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What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

Your Linguistic Profile:

55% General American English

30% Yankee

10% Upper Midwestern

5% Dixie

0% Midwestern

—What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

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    • I had
      80% General American English
      10% Dixie
      5% Midwestern
      5% Upper Midwestern
      0% Yankee (which is good--cause I'm a Sox fan. lol)

      Hmmm..thats funny..I speak General American English 25% better than a man with a Ph.D. Interesting...

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