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22 Apr 2005, 07:17 PM
Master

What kind of english do you speak.

http://www.blogthings.com/amenglishdialecttest/

Props to Buzzatronic for finding this.

BTW:
55% Yankee
30% General English
and a mix of the rest.
22 Apr 2005, 07:19 PM
Joust Williams

80% General American English
10% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
22 Apr 2005, 07:21 PM
K3V

60% General American English
30% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
22 Apr 2005, 07:22 PM
Master

My biggest gripe is they don't have Water Bubbler as an option for Drinking Fountain. Whoever made this only has a minor knowledge of NE slang.
22 Apr 2005, 07:24 PM
Diff-chan

55% General American English
30% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

Its funny that I have a bigger % of Yankee than someone like Joust (from WA), yet my proximity to New England nonetheless rubs off.
22 Apr 2005, 07:25 PM
Fe 26

75% General American English
25% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
0% Yankee
22 Apr 2005, 07:26 PM
Joust Williams

I grew up in New Orleans.
22 Apr 2005, 07:26 PM
Fe 26

I didn't like the drink question. I don't use any of those words. Its a fucking drink, or soft drink. Not coke, soda, or pop. Stupid douches use those words.
22 Apr 2005, 07:27 PM
Diff-chan

Soda.

Quote:

I grew up in New Orleans.

Nonetheless.
22 Apr 2005, 07:27 PM
Tommy Tallarico

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

I honestly don't where a lot of that came from. 5% dixie? WTF.
22 Apr 2005, 07:28 PM
Fe 26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Master

My biggest gripe is they don't have Water Bubbler as an option for Drinking Fountain. Whoever made this only has a minor knowledge of NE slang.

Water Bubbler? What is everyone in the NE, five and gay?
22 Apr 2005, 07:32 PM
Ashen Victor

60% General American English
30% Yankee
10% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

they didn't have a "both" option for the 'route' question. i pronounce it both ways.
22 Apr 2005, 07:32 PM
Brisco Bold

50% General American English
25% Yankee
20% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

An easy class is a bird-course. Everyone knows that!

Edit: Wait a sec: Dixie? DIXIE?!?
22 Apr 2005, 07:35 PM
Brand X

85% General American English
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Dixie
22 Apr 2005, 07:43 PM
Master

Quote:

Originally Posted by IronPlant

Water Bubbler? What is everyone in the NE, five and gay?

NE != NorthEast.

NE = New England.

Boston slang owns you.
22 Apr 2005, 07:45 PM
elfneedsfood

60% General
35% Dixie
5% Yankee
22 Apr 2005, 07:46 PM
AstroBlue

55% General American English
35% Yankee
10% Dixie

5. Softdrink
10. An easy class.
22 Apr 2005, 07:52 PM
MovingTarget

"The second syllable in pajamas sounds like:
The A in jam
The A in father"

They both sound the damn same to me.

This thing is really only for americans I think but fuck it heres my result...

55% General American English
25% Yankee
15% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

aye right lol ...
22 Apr 2005, 07:57 PM
Blacklight85

40% General American English
40% Yankee
15% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
22 Apr 2005, 07:59 PM
NightWolve

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by IronPlant

Not coke, soda, or pop. Stupid douches use those words.

I sometimes use "pop machine" or "coke machine," so F U.
22 Apr 2005, 08:04 PM
Sqoon

80% General American English
20% Yankee
22 Apr 2005, 08:07 PM
Calliander

55% General American English
40% Yankee
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

Problems I had with the questions:

6 - I just say fountain, nothing in front of it.
8 - What the hell is a "cruller"? Obviously, I don't use it but I can't figure it out from the definition.
10 - I have never heard any of those sayings.
13 - Didn't know what to put as an answer, since I say shopping/grocery cart AND shopping/grocery carriage. I even say just cart/carriage.
17 - How does one say, "caramel" as two syllables?
22 Apr 2005, 08:08 PM
Fe 26

Carmel
22 Apr 2005, 08:10 PM
Calliander

Oh. Well, it's spelled "caramel" for a reason so anyone who says it like that is dumb.
22 Apr 2005, 08:11 PM
Wildkat

Quote:

Originally Posted by Master

My biggest gripe is they don't have Water Bubbler as an option for Drinking Fountain. Whoever made this only has a minor knowledge of NE slang.

