Jeremy Freese, 1985
Your Linguistic Profile: |
70% General American English |
15% Upper Midwestern |
10% Yankee |
5% Midwestern |
0% Dixie |
Jeremy Freese, 2005
Your Linguistic Profile: |
70% General American English |
20% Yankee |
10% Dixie |
0% Midwestern |
0% Upper Midwestern |
5 comments:
what were the key words that changed you from a midwestern boy to a yankee son with a dixie twist?
The key changes:
1. Adding "cruller" to my vocabulary.
2. Saying "soda" instead of "pop".
3. Sometimes saying "caramel" with three syllables.
4. Adding "y'all" to my vocabulary.
I was going to write a scathing critique of how you haven't left the midwest, so why would have changed, but then I carefully read the title of the post. Tricky, tricky man.
I can only hope that exposure to my dulcet drawl helped you redress the shocking lack of a second person plural in standard English, as far as your personal speaking habits go.
Now you need to learn:
"D'jeet yet?"
"Naw."
"Y'awnt to?"
"Ai'ght."
i didn't realize that site was around in 1985. ;)
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