Linguistic Profiling via hipteacher reminds me of a Swiss friend who asked me “What are your percentages?” She said all americans have percentages: 25% Brittish, 8% Scottish…
What Kind of American English Do You Speak? tells me that I’m
Your Linguistic Profile: |
| 45% General American English |
| 35% Yankee |
| 10% Dixie |
| 10% Upper Midwestern |
| 0% Midwestern |
I don’t know where the Dixie comes from but I’m not surprised my language shows my Yankee roots and I wonder if that upper mid-western comes from the folks who migrated to Boston from Chicago after the great fire.