Ive lived in CT my entire life, spent a lot of time in Maine as well, and have never heard that before in my life....
22 Apr 2005, 08:11 PM
MovingTarget

What the fuck is up with american 'herb' pronunciation.

And wtf is dixie anyway?
22 Apr 2005, 08:13 PM
Calliander

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wildkat

Ive lived in CT my entire life, spent a lot of time in Maine as well, and have never heard that before in my life....

Same here. "Water bubbler"? I've been in Boston many times and never heard that. I have relatives there.

The thing that gets me, though, is the easy class question since I've never heard of an easy class referred to as anything but easy. Maybe throwaway? I don't even know. Quick credit?
22 Apr 2005, 08:14 PM
Grave

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Master

NE != NorthEast.

NE = New England.

Boston slang owns you.

I'm from PA, and I've never heard "bubbler" until I met my second roommate freshman year, who was from Rhode Island. Confused the hell out of me. Can't think of much more that seemed odd to me, off the top of my head. "Wicked" amused me the first couple hundred of times or so but it's so commonplace now that I don't even notice.
22 Apr 2005, 08:14 PM
Tracer

75% General American English
20% Dixie
5% Yankee.

None of the rest.
22 Apr 2005, 08:15 PM
Grave

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wildkat

Ive lived in CT my entire life, spent a lot of time in Maine as well, and have never heard that before in my life....

I've only heard one person say it, ever, and he was from RI. My girlfriend's from CT and she also thinks it's a similarly bizarre word. But it must be more widespread in Mass... my roommate's from Marblehead, I'm kind of curious what he has to say about it.
22 Apr 2005, 08:15 PM
Calliander

Quote:

Originally Posted by MovingTarget

What the fuck is up with american 'herb' pronunciation.

There are two pronunciations for two words, that may be your confusion on the matter. The 'h' is silent when referring to stuff like thyme and rosemary. The 'h' is solid when you're talking about a loser with no tact.
22 Apr 2005, 08:16 PM
Diff-chan

The test is also really short on California slang, stuff like hella, stoked, etc. But I guess its understandable since (A) California influences the rest of the US, and (B) most of that stuff comes from NorCal anyway. I started saying some of that because most of my friends were from there (even though I went to school in SoCal).
22 Apr 2005, 08:16 PM
Tracer

Quote:

Originally Posted by Master

My biggest gripe is they don't have Water Bubbler as an option for Drinking Fountain. Whoever made this only has a minor knowledge of NE slang.

When its raining outside with the sun shining, I say God is beating an Angel.
22 Apr 2005, 08:17 PM
Grave

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tracer

When its raining outside with the sun shining, I say God is beating an Angel.

I need to use this whenever I have the chance. That's awesome.
22 Apr 2005, 08:26 PM
NightWolve

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike

The thing that gets me, though, is the easy class question since I've never heard of an easy class referred to as anything but easy. Maybe throwaway? I don't even know. Quick credit?

Using a "blow off" class was quite common here (hs & university). Now, with "gut" or "crip course" I kinda went wtf at... "What a 'gut' of a class this is..."

I'd really like to know how "The Devil is Beating His Wife" came to describe sunshine while it's raining... Very curious.
22 Apr 2005, 08:30 PM
Mman

We drink from a bubbler here...
22 Apr 2005, 08:37 PM
Calliander

Quote:

Originally Posted by NightWolve

I'd really like to know how "The Devil is Beating His Wife" came to describe sunshine while it's raining... Very curious.

Very curious indeed. The Devil is far too lecherous to keep a wife. You know he's been divorced like, five thousand times. I'd hate to see his vaginamony payments.
22 Apr 2005, 08:43 PM
Fe 26

Quote:

Originally Posted by diffusionx

(A) California influences the rest of the US, and (B) most of that stuff comes from NorCal anyway. I started saying some of that because most of my friends were from there (even though I went to school in SoCal).

Someone wouldn't have an over inflated Ego would they?
22 Apr 2005, 08:46 PM
Diff-chan

Quote:

Originally Posted by IronPlant

Someone wouldn't have an over inflated Ego would they?

Its as much slang as Yankee, Midwestern, or Dixie.
22 Apr 2005, 08:49 PM
Fe 26

Quote:

Originally Posted by diffusionx

Its as much slang as Yankee, Midwestern, or Dixie.

