What English are we teaching?
Ok, quiz time everyone. Can anyone guess which of us is #1 and which is #2?
1.
| 70% General American English |
| 10% Yankee |
| 5% Southern |
| 5% Midwestern |
| 5% Upper Midwestern |
2.
| 50% General American English |
| 20% Yankee |
| 15% Southern |
| 5% Midwestern |
| 5% Upper Midwestern |
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
6 comments:
I think Dave is #2 and Desiree is #1. But I think it's only because of the Canadian-South Carolina Mix that gives Dave more Yankee and Dixie influence than Des.
(I took their test and ended up with 5% Dixie and 0% Yankee. Now ya'll figure that one out! By Yankee do you think they mean the New England states?)
Love,
Mom W
Interesting. I'm 60% general English, 20% Yankee (good!), 10% Upper Midwestern, 5% Dixie, and 0% Midwestern. I wonder what happened to the other 5%?
Des, I also wanted to let you know that I am using your parodies of William Carlos Williams from your blog in my Writing class today. They are going to be writing parodies. :-)
Well, Mom, good work on the quiz. And yes, I think you're right about the SC and Canadian influences. Dave thinks that quizzes like that are silly because the questions are so limited. But they are kind of fun. : )
I agree with you Des. It was fun to take. But your Dad would agree with Dave. I couldn't get him to see the sense in taking the quizz so we will never know how he measures up.
Love,
Mom W
you do what now??? i had no idea you're in china!! awesome man!
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