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I found this quiz over at it's probably me. It's pretty darn accurate for me, except for the missed 20% or so of AAVE that I've acquired from my kids and faux-hip-hop, MTV culture. (Let's assume that it's not included in the "dixie" catagory.) But I'm an English teacher, not a math teacher, so I'm ok with the inconsistencies of claiming to be 120% linguistic.
Your Linguistic Profile: |
| 70% General American English |
| 20% Dixie |
| 10% Yankee |
| 0% Midwestern |
| 0% Upper Midwestern |
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Great little quiz going to have to take it and see what I get now!
Posted by:Ashley Bowers | 22.12.2005 at 08:53 AM
Hey, how was Year 2? Even just a summary post for your old fans?
: )
Posted by:Jeremy | 22.06.2006 at 12:43 PM