I Beg to Differ
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:37 pm
I think this test focuses too much on a few specific vocabulary words - and very little on gramatical differences between the way people talk in the North and the South. As a result, someone who acquired zir basic speech from the North, but has learned many specific vocabulary words from the South would register as "dixie".
Of course -- it may be unrealistic to expect more from a multiple-choice Internet test -- but that only means that a multiple-choice Internet test can't really tell whether someone is from the North or the South.
Of course -- it may be unrealistic to expect more from a multiple-choice Internet test -- but that only means that a multiple-choice Internet test can't really tell whether someone is from the North or the South.