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US dialect quiz can predict where you are from with surprising accuracy

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Damn this quiz to hell!

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Mom wanted me to take this. Ever since I was a kid she and the rest of my family always made jokes about me sounding like a 'yankee' when we are all from the south.
This just gave them more ammunition! Where did I even pick up this strange accent?! D:

She's on the phone now talking with my uncle about this. ~___~;
 
DrForester said:
The hell...

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ok some of these questions were weird to me, but this one is funny to me since i live in florida and this happens all the fucking time

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family is from Chicago area, I was born in north Indiana along the Illinois border(so really a Chicago suburb) and lived there for 4 years, lived in California for 7 years when growing up, have lived in Florida for the past 10. this is pretty accurate
 
No map for me, I don't think it would've been too accurate anyways with the amount of least similar responses I had to my area.
 
Buddha Beam said:
Took it twice and it doesn't work for me. No map at the end. Even the share links don't do anything.

Fuck it.
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Same. It showed me maps after every question, but the end was this with a bunch of broken links. Refreshing the page reset the quiz:

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It didn't look very accurate for me, based on the individual questions. I'm from Iowa but it seemed to think I was either from the south or the east coast.
 
Technosteve said:
The fuvk mate? Are the beers chilled?
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That is an option, yes. Some places even sell frozen daiquiris and margaritas. You're not "supposed" to drink them until you "get home". They're relatively common in Texas and Louisiana, and I think a few places up north have them.

I'm surprised that there aren't lines of cops stationed right outside of the driveways of these places or at least 1/2 mile down, but then again, one time I went through one of these things in my much crazier youth, I saw a police cruiser in front of me and the occupants in the front seat (in uniform) were buying several fifths of vodka, bourbon, and tequila and a couple of tall boys "for the road".

Occasionally though, justice is served.
 
Fiction said:
Are you getting annoyed with the valley girl texan spanish navajo mess that is the New Mexican accent yet?
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I don't deal with it on a daily basis (I work and hang out mostly with transplants) so that one hasn't driven me crazy yet, but I have noticed it.

I'd say it's more the little things that collectively add up and annoy me. Chili, real chili being called Texas chili when they don't even call it that in Texas, not understanding the difference between Mexican food and New Mexican food, not understanding why you'd want something other than New Mexican food once you explain what Mexican food is, the mañana attitude in its entirety, everything closing early, everything being closed on Easter, nobody turning off "Open" signs when they're closed, Sunday alcohol restrictions, thinking that a 15 minute drive is "far", always going under the speed limit, not understanding that 15 minute drives are "far" maybe because they all go 5-10 MPH under the speed limit, incessant red light running, the desire to keep Albuquerque a rural cow town, lamenting a slow and not money flush economy and not understanding that might have something to do with wanting to keep Albuquerque a rural cow town...
 
The first time I took it, it gave me 3 cities in NY and NJ. The second time, it still gave me New York first and Newark second (not sure if order matters), but it finally got me into North Carolina with Winston-Salem third, which is 25 minutes away from where I grew up.
 
Hahaha, this thing didn't even come close for me. It listed Boston, San Jose, and Honolulu as the three most likely cities. Wrong. I was born in NY but grew up my entire life in Florida. It's funny because some people growing up would say I have a NY accent, but I figured the thing wouldn't guess where I'm from since both my parents are Jamaican. Thus, my dialect is filled with Jamaican/British colloquialism for things plus American/Florida ones.
 
Took the quiz but no map. I'm curious to see where it placed me though. I think soda and roly poly may have given me up. For some I had multiple answers ike roundabout and traffic circle, semi, semi truck, 18 wheeler, etc. I just went with whatever.
 
FLEABttn said:
I don't deal with it on a daily basis (I work and hang out mostly with transplants) so that one hasn't driven me crazy yet, but I have noticed it.

I'd say it's more the little things that collectively add up and annoy me. Chili, real chili being called Texas chili when they don't even call it that in Texas, not understanding the difference between Mexican food and New Mexican food, not understanding why you'd want something other than New Mexican food once you explain what Mexican food is, the mañana attitude in its entirety, everything closing early, everything being closed on Easter, nobody turning off "Open" signs when they're closed, Sunday alcohol restrictions, thinking that a 15 minute drive is "far", always going under the speed limit, not understanding that 15 minute drives are "far" maybe because they all go 5-10 MPH under the speed limit, incessant red light running, the desire to keep Albuquerque a rural cow town, lamenting a slow and not money flush economy and not understanding that might have something to do with wanting to keep Albuquerque a rural cow town...
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The Berque is a whole different ball game from the rest of the state. I know where I am from, people would rather drive to Lubbock than the Berque for an airport. Santa Fe is nice of the bigger towns? I don't envy you having to live in the worst town :p

I miss New Mexican food though. Hell, I miss actual freakin' chicken fried steak. You can't find it where I am now. (It's all pre-frozen bread crumb patties, not an actual steak covered in crispy breading)

I do find it hilarious though when I am talking with someone from back home/thinking of home how quickly my accent reverts, and I STILL can't shake using 'like' a lot :(
 
No map here but the only question they needed was pop. I can't leave this part of the country and say that without someone looking at me funny.
 
Kentucky and Washington DC.

I live in West Virginia.

Divus said:
No map here but the only question they needed was pop. I can't leave this part of the country and say that without someone looking at me funny.
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Same. Funny enough, I can say soda, pop, etc around here and no one gives funny looks.
 
Got my map by taking the URL from Firefox into Chrome.

Pretty good results, that. I lived in Buffalo NY until around 7th grade, and that was one of my dots. Lived in the Chicagoland area most of the time since, had Aurora IL as one of my other dots, pretty close. Pretty high parity with Grand Rapids too, though I've never been.
 
Just took again and again no map. I will point out more issues though. One question is cheating outright. What do you call a liquor store with a drive through? One of the answers is I don't know but they have them here. Lol really?

Also I never use the word freeway but there's a question that assumes they're everywhere.

A garage sale and a yard sale are different things.
 
Rei no Otaku said:
It knew I was from Rhode Island which isn't surprising. It really only takes like two questions to figure that out.

"What do you call something you drink water from?" and "Do you pronounce Mary, merry, and marry differently?"

I think we're the only place that calls it a bubbler and thinks that all three of those words sound completely different.
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This post breaks my brain.
 
Rei no Otaku said:
It knew I was from Rhode Island which isn't surprising. It really only takes like two questions to figure that out.

"What do you call something you drink water from?" and "Do you pronounce Mary, merry, and marry differently?"

I think we're the only place that calls it a bubbler and thinks that all three of those words sound completely different.
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There are places in Wisconsin that call water fountains "bubblers", although I've never heard it.
 
Gave me Detroit, Toledo, and Grand Rapids. Considering I am from mid-Michigan, I would say that is pretty damn accurate. Seems like it could tell that from only one question though (what do you call the night before Halloween?).
 
Codeblue said:
I need someone to pronounce Marry, Merry, and Mary and upload it to soundcloud.
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Pronounce Barry. If you pronouce it like berry, something is wrong. Same is true with marry and merry. I realize when speaking quickly it gets muddled, but it's kind of like library. You know immediately someone is dumb if they say libary without the r. Same if someone actually said strawbarry. Mary (virgin) is the same as marry, but Marie (Osmond) is completely different.
 
My three most likely cities were San Jose (where I live now) and Oakland and LA.

Maryland, where I'm originally from, is quite dark, though.

My area were basically all of CA and the North East Coast.
 
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