This is interesting – I took a grammar/usage test that I saw over on Maya’s blog, and I noticed as I went through it that there were several things that I say differently after 20 years out West, vs. when I was a kid growin’ up in Iowa, towit:
Kid in Iowa:
Your Linguistic Profile: |
| 75% General American English |
| 15% Upper Midwestern |
| 10% Midwestern |
| 0% Dixie |
| 0% Yankee |
Now:
Your Linguistic Profile: |
| 65% General American English |
| 20% Yankee |
| 10% Upper Midwestern |
| 5% Dixie |
| 0% Midwestern |
I should also mention that there were some questions in this test that didn’t have an accurate answer for me, like I tend to say “Gym shoes” now vs. the “Tennis Shoes” that I grew up with or the “Sneakers” that they provided as the only other option.