Not really.
22 Apr 2005, 08:50 PM
Schlep

65% General American English
15% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern
22 Apr 2005, 09:04 PM
frostwolf ex

Your Linguistic Profile:
60% General American English
25% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

actualy given the amount of british comedies i watch, i sometimes sound like a brit wannabee.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike

8 - What the hell is a "cruller"? Obviously, I don't use it but I can't figure it out from the definition.

its a doughnut, except its got ridges instead of being smooth.
22 Apr 2005, 09:06 PM
Shine

Quote:

50% General American English
35% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

We actually sell Y'all magazine at B&N.
22 Apr 2005, 09:11 PM
maruchan

70% General American English
15% Dixie
10% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
22 Apr 2005, 09:16 PM
Tracer

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShineAqua

We actually sell Y'all magazine at B&N.

I saw Ya'll Magazine at a gas station.

It's like Us or People for people who like NASCAR and Hunting.

Quote:

Originally Posted by IronPlant

Not really.

I think Californian speak is definite enough to be noted.
22 Apr 2005, 09:17 PM
Josh

50% General American English
40% Yankee
10% Dixie

I grew up in Maryland. This makes sense?
22 Apr 2005, 09:26 PM
Fe 26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tracer

I saw Ya'll Magazine at a gas station.

It's like Us or People for people who like NASCAR and Hunting.

I think Californian speak is definite enough to be noted.

Maybe enough to be noted. But it isn’t enough to be considered influential to the rest of the US. With rap and southern stereotyped comedy on the rise, words like “yall” are far more wide spread than bullshit like “Hella”
22 Apr 2005, 09:34 PM
Diff-chan

Quote:

Originally Posted by IronPlant

Maybe enough to be noted. But it isn’t enough to be considered influential to the rest of the US. With rap and southern stereotyped comedy on the rise, words like “yall” are far more wide spread and bullshit like “Hella”

Eh, California slang may not influence the rest of the US as much as it used to, but its influence is undeniable.
22 Apr 2005, 09:37 PM
Fe 26

Quote:

Originally Posted by diffusionx

Eh, California slang may not influence the rest of the US as much as it used to, but its influence is undeniable.

And? So are the dialects of the north east and south. I have no idea why you're even telling us that it is. It's a stupid pointless thing to comment on.
22 Apr 2005, 09:38 PM
Gohron

60% General American English
25% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

Seems everybody pretty much talks the same.
22 Apr 2005, 09:42 PM
g0zen

50% General American English
30% Dixie
10% Yankee
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern

I had no idea there were going to throw the "Devil Beating His Wife" thing at me, even though that's what everyone calls it around here when it rains while the sun is shining. Odd thing is, that kinda thing happens all the time in Florida, yet in my years of living down there no one ever called it anything.
22 Apr 2005, 09:42 PM
Fe 26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gohron

Seems everybody pretty much talks the same.

Actually, it seems like non-southern areas are more likely to use slang.
22 Apr 2005, 09:44 PM
g0zen

Quote:

Originally Posted by diffusionx

Eh, California slang may not influence the rest of the US as much as it used to, but its influence is undeniable.

You're so money and you don't even know it..
22 Apr 2005, 09:48 PM
NeoZeedeater

65% General American English
20% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

How some Dixie got in there I have no clue.
22 Apr 2005, 09:50 PM
Fe 26

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater

65% General American English
20% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

How some dixie got in there I have no clue.

do you listen to rap, know people who listen to rap, or watch anything on cartoon network?
22 Apr 2005, 09:55 PM
NeoZeedeater

Quote:

Originally Posted by IronPlant

do you listen to rap, know people who listen to rap, or watch anything on cartoon network?

No, I'm not a fan of the genre and I don't watch the channel.
22 Apr 2005, 09:59 PM
Diff-chan

Quote:

Originally Posted by IronPlant

And? So are the dialects of the north east and south. I have no idea why you're even telling us that it is. It's a stupid pointless thing to comment on.

Like I said in my *first post on this topic*, its odd that they left it out of the quiz.
22 Apr 2005, 10:07 PM
g0zen

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike

Oh. Well, it's spelled "caramel" for a reason so anyone who says it like that is dumb.

Say "through". Do you vocalize the 'g'? No? Then STFU.
22 Apr 2005, 10:10 PM
Melf

What a horrible, hack quiz. There's no basis to it at all, and he didn't even get the dialect names right. None of those he lists are accurate.

And "General" English? Doesn't exist.

Quote:

Originally Posted by diffusionx

But I guess its understandable since (A) California influences the rest of the US, and (B) most of that stuff comes from NorCal anyway.

