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US dialect quiz can predict where you are from with surprising accuracy
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GraveHorizon
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I'm from Albany, Oregon.
Some of my answers made the whole map blue. The traffic jam question seemed like a trick, because
is what we call the onlookers of any such event, not the cause of any specific event itself. I've never even heard of such a thing.
I wonder why that is, GAF.
Some of my answers made the whole map blue. The traffic jam question seemed like a trick, because
looky-loo
I wonder why that is, GAF.
I'm from the Philippines (grew up in the South particularly, we have our own dialect/language from the official language)
My top spots were New York, Oklahoma, and Irving.
It's kind of strange that my map is showing that my dialect is not similar at all with Los Angeles, considering most of my cousins in the father side are residents/were born there. New York is right on the money though (spent a semester as an exchange student there).
Oklahoma and Irving were big surprises, though.
My top spots were New York, Oklahoma, and Irving.
It's kind of strange that my map is showing that my dialect is not similar at all with Los Angeles, considering most of my cousins in the father side are residents/were born there. New York is right on the money though (spent a semester as an exchange student there).
Oklahoma and Irving were big surprises, though.
DTLIONS1013
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I'm from Ohio, got Arizona/California
Azure Dream
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It nailed me. Okay, I'm a tiny bit southwest of where it centered it, but very close.
I was reading some of these out at a party and most people all had the same answer. In particular when I asked what you call a drive-through liquor store, the entire party answered "daiquiri shop" in unison, but it's not an option. And some of the choices had people confused as hell, like "kitty wampus."
FalconSabre
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For me it said Jackson, Mississippi and both Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama. I'm from South Carolina so not too far off. Last time I did one of these on another site it had me picked for Georgia, so this one wasn't as close as before.
Evolution_1ne
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Newark / Patterson, right on the fucking money
I'm shocked
the key was mischief night, I only put that becasue they didn't have mystery night
I'm shocked
the key was mischief night, I only put that becasue they didn't have mystery night
grandjedi6
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It fucking nailed me. What a terrifying quiz.
jaythagamer
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I got San Francisco, Honolulu and New York
they're pretty far apart from eachother
I'm european btw
I'm least similar to Pittsburgh, Louisville and Shreveport
they're pretty far apart from eachother
I'm european btw
I'm least similar to Pittsburgh, Louisville and Shreveport
HolyBaikal
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Well, they managed to get that I'm from the South and the Southeast.
I had no idea that the way we say lawyer is dialect oriented. I thought everyone said lawyer how we southerners did.
I had no idea that the way we say lawyer is dialect oriented. I thought everyone said lawyer how we southerners did.
ErasureAcer
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Nailed mine too. Twin Cities. Had TC, Madison, Grand Rapids-Michigan.
Least similar: Jackson-Mississippi, Birmingham and Philly.
Least similar: Jackson-Mississippi, Birmingham and Philly.
reggieandTFE
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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American
Using the generic American accent that is commonly found in the Midwest and that is most commonly used in radio, TV and film, they all sound the same.
If you look at the lawyer map, it doesn't match "southerners." I'm from Louisiana and I pronounce lawyer like boy; not like flaw. Everybody I know pronounces it that way, and people who don't would sound a bit out of place here. I would consider Louisiana, Texas and Florida to be southern states, but the map says we pronounce it like 'boy' in those states.
bucknuticus
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This thing has a hard time with Ohio, all my friends ive had taken havent gotten ohio. Get like Omaha/Wichita.
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I'm from the U.K. and have Received Pronunciation, and it identifies me as New York, Yonkers, or New Jersey. This immediately brought forth a rather pressing question:
what the fuck is Yonkers?
EDIT: Judging by this thread, it seems that New York, Yonkers and New Jersey are generally the closest to Received Pronunciation - quite a few English folks in here getting the same answers.
what the fuck is Yonkers?
EDIT: Judging by this thread, it seems that New York, Yonkers and New Jersey are generally the closest to Received Pronunciation - quite a few English folks in here getting the same answers.
I'd never heard of it until this page of this thread. What a crazy name for a place.
Liferebooted
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Here is mine. It's completely wrong though, I'm from Cleveland Ohio and talk the same as anyone else around there..
Pretty interesting, it pegged me right in NYC correctly, but a lot of of the questions were about things I never knew existed (drive through liquor stores/beer barns, wow.)
Oh, and Yonkers is a city that's sorta a suburb of NYC. It has an interesting accent. Bella in the play Lost in Yonkers is pretty much the best example of the accent I can think of in fiction. Or for a little more over exaggerated: Marisa Tomei's character in My Cousin Vinny.
Oh, and Yonkers is a city that's sorta a suburb of NYC. It has an interesting accent. Bella in the play Lost in Yonkers is pretty much the best example of the accent I can think of in fiction. Or for a little more over exaggerated: Marisa Tomei's character in My Cousin Vinny.
cr_blah_blah
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I felt the same about using "access road" which is apparently San Antonio specific. Considering how relatively close Houston and San Antonio are it's weird how we refer to it differently.
the midwest sucks, why would anyone want to sound like they were from there.
SuperSonic1305
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I'm from Toronto and got Boston, Long Beach, and Spokane.
What does this mean?!
What does this mean?!
ZedIndyLil
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Damn, I wasn't a believer. I grew up in Milwaukee, but my parents were from Jersey and I thought I absorbed a lot of their speech patterns. But holy shit, it pegged Milwaukee! (as well as Jackson, Miss, which we'll let slide...)
BaltimoreLarry
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Most Common Cities: Baltimore, Washington DC, Newark/Paterson
I was afraid living in Northern California for the last 9 years might have an effect on me, but as I keep telling everyone out here, it's "Highway" not "Freeway".
I was afraid living in Northern California for the last 9 years might have an effect on me, but as I keep telling everyone out here, it's "Highway" not "Freeway".
Hasphat'sAnts
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Wow. Went to college in Durham, NC. Gave me Durham and Yonkers, NY.
Pretty amazing.
Pretty amazing.
That one seems bad to me. It says I have a neutral accent that's "just plain -American-" and I'm probably from somewhere between Kansas and Pennsylvania. I'm from Louisiana.
Also if you look at the comments, there aren't that many different results and most people seem dissatisfied with their answer.
Fairly accurate for me. Area is correct but cities are a bit off. I'm from San Francisco (not quite San Jose), and spent most of my american like in Laguna Niguel Orange County (definitely not Corona!)
But I grew up in Saudi Arabia and my Parents are from New York (makes sense I've got red in that state!)...who transplanted first to Florida and then to San Francisco.
But I grew up in Saudi Arabia and my Parents are from New York (makes sense I've got red in that state!)...who transplanted first to Florida and then to San Francisco.
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