turning your orbit around

or... the utter enormity of the task

5.27.2005

60% General American English

15% Yankee

10% Dixie

10% Upper Midwestern

5% Midwestern

At 1:34 PM, Anonymous said...: Dave, this is mine!

80% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
5% Yankee
0% Dixie
0% Midwestern

--Craig
At 7:14 PM, Anonymous said...: Dave, do the are you normal test!
At 2:16 PM, Steamboat Lion said...: This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
At 2:18 PM, Steamboat Lion said...: This is mine:

45% General American English
35% Yankee
20% Dixie
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern

It just goes to demonstrate how survey results can be constrained by the survey design. For example, I selected "shopping cart" because there was no "shopping trolley" option.

A properly designed survey would have had the following result for me:

5% General American English
95% Australian English
At 12:18 PM, Anonymous said...: 70% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
5% Dixie
5% Midwestern
5% Yankee

This is mine. I would really like to know jaimelita's percentages.