California belongs to two separate regions of dialect, Pacific North and Soutwest. Both are among the smaller regions in the U.S.
22 Apr 2005, 10:12 PM
Fe 26

Quote:

Originally Posted by diffusionx

Like I said in my *first post on this topic*, its odd that they left it out of the quiz.

No it isn't. You have far more west coaster who uses east coast slang than you have east coasters who use west coast slang.
22 Apr 2005, 10:12 PM
g0zen

TV english. Everyone speaks it. I know I do mostly.
22 Apr 2005, 10:59 PM
Tracer

Quote:

Originally Posted by g0zen

TV english. Everyone speaks it. I know I do mostly.

Like the Junktacons or whatever their name was.

Hurry Hurry Act Now! Destroy the Grand Pubbah! Eliminate even the toughest stains!
22 Apr 2005, 11:28 PM
Fe 26

OR YOUR MONEY BACK
23 Apr 2005, 01:17 AM
Calliander

Quote:

Originally Posted by g0zen

Say "through". Do you vocalize the 'g'? No? Then STFU.

I sort of vocalise it. If I pronounce "through" and "threw," they sound different enough to convey the different meanings. Just like "throws" and "throes," they sound different. Mary, marry, merry. Etc.

In any event, I can't think of an instance where you ignore the "a" in between "ram" for any reason. The "gh" is there to signify a couple of different guttural sorts of sounds like "through" and "trough."
23 Apr 2005, 01:20 AM
Diff-chan

Im not even convinced the caramel/carmel thing is a dialectic thing as much as it is just a mispronunciation that somehow caught on (kinda like nuculer).
23 Apr 2005, 01:32 AM
gameoverDude

75% General American English
20% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
0% Yankee
23 Apr 2005, 01:34 AM
Calliander

Quote:

Originally Posted by diffusionx

Im not even convinced the caramel/carmel thing is a dialectic thing as much as it is just a mispronunciation that somehow caught on (kinda like nuculer).

The thing I just noticed is that I say "care-uh-mel," just like the dictionary says, but the dictionary also lists "car-mul" as a pronunciation. I guess it's just hard to say that second "a" if you're doing an umlaut "a" in the first syllable. I thought it was "care-mel," which just sounds retaerted.
23 Apr 2005, 01:46 AM
Joust Williams

People have trouble with weird consonant blends. It's sort of like how people in certain Spanish-speaking countries drop the s at the end of words--it's just more convenient. February, caramel (which isn't a blend, but some small syllables with similar vowel sounds), nuclear...I say both forms for all of those.
23 Apr 2005, 01:48 AM
Calliander

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joust Williams

People have trouble with weird consonant blends. It's sort of like how people in certain Spanish-speaking countries drop the s at the end of words--it's just more convenient. February, caramel (which isn't a blend, but is similar), nuclear...I say both forms for all of those.

Do you say, "Esh-you-vee" for SUV? Man, I can't stand that. :)
23 Apr 2005, 01:49 AM
Joust Williams

Esh? Never heard that one.

But there is WARRRSHINGTON
23 Apr 2005, 02:57 AM
Jeremy

Holla!
60% General American English
20% Dixie
15% Yankee
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
23 Apr 2005, 02:59 AM
Brisco Bold

Quote:

Originally Posted by maruchan

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

You speak English?
23 Apr 2005, 03:51 AM
Omni

60% General American English
30% Yankee
10% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

Quote:

Originally Posted by MovingTarget

"The second syllable in pajamas sounds like:
The A in jam
The A in father"

They both sound the damn same to me.

How the hell do they sound the same?
23 Apr 2005, 04:15 AM
Hubbitron

45% General American English
35% Yankee
20% Dixie

I am like a chameleon on the east coast.
23 Apr 2005, 04:15 AM
MechDeus

Quote:

Originally Posted by OmniGear

How the hell do they sound the same?

Maybe he says it "faye-ther." (I have no idea.)

I say both soda and pop, they're so reflexive I can't even figure out if I say one more than the other. It seems to be based on circumstance for me. I also say "car-mel" a lot more often than I do "care-uh-mel."
23 Apr 2005, 04:38 AM
rezo

Maybe he says "jam" Jamaican style.
23 Apr 2005, 04:45 AM
Hubbitron

You mean "jam", as in "Jambi"? As in, "mekka lekka hi, mekka hiney-ho"?
23 Apr 2005, 11:19 AM
Drewbacca

35% General American English
35% Yankee
15% Dixie
10% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern
23 Apr 2005, 11:22 AM
Fe 26

You'r like some sort of sick monster.
23 Apr 2005, 11:35 AM
Cowutopia

We call the night before Halloween Cabbage Night.

