Dixie

                        5% Upper Midwestern

                        0% Midwestern


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                        • #57
                          Mixing cultures is a way of life.


                          Your Linguistic Profile:



                          60% General American English

                          15% Dixie

                          15% Yankee

                          5% Midwestern

                          5% Upper Midwestern


                          (\__/)
                          (='.'=)
                          (")_(") This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into your signature to help him gain world domination.

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                          • #58


                            Your Linguistic Profile:



                            65% General American English

                            20% Upper Midwestern

                            15% Yankee

                            0% Dixie

                            0% Midwestern





                            ACK!
                            Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust!

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                            • #59


                              Your Linguistic Profile:



                              60% General American English

                              15% Dixie

                              15% Yankee

                              10% Upper Midwestern

                              0% Midwestern


                              When you find yourself arguing with an idiot, you might want to rethink who the idiot really is.
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                              Being dyslexic is hard work. I don't even try anymore.

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                              • #60


                                Your Linguistic Profile:



                                55% General American English

                                30% Yankee

                                10% Dixie

                                5% Upper Midwestern

                                0% Midwestern


                                “As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
                                "Capitalism ho!"

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