Forest of the Plains

Scarlett has a post about a survey: What Kind of American English Do You Speak?. Yeah, I know it’s a silly quiz, but aren’t they fun?

I remember a unit during High School English about speech patterns. My teacher said that the most easily understood American English dialect was Midwestern, because it was a mixture of other things. Many national newscasters are actually from the Midwest. Having lived in Indiana for 23.5 years, Kansas for 2.5 years, and Georgia for 2 years, I would assume that I speak Midwestern. Apparently, I have no Midwestern in my speech at all!

One of the questions on the test was “Do you use the word cruller?” If anyone actually knows what a cruller is, please let me know! :-)

My Linguistic Profile:
85% General American English
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Upper Midwestern