Monday, August 15, 2005
Yankee Indeed.
Your Linguistic Profile: |
50% Yankee |
30% General American English |
10% Upper Midwestern |
5% Dixie |
0% Midwestern |
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
Found this on the Chicknits blog and had to do it. I'm not surprized by the results.
Given that:
Given that:
- One side of the family got to America in 1636
- When the 2000 census asked for ethic identity I put in "New England Yankee"
- When my mother was briefly considering joining the DAR, the question was which line of ancestry to use to fill in the application
- Try as I might, I do find myself following the 6-month rule of social groups and interaction. Yankees just don't bond sooner.
