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• Re: What American dialects do you draw upon? (Score:1)

  by Mr. Muskrat (4572)

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

  Not bad considering that I lived in Texas, Mississippi, Florida, Colorado and California... all before I started grade school. I've also lived in Arkansas, Alabama, and Kansas. Most of my life was spent in Texas though.

  I blame the 10% Yankee on my dad. ;-)
• Re: What American dialects do you draw upon? (Score:1)

  by speters (1787)

  60% General American English, 20% Upper Midwestern, 10% Dixie, 5% Midwestern, 5% Yankee.

  There are a few questions that can determine a Wisconsinite rather than a Upper Midwesterner.

  • What do you drink from? Bubbler.
  • What does the word route rhyme with? This depends on context and how close you live near the Illinois border (highways in Illinois are all routes, rhyming with boot).
• Grew up in Nashville, live in Boston (Score:1)

  by kag (4257)

  45% General American English, 25% Dixie, 20% Yankee, 5% Midwestern, 5% Upper Midwestern.
  • Re:Grew up in Nashville, live in Boston (Score:2)

    by lachoy (1663)

    "25% Dixie, 20% Yankee" - You're a war between the states all-in-one!

    Er, sorry, "War of Northern Agression"...
    • Re:Grew up in Nashville, live in Boston (Score:1)

      by kag (4257)

      "The recent unpleasantness"
      
    • Re:Grew up in Nashville, live in Boston (Score:1)

      by pudge (1)

      I am similar: 55% general American, 30% Yankee, 15% Dixie. My mom's family came from Arkansas, my parents grew up in PA, and I grew up in MA.