What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

[exstatic]

I kinda knew this was coming, growing up an AF brat:

35% General American English
25% Dixie
20% Yankee
15% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern

[samikeyp]

Does anyone else call shopping carts "baskets"?

I do.

[desflood]

75% General American English
10% Upper Midwest
10% Yankee
5% Dixie

[Useruser666]

I knew a guy from Maine that called rubber bands "elastics" and car brakes "binders".

Can you hand me an elastic for the newspaper?

I had to slam on the binders to stop my car.

WEIRD

[tlongII]

70% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
10% Dixie
5% Midwestern
0% Yankee

[whottt]

Your Linguistic Profile:
55% General American English
25% Dixie
20% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[Mark in Austin]

Your Linguistic Profile:
80% General American English
15% Dixie
5% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

[tekdragon]

Your Linguistic Profile:
70% General American English
15% Dixie
15% Yankee

[ALVAREZ6]

55% General American English
30% Yankee
10% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

[ALVAREZ6]

Man, I hate when people call soda "pop". Pop is what happens to a balloon, not what you drink.

yeah so do I, my friend says "pop" all the time...he used to live in Oklahoma and also near Chicago...

[nickbroken]

Your Linguistic Profile:
90% bad english
10% english

[SequSpur]

80% English
20% Profanity

[cherylsteele]

65% general

20% yankee

15% dixie

[T Park]

Your Linguistic Profile:
70% General American English
15% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern

thats mine.

Weird.


USER,

The only time ive heard the term binders, is at indy car races, drivers getting on the binders behind another guy.


That is weird.

[Brodels]

I knew a guy from Maine that called rubber bands "elastics" and car brakes "binders".

Can you hand me an elastic for the newspaper?

I had to slam on the binders to stop my car.

WEIRD

That's kind of the norm around here. I didn't know what a 'rubber band' was until I went away to college. They've always been elastics to me.

I dunno about 'binders' though.

I know a lot of people from away don't understand the term 'dooryard.' Does anyone use that?

[manustarting2gd]

55% General American English
25% Yankee
15% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

Eh,Whatever's stupid! I can't beliefs all this pinche jale about mi ingles.. I have a pain in my ches' and I can't breaf.

[mookie2001]

60% General American English
30% Dixie
10% Yankee

i never want to be yankee
like my brother...
i never want to be like him...
ever...








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