Dialect quiz

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html

Pegged me perfectly living in Chicago. I guess I type with a Chicago accent 

 

 

very cool.

got me as Philly w/ Yonkers/Newark possibility.

i like how they tell you 3 distinctive answers. (for me: hoagie, mischief night, sneakers)

It's: Yous guys

That was really really cool! Got me perfectly in the Baltimore/DC area, also threw in Richmond but that's pretty far away from me. My distinct answers were pronouncing "cot" and "caught" differently and calling a sale of unwanted junk a yardsale.

 

It looks like they don't ask the same questions (I never got asked any questions that would have a possible answer of "sneakers").

It had me at Arlington, Ft. Worth and/or Shreveport, pretty d**n close.

Got me as OKC, Lil Rock, Shreveport so pretty close

Strong south Louisiana through the SEC states and into Virginia.

 

I grew up  in New Orleans and live in Richmond, VA, the Capital of the Confederacy.

 

Interesting test. I did notice some specific jargon for specific parts of the country.

Had me in my original home area, Michigan.  Some 50 years ago I lived in Kentucky for 2 years and acquired some of the local colloquialisms.  Once I got back into an urban setting my vocabulary and accent returned.

I cannot read the article unless I subscribe to their online edition.  I've reached my ten article monthly limit.

 

Alas, I shall miss out.

Wow pegged me perfectly with Buffalo and Rochester which I live smack dab between both. Rochester is 45 min east and Buffalo is 45min west. It also said Grand Rapids must be they say "pop" instead of soda and have thru-ways the two answers that probably gave away instantly where I live.

It got me right. It called me as Greensboro NC and Richmond VA. So that pretty dag gone close

Wow pegged me perfectly with Buffalo and Rochester which I live smack dab between both. Rochester is 45 min east and Buffalo is 45min west. It also said Grand Rapids must be they say "pop" instead of soda and have thru-ways the two answers that probably gave away instantly where I live.

 

 

Had me for exactly me same, even though I said soda and expressways.   Me thinks the site picks up on your IP address or something and traces the location of your connection.      

Had me for exactly me same, even though I said soda and expressways.   Me thinks the site picks up on your IP address or something and traces the location of your connection.      

Snook already proved it's not the IP. He's in FL and born and raised in MI 

Jackson MS, Baton Rouge LA, Mobile AL.  Had me a little further south than in reality.....

 

Jeff

Interesting ~

 

It told me I should  Move !

 

 

A-Jay

Had me in Birmingham Al. Montgomery Al., and good Ol' Jackson Mississippi. Purty much pegged me as living down heya.

did the test twice with a few different questions and the results were almost identical. Detroit, Minnepolis and Buffalo.

Pretty much triangulated: Louisville, KY, Chattanoga, TN, Jackson, MS.

 

Was was more interesting was where I was DEFINITELY NOT from:

Yonkers, Newark and Jersey City!

 

 

 

 

It said Huh?

Dialect quiz

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html

Pegged me perfectly living in Chicago. I guess I type with a Chicago accent

I landed in Aurora abd Rockfod and partially in Detroit. Not sure i like any of that considering they're all dumps for the most part. Lol

It pegged me in the SE, and the area that was really red was Florida. 

It pegged me dead on in St. Louis, but it also called out Baltimore.

It said Georgia , Alabama , Tenn , ....I live in Va.

 

At least it pegged me as a redneck HA !

Nailed it ...

 

Yonkers, DC and Baltimore.  I'm originally from the Bronx.  Parents live in Yonkers currently.

Rockford/aurora

 

A bit more north but still pretty darn close.