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Diode
12-23-2013, 01:09 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?r=82224440180201000802008001004004j211018 00020000400

Map takes awhile to load after quiz since they're being hammered. Just give it a minute.

Even though I have adopted y'all, parking on any grassy area next to a sidewalk, and know what a service road is and use 'em frequently.. they still nailed my home dialect.

Bastards.

Split
12-23-2013, 01:18 PM
Boston, Newark, Worcester

i guess im the only person in the USA that pronounces Aunt like the a in 'palm' in general, and like ant when im talking bout a specific aunt

Diode
12-23-2013, 01:23 PM
Boston, Newark, Worcester

i guess im the only person in the USA that pronounces Aunt like the a in 'palm' in general, and like ant when im talking bout a specific aunt

nah. that's a new england thing.

Certain
12-23-2013, 01:27 PM
Jesus, this thing is ridiculously accurate. I got New York, Philadelphia and Washington, the three places I've lived (or, in Philadelphia's case, lived near) other than 15 months in Des Moines.

Boredom
12-23-2013, 01:30 PM
seattle/tacoma

makes sense considering closest to canada i guess?

...the Nagger
12-23-2013, 01:33 PM
tallahassee, jacksonville, va beach

PancakeBrah
12-23-2013, 01:34 PM
Did not work well for me gents.

Suck it, New York Times

Certain
12-23-2013, 01:34 PM
Apparently "sneakers" is extremely regional. But I've never heard anyone try to correct me on it.

Swerve
12-23-2013, 01:40 PM
Fremont, Newark and OKC. OKC is near the state I was born in, Newark is near the state I was raised in.

Fremont is based on my answer of firefly, so I think that's out the window.

Certain
12-23-2013, 01:41 PM
seattle/tacoma

makes sense considering closest to canada i guess?

What do you mean, "I guess"? You're from Vancouver. Canada wasn't included. What answer did you expect?

dead man
12-23-2013, 01:44 PM
chicago/aurora/rockford

put on your gym shoes bitch

Certain
12-23-2013, 01:44 PM
Fremont, Newark and OKC. OKC is near the state I was born in, Newark is near the state I was raised in.

Fremont is based on my answer of firefly, so I think that's out the window.

http://i.imgur.com/M4SeDUI.jpg

Rawn MD
12-23-2013, 05:09 PM
nailed it

ft lauderdale/ yonkers/ newark

Orc
12-23-2013, 07:11 PM
i got honolulu

uh-oh
12-23-2013, 07:22 PM
wichita - semi (instead of tractor trailer or 18 wheeler. all of which can be used by me but semi seemed right.)

nashville - lightning bugs (i've never heard anyone call them anything different. i've heard firefly, but from movies and shit. they're lightning bugs in real life lol)

tallahassee - yall

that one sorta makes sense cuz i was a kid in tampa florida

but nah. ya'll is universal

the only one close is tallahassee

im a filthy redneck hillbilly. its confirmed by this terrible quiz that was nowhere near my ACCENT

uh-oh
12-23-2013, 07:25 PM
the ones i'm least similair too

is providence, PHILLY, and jersey city