50% General American English
35% Yankee
15% Dixie

Quote:

Originally Posted by Melf

What a horrible, hack quiz. There's no basis to it at all, and he didn't even get the dialect names right. None of those he lists are accurate.

And "General" English? Doesn't exist.

Yeah. Anyone who's taken even an introductory Linguistics class knows this.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike

The thing I just noticed is that I say "care-uh-mel," just like the dictionary says, but the dictionary also lists "car-mul" as a pronunciation. I guess it's just hard to say that second "a" if you're doing an umlaut "a" in the first syllable. I thought it was "care-mel," which just sounds retaerted.

I say car-uh-mel. The second "a" sounds just like the first sometimes.
23 Apr 2005, 01:57 PM
Grey's Anatomy

55% General American English
15% Dixie
15% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern

That makes sense.
I say "probbly" instead of "Probabaly"
Sometimes, I even say "Mebbe" instead "Maybe".
23 Apr 2005, 02:50 PM
MovingTarget

Quote:

Originally Posted by OmniGear

How the hell do they sound the same?

please write your phonetic pronuciation of Jam and Father

They both sound as 'aaa' to me, not 'ae'.
23 Apr 2005, 02:51 PM
Grave

Quote:

Originally Posted by MovingTarget

please write your phonetic pronuciation of Jam and Father

They both sound as 'aaa' to me, not 'ae'.

I demand recordings.
23 Apr 2005, 03:01 PM
Hubbitron

There are regional US dialect tapes you can get. I had to use them for some acting I did back in the day(everyone has AIDS)

The guy that does the dialects is hilarious. He makes you say things like, "the cat is in the house". At least I can talk like a new englander.
23 Apr 2005, 03:03 PM
Cowutopia

There's a website I was at with speech examples from like every country and all the different us dialects. Fuck if I can remember it though.
23 Apr 2005, 03:13 PM
Frogacuda

60% General American English
30% Yankee
10% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

In terms of slang, my speech is 100% Philadelphia, but I don't have a philly accent.
23 Apr 2005, 03:28 PM
Omni

Quote:

Originally Posted by MovingTarget

please write your phonetic pronuciation of Jam and Father

They both sound as 'aaa' to me, not 'ae'.

Well I'm guessing rezo is right, but it's still weird.
23 Apr 2005, 03:30 PM
Fe 26

Jam like man
Father, like welcome back caughter.
23 Apr 2005, 04:16 PM
MovingTarget

You mean like.... 'Fawther'? lol

Whats the Jamaican way of saying Jam? I imagine it as ' Ear me now, whas gwanin! ye dun know, I like ma Jaaam maan, ava mercy...'

Something like that anyway :D
23 Apr 2005, 04:22 PM
Tracer

Jom. Faether. Bostud.
23 Apr 2005, 04:25 PM
Rocca

45% General American English
35% Yankee
15% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
23 Apr 2005, 04:27 PM
Fe 26

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MovingTarget

You mean like.... 'Fawther'? lol

Yes, the same manly way Darth Vader says it.

Do you have a problem with that, BITCH?

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/a...id=15117&stc=1
23 Apr 2005, 04:31 PM
Rocca

I still say im 100% Franglais.
23 Apr 2005, 04:34 PM
MovingTarget

Quote:

Originally Posted by IronPlant

Yes, the same manly way Darth Vader says it.

Do you have a problem with that, BITCH?

No, its great! ;)

:lol:
23 Apr 2005, 05:20 PM
Tragic

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike

Oh. Well, it's spelled "caramel" for a reason so anyone who says it like that is dumb.

:cry:

And anyone who says "pop" instead of soda can fucking kill themselves. I hate that.
23 Apr 2005, 05:50 PM
MovingTarget

i call soda drinks 'soft drinks'
23 Apr 2005, 05:54 PM
Hubbitron

Do you call toilet paper 'bathroom tissue' as well?
23 Apr 2005, 06:16 PM
MovingTarget

no, bog roll actually
23 Apr 2005, 06:21 PM
AstroBlue

DIPTHONGS > YOUR ASS
23 Apr 2005, 08:28 PM
bbobb

80% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern

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