Dialect and location quiz

[Nick R]

So if you haven't taken it before, take this. It's scarily accurate for a lot of people I've had take it. This is mine
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html



It matches very closely to where I've lived for 6/7 years, and also the area of ohio I'm from as well

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[Shannow]

Newark/Jersey City for me...

 

[Drew99GT]

Pretty accurate. My family on my mom's side is from Kansas originally.



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[SevenBizzos]

Mine said Springfield, MO, Phoenix, AZ, and Anchorage, AK. None of which I've even been to.

 

[JerryBob]

Wow. It almost makes me think they grabbed my IP address. I happen to live in DC, where they pegged me. I went to Louisville 10 years ago on business...I can't account for that.

 

[Trav]

Jersey City and New York for me.
Weird, two non natives from different continents are placed in the same area. Maybe that area has the most generic US English speech?

 

[Nick R]

Originally Posted By: Trav
Jersey City and New York for me.
Weird, two non natives from different continents are placed in the same area. Maybe that area has the most generic US English speech?


Friend of mine in portugal was given california lol

 

[simple_gifts]

That is scary accurate; CT was totally red

 

[expat]

Originally Posted By: Nick R

Jersey City and New York for me.
Weird, two non natives from different continents are placed in the same area. Maybe that area has the most generic US English speech?




I guess. I was placed to the same area as well.

 

[cchase]

It really liked my usage of "rotary" to pinpoint, I think. I don't live in Worcester, Boston, or Rochester, but it obviously knows I'm from the northeast.

 

[Tegger]

I'm in Ontario, but the tool still places me almost exactly in the correct place, around upstate New York. Oddly, deep Florida is also supposed to be correct. All those Snowbirds?

 

[Klutch9]

Wow, that quiz is accurate! The entire Lower Peninsula lit up bright red after I submitted my answers haha.

 

[andyd]

I used "tonic" for carbonated soft drink . Thats a SE MA, RI idiom and they nailed it.

 

[Rick in PA]

Hey you guys, that was interesting.
It pretty much pegged me, although apparently I have a bit more "New Joisey" in me than I thought!

 

[Drew99GT]

I did it again and it has different questions. It got me even closer!

 

[Win]

It put me in the Heart of Dixie, with Jackson, Mississippi, as the closest city.

Not much of a surprise.

 

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[RF Overlord]

Had me as Northern New Jersey and Boston. I lived in NJ until I was 12, then moved to Cape Cod. I'm impressed.

 

[redhat]

Yep, it's got me 100%. I'm about 15 miles south of Buffalo in one of the Southtowns. It's pop, sneakers, and you guys.

 

[earlyre]

that is actually pretty interesting...That Dark Cluster on the west edge of Ohio is Pretty much my area...
it gave me Fort Wayne, IN (only an Hour west of me), Witchita, KS, and i forget the third one.
I was Born in Dayton, Grew up in Lima, as did Dad.
Mom's Family lives in ID, but she grew up in China & India (parents were Missionaries)
They met @ College in...Kansas. (McPherson College, McPherson KS.)