Why I am not replying to comments on the "Linguistic Profile" post
I recently learned my family members and Laura are disappointed that I am not commenting on their linguistic profiles. I am sorry to disappoint, but I just don't have much to say about it!
I doubt this little quiz was accurate enough to have any scientific bearing at all. I don't know anything about linguistics, so I have no clue how I would go about analyzing differences among my family members. I'm not surprised Laura has a high "General American English" score--she's Portugese. How would she know little bits of slang like "sunshower"?
If I just had to guess, here's what I would say. Adam grew up entirely in the South. It should come as no surprise he has a robust Dixie vocabulary compared to the rest of us. I learned to talk in the North, lived a long time in the South, but have spent the last year in the North. I imagine it's not difficult to adapt to minor changes in pronunciation and to incorporate new slang. My mom grew up mostly in Baltimore and Ohio. She has spent the last 20 years in the South. She's incorporated quite a bit of the Dixie vocabulary but has held onto some of her earlier regional traits.
But that's my uneducated guess. I don't want to be saying things that are blatantly false and start pushing one of my good friend's buttons!
I doubt this little quiz was accurate enough to have any scientific bearing at all. I don't know anything about linguistics, so I have no clue how I would go about analyzing differences among my family members. I'm not surprised Laura has a high "General American English" score--she's Portugese. How would she know little bits of slang like "sunshower"?
If I just had to guess, here's what I would say. Adam grew up entirely in the South. It should come as no surprise he has a robust Dixie vocabulary compared to the rest of us. I learned to talk in the North, lived a long time in the South, but have spent the last year in the North. I imagine it's not difficult to adapt to minor changes in pronunciation and to incorporate new slang. My mom grew up mostly in Baltimore and Ohio. She has spent the last 20 years in the South. She's incorporated quite a bit of the Dixie vocabulary but has held onto some of her earlier regional traits.
But that's my uneducated guess. I don't want to be saying things that are blatantly false and start pushing one of my good friend's buttons!
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