Just what kind of American English do I speak?

Your Linguistic Profile:

55% General American English

25% Dixie

15% Yankee

0% Midwestern

0% Upper Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

This was interesting to me because no one can ever guess where I'm from when they hear me speak. People have guessed everything from "Up North" (being from the South, that's pretty much the polite way of saying, "You're a Yankee, aren't ya?) and "Somewhere in the Midwest" (which doesn't bear out, according to this survey) to, more specifically, Ohio (which my Dad is from, so that's not so far fetched) and Utah (this one from a trucker from Utah). The most bizarre guess was, "Are you're parents from England?" No one ever guesses that I'm from a small town in North Florida where everyone talks country.
I think this survey was actually fairly accurate in its own limited way. Most of my vocabulary falls in the "general" range, so it makes it more difficult to place me. I did, however, grow up in the South and have never made a conscious effort to hide it, but I speak enough Yankee to throw people off. (Also, I refuse to refer to Sodas as Cokes, because I just may get a Coke and I detest any Cola flavor. It may seem odd to those not from the South, but this will quickly identify you as "not from around here.")

My Mexican Name

Your Mexican Name Is...

Doña Olademis

What's Your Mexican Name?

Stolen from Jonathan, who stole it from Todd, who stole it from Christopher

SUPPOSEDLY if you've seen over 70 movies, you have no life. Mark the ones you've seen. There are 189 movies on this list.

(x) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
( ) Boondock Saints
(x) The Mexican
(x) Fight Club
( ) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
(x) Blazing Saddles
(x) Airplane
Sub-Total: 8

(x) The Princess Bride
(x) Young Frankenstien
(x) AnchorMan: The Legend of Ron Burgandy
( ) Napoleon Dynamite
(x) Labyrinth
( ) Saw
( ) Saw II
( ) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
(x) Anger Management
(x) 50 First Dates
( ) Jason X
Sub-Total: 6

( ) Scream
( ) Scream 2
( ) Scream 3
( ) Scary Movie
( ) Scary Movie 2
( ) Scary Movie 3
(x) American Pie
(x) American Pie 2
( ) American Wedding
( ) American Pie: Band Camp
Sub-Total: 2

(x) Harry Potter
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
(x) Harry Potter 4
( ) Resident Evil I
( ) Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
(x) The Village
( ) Donnie Darko
(x) Lilo & Stitch
( ) Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch has a Glitch
Sub-Total: 7

(x) Finding Nemo
( ) Finding Neverland
(x) Signs
(x) The Grinch (Jim Carrey)
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) White Chicks
( ) Butterfly Effect
(x) Thirteen Going on 30
(x) I, Robot
Sub-Total: 5

( ) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
( ) Universal Soldier
(x) A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(x) Along Came Polly
(x) Deep Impact
(x) KingPin
(x) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
( ) Meet the Fockers
(x) Eight Crazy Nights
(x) Joe Dirt
Sub-Total: 8

( ) A Cinderella Story
( ) the Terminal
( ) the Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
(x) Dumb & Dumberer
( ) Final Destination
(x) Final Destination 2
( ) Final destination 3
( ) Halloween
( ) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
Sub-Total: 3

( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(x) Practical Magic
(x) Chicago
(x) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
(x) Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
( ) I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards
Sub-Total: 5

( ) The Day After Tomorrow
( ) Child's Play
( ) Bride of Chucky
(x) Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
( ) Gothika
(x) Nightmare on Elm Street
( ) Sixteen Candles
( ) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
(x) Bad Boys
Sub-Total: 3

( ) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
(x) Se7en
(x) Ocean's Eleven
(x) Ocean's Twelve
( ) Identity
( ) Lone Star
(x) Bedazzled
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
Sub-Total: 4

(x) Independence Day
( ) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
( ) Christine
(x) ET
( ) "there was a car uppon the road"Children of the Corn
(x) My Boss' daughter
(x) Maid in Manhattan
( ) Frailty
Sub-Total: 4

( ) Best Bet
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x) She's All That
( ) Calendar Girls
( ) Sideways
( ) Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon
(x) Ever After
(x) Forrest Gump
( ) Big Trouble in Little China
Sub-Total: 4

(x) X-Men
(x) X2
(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
(x) Sky High
(x) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
(x) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Others
(x) Freaky Friday
(x) Reign of Fire
(x) Cruel Intentions
(x) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) The Hot Chick
Sub-Total: 12

( ) Swimfan
( ) Miracle
(x) Old School
( ) The Notebook
( ) K-Pax
(x) Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(x) A Walk to Remember
( ) Boogeyman
Sub-Total: 5

(x) Hitch
(x) The Fifth Element
(x) Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menacehahah
(x) Star Wars Episode II Attack of The Clones
(x) Star Wars Episode III Revenge of The Sith
(x) Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope
(x) Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
(x) Star Wars Episode VI Return of The Jedi
( ) Troop Beverly Hills
( ) Swimming with Sharks
Sub-Total: 8

(x) Air Force One
(x) For Richer or Poorer
(x) Trainspotting
( ) People Under the Stairs......
( ) Blue Velvet
(x) Sound of Music
(x) Parent Trap
( ) Parent Trap Re-make
( ) The Birds
(x) The Terminator
(x) Terminator-2
(x) T-3
Sub-Total: 8

( ) Empire Records
( ) SLC Punk
(x) Meet Joe Black
( ) Nightmare Before Christmas
(x) The Silence of the Lambs
(x) Sleepy Hollow
( ) I Heart Huckabees
( ) 24 Hour Party People
( ) Blood In Blood Out
Sub-Total: 3

( ) Thirteen
( ) Manic
( ) American History X
(x) Deep Blue Sea
(x) George of the Jungle
( ) Canadian Bacon
( ) How High
( ) The Jackel
( ) My Little Ponys Grand Adventure
Sub-Total: 2

TOTAL: 98

Apparently, I have no life...but at least I'm not quite as bad as Jonathan.

My very own house

In about a week and a half, I will be closing on a house (if the appraisal comes in high enough). I am both excited and terrified! House payments, property taxes, homeowners insurance, mowing the lawn....all things I have to look forward to.
I don't own nearly enough furniture for the house, so I'll have to pick stuff up as I go. I don't own a lawn mower, so yet another purchase. (I have a full acre of maintained property, so I probably ought to get a riding lawn mower...)