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I had a mom who was a stickler for grammar. All through my childhood and well into my adulthood she would correct my speech if I slipped even a bit. "Don't end a sentence with a preposition." "That's a double negative." "That's lay down, not lie down." (Or is it lie down, not lay down? I don't remember). Yep, oops, yes, this got old very quickly, and I admit I put a stop to it later on in my life. But I have to say that it really did teach me a lot of correct speaking, and today I value what was drilled into me. The irony of this for me is that my mother was southern born and raised (the south has sort of been looked upon as linguistically inferior to the north), and she never went to college. But she was educated, nonetheless, and, by golly, (notice all the commas, I hope I got them all correct, darn it, correctly) she was going to make sure her kids got it right.

I came across this test on the web, and having taken it, I was intrigued by the results. I can definitely see some Kentucky influence in the 20%, and the 5% midwestern is from my dad. By the way, General American English really means Californian. We speak it right out here in the Golden State!

Have a great day.

Your Linguistic Profile:

55% General American English 20% Dixie 10% Yankee 5% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?