My Linguistic Profile: 45% General American English 30% Yankee 20% Dixie 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern
...which isn't bad I think, but I didn't agree with some of the answers anyway. I call the 4-wheeled contraption used for shopping a 'shopping trolley', shoes for working out are called 'trainers', and rain while the sun is shining is called erm, 'rain'... Weird English-speaking Englishwoman...
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My Linguistic Profile:
45% General American English
30% Yankee
20% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern
...which isn't bad I think, but I didn't agree with some of the answers anyway. I call the 4-wheeled contraption used for shopping a 'shopping trolley', shoes for working out are called 'trainers', and rain while the sun is shining is called erm, 'rain'... Weird English-speaking Englishwoman...
70% General American English
15% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern
How is it that I can be less Midwestern and more Yankee than you, especially when I've spent a lot more time in the Midwest?
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