I’m still a Yankee at heart

May 23rd, 2006 | Jeff Boulter | General

They’re missing a few things like Bubbler instead of water fountain and jimmies, but it seems pretty good otherwise. I wonder where that dixie comes from?

There should also be a California test which asks you if you call it “5″, “I-5″ or “The 5″.

My Linguistic Profile:

55% General American English
25% Yankee
10% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
0% Midwestern



3 Responses to “I’m still a Yankee at heart”

  1. Glen Says:
    May 23rd, 2006 at 9:08 pm

    You’ve obviously been around me and Brian too long.

  2. Marc Abramowitz » Still a yankee Says:
    May 23rd, 2006 at 9:48 pm

    [...] After seeing this on Jeff’s blog, I decided to take the test myself and got pretty similar results, which I guess is not too surprising since Jeff is originally from New Hampshire and I’m originally from New York and we both now live in the Silicon Valley of California. [...]

  3. padgett Says:
    May 24th, 2006 at 12:12 pm

    My wife also complained about the lack of “bubbler” as an option on water fountains. But she also scored 40% Yankee, so perhaps that’s not too surprising.

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