Ya'll come back now...ya hear?

It's funny....working on base, I meet people who not only come from all over the world - but who have travelled all over the world as well. And sometimes, people who are born and bred here in New England often sound like they're from the South or Midwest, depending upon how much time they spent stationed some place. Of course - us Massachusetts types - have accents that vary from city to city. But quite often the topic of conversation that floats around the office is about the pronounciations we have here in Massachusetts of many things - most especially our towns. But of course there's always the usuals: we call soft drinks tonic, prounounce aunt as "ah-nt" as opposed to calling them the insect, the state of Florida is "Floh-rida" as opposed to "Flooorida". You get the picture.

I've always been the type of person that if I spend too much time in a place, I pick up the accent pretty easily. A few years back, I was vacationing in Virginia Beach practically every other weekend, and sure enough I had a teensy bit of a drawl. Imagine if I spent any time in England? I'd be asking if you'd "care for a spot of tea" when you came to visit me. Must be that bit of theatrics I've got in me....

Your Linguistic Profile:

45% Yankee

30% General American English

10% Dixie

10% Upper Midwestern

0% Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?