What Kind of American-English do you speak?

[honeychile]

Originally posted by FirstAndFinest
I don't recognize "saving"- can you use it in a sentence? I know "fixin" and "might could" (sometimes I actually will use that one!! hee hee! ) but not "saving"...

I have tried for years to break myself from saying "Cut the lights", but I haven't heard the "saving" one. In fact, I don't remember it - do you think there are different quizzes?

[bluz4]

Your Linguistic Profile:
55% General American English
30% Yankee
15% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern


i don't know how i got dixie either.... and that's pronounced Ee-ther, not Eye-ther... hehehe

[roqueemae]

Originally posted by honeychile
I have tried for years to break myself from saying "Cut the lights", but I haven't heard the "saving" one. In fact, I don't remember it - do you think there are different quizzes?

I don't know where it came from. I had to ask what they meant the first time told me to save the dishes. (Are they dying? What the hell?)

[FirstAndFinest]

Originally posted by roqueemae
I don't know where it came from. I had to ask what they meant the first time told me to save the dishes. (Are they dying? What the hell?)

hehehe! "Saving" - I never heard it, either (I pronounce that both EYE-ther and EE-ther - depends on which way the wind is blowing...)

[GMUBunny]

I believe "save" is used kind of like "except for." It was used a lot in a book I read (which doesn't narrow it down a whole lot). For some reason "To Kill a Mockingbird" comes to mind, but I could be wrong...

[honeychile]

Originally posted by GMUBunny
I believe "save" is used kind of like "except for." It was used a lot in a book I read (which doesn't narrow it down a whole lot). For some reason "To Kill a Mockingbird" comes to mind, but I could be wrong...

Now, that, I've heard of - such as, "I've done all the housework save the laundry." Think that's it?

[roqueemae]

Nope, it was when I worked at The Gap.
"Roquee, you need to save these clothes."
People use it around here in that way all of the time. I have to stop and think everytime I hear it.

[AOII*Azra-elle]

35% General American English
35% Yankee
25% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern


hmmm...that would explain ALOT! But more yankee than dixie...my sisters might hurt me....

[xo_kathy]

60% General American English
20% Upper Midwestern
15% Yankee
5% Midwestern
0% Dixie

Ahh, too many years in NY has the Yankee beating out the Midwestern. But the Upper Midwestern is still there!

[SapphireSphinx9]

75% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
10% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Yankee


where's the "californian" percentage?? LIKE TOTALLY! haha!

[SOPi_Jawbreaker]

Your Linguistic Profile:
55% General American English
30% Yankee
15% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

Where did the 15% Dixie come from?

[ADPiAkron]

Your Linguistic Profile:
70% General American English
15% Dixie
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Midwestern
0% Yankee


I am wondering where the Dixie comes from also! I did say that I use ya'll-- but what else?!

I know I am a complete midwestern girl!! (Other than the ya'll that I picked up from Southerners--including Southern Ohioans over the years!)