"Yankee or Dixie?"
This 20-point quiz tells you, we're told, how your habits of speech fit into the American English dialects. I come out as having a very slight Dixie accent - which is very odd for a man who grew up in Minnesota.
Just the same, it's fun. And, apparently, has some fairly solid research behind it.
A little background:
"American English Dialects - A Quiz"
Virtual Scratchpad (April 14, 2008)
This blog post links to the quiz - and has a little extra information.
"American English -- The Yankee - Dixie quiz" (BlogCatalog discussion thread (started April 16, 2008))
This is where I found out about that pair of pages. Here's a quote from the start of the thread:
"Speakers of American English tend to use certain words and phrases that are characteristic of the region where they grew up or have lived for a long time. Someone developed a nifty little 20-item quiz that claims to assess regional American dialects. It's called the Yankee-Dixie quiz."
Hi Brian
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link.
Judging from the responses on that BC thread, looks like people thought the quiz was fun.
Bobbie
BNS,
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure!
As far as the quiz goes, I thought it was fun - on several levels. I'm glad to see that was a general reaction.