Speak On It

So I took one of those "blogthings" tests entitled, "What Kind of American English Do You Speak?" My results broke down as follows:

50% General American English
35% Yankee
15% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

Now, obviously, I'm not really giving this for-fun test any real credence (nor do I really know what is meant by "General American English") but if you take the test for what it is, its funny how I feel this hits right on the head of how I "speak." I oscillate evenly between slang with the homies (and even those who dont understand = coworkers, random folks I encounter) and "proper" English, as they say, while also continually striving to improve my vernacular. That equates to 50% General American English. Then, when I head down South, I always get the "you from the East Coast/New York" and when I'm up North, I always get (like at the Popeyes on E. 45th Street) "you from Down South somewhere." Nah folks...I'm from smack dab in the middle, and people from the u-rea tend to straddle the (Mason-Dixon) line. It's still primarily a contingent of the East Coast but it definitely has influence from the South, which nicely equates for a 35%-15% split between "Yankee" and "Dixie." And sorry Midwesterners, unlike Gatorade, it just ain't in The Kid...


"We can go to the 'D' where Dwele dwell / D.C., P.G., or ATL" - The Messiah...oh my bad, I mean, Kanye West

But really, has there ever been a more appropriate lyric for this blog (individually and on the whole)