My family is solid New England, and I grew up here except for a couple of years in Michigan, back when I would have been going to kindergarten if they had kindergarten in our little town there.
I remember being laughed at by little Michiganders for my New England accent, and then being laughed at by little New Hampshirites for the Michiganisms I’d worked hard to master.
So I was intrigued when Rebecca Blood linked to an American dialect quiz–and here’s what I scored, how about you?
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Your Linguistic Profile: |
| 45% Yankee |
| 35% General American English |
| 10% Upper Midwestern |
| 5% Dixie |
| 0% Midwestern |