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

by speters (1787) on 2005.04.19 9:16 (#39811) Homepage Journal
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).
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