Wow! Look at this:
Your Linguistic Profile: |
| 55% General American English |
| 35% Yankee |
| 10% Upper Midwestern |
| 0% Dixie |
| 0% Midwestern |
Two years ago I took this same blogthing language test and was 65% General American English, 25% Yankee, and 10% Upper Midwestern. Apparently my Upper Midwestern father-tongue hasn't changed at all, but my percent "Yankee" has increased while living in the South.
Perhaps this emphasizing my northeasternness is my way of dealing with culture shock. I've now been living and working in the South, after college, for about two years, which is about when culture shock is supposed to hit the hardest. I know it's not a different country, but there are significant differences between southern and yankee culture.
However, since I live here, my calling isn't to dwell on the differences or think of what I grew up with as somehow better. Rather, the Lord calls me to love the people with whom I work, worship, and interact, because He's calling people from every culture to himself, and the variety of cultures is yet another way in which the incredible glory and fame of the Lord is shown in the world.
Praise the Lord for our differences, and for what we have in common! He is Lord over all, and has loved us and given his life for us. "O, for a thousand tongues to sing... the triumphs of his name." Or as I remind the younger kids Wednesday nights when we're singing, "Hallelujah" is Hebrew for the command, "Y'all praise the Lord!"
Posted by swanson at februari 25, 2006 10:00 EM | TrackBack