You talk funny

[Doppleganger]

Originally Posted by deoxys

You're forgetting the Wisconsin/Minnesota/Dakota Canadian-esque dialect.

One of my classmates named Ashley came from that area. I did not recognize it at all. She called soda "pop" but that was the only distinguishing feature.

[Slash]

Most Similar Cities
1 Provo UT 31.2
2 West Jordan UT 30.9
3 Salt Lake City UT 30.9
4 West Valley City UT 30.8
5 Boise ID 30.4

Least Similar Cities
1 New Haven CT 18.6
2 Waterbury CT 18.8
3 Hartford CT 19.5
4 Bridgeport CT 19.8
5 Elizabeth NJ 19.9

I have yellow where I lived 18 1/2 years, some red-orange close to where I live now, and Utah, a third of Nevada, and bit of Idaho is like a smeared bloodstain. I may have to take the full 140 Q one now. For a Southern boy I sure got a lot of Northwest there.

[big bad birtha]

Well assuming this isn't a BS survey, then according to this, my dialect isn't much like the place I'm born and raised in (TN)! Though...I have similarities to California...OH GOD KILL ME! Admittedly, I think I mostly picked up the way I talk through television. I'd rather listen to that than the people I lived with. And they say TV makes you stupid!

[Mercutio]

Sound like a westerner generally, several random places in Utah specifically, after the 25 question version.

A few questions I struggled with on account of the option not being available. A few I struggled with because the test is a weird of patch of well written and awful.

Also why is there a name for October 30th?

[deoxys]

Originally Posted by Mercutio

Also why is there a name for October 30th?

It's Mischief/Cabbage Night. Kids and teens looking for a reason to be up to no good go around TP'ing houses, smashing pumpkins, throwing eggs at houses, pretty much any kind of "lite" vandalism they can get away with. There was even an entire episode of Rocket Power about it, iirc.

Originally Posted by Dopple

One of my classmates named Ashley came from that area. I did not recognize it at all. She called soda "pop" but that was the only distinguishing feature.

I used to have family in Minneapolis. There's definitely a dialect there, lots of "you bethca"s and "eh?"s, around, even though they weren't Canadian... might not exactly have different words for things, though, I suppose. Just smaller dialect things. Also, here in Cincinnati soda and pop are very interchangeable. I grew up most of my life calling it 'pop' and sometimes still do, though in later years 'soda' has sort of latched onto my vocabulary on a permanent basis.

[Sneaze]

>Most Similar City
>Philadelphia: 22.3%
>22.3% for most similar

...k.

At least the most similar city is the one closest to me.

>Least Similar City
>Baton Rouge: 20.1%

WELL ALRIGHT THEN.

[Rangeet]

Refuses to load for me

[Shuckle]

I'm thinking this is more to do with how I say "Y'all" than any other factor, though I thought that it was my only trace of southerner-ism. though lol that dark blue New England, as if to say "no, you don't sound like this. not like this at all."

Also NOW I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO READ CERTAIN USERS' POSTS IN NOTHING BUT THE HEAVIEST NEW ENGLAND ACCENT D:

[Ex-Admiral Insane]

Here's the result from a country where English isn't the native tongue of the inhabitants:



This is what happens if TV becomes you main (or only) way of English communication. We all speak like Hollywood I guess. My top 5 were all in California.

[Rangeet]

Got it to work.



New England all the way, apparently.

[kaisap112]

English is not a native language in Finland, and here's what I got:



Most similar cities:

1. Boston, MA
2. Plymouth, MA
3. Lowell, MA
4. Elizabeth, NJ
5. Manchester, NH

I have no idea what this is supposed to tell me. ^^;; Didn't even know there was such a thing as a Boston accent!

[Concept]

Can't seem to c+p my map, but it's a wonderful blue colour with a small patch of green in roughly over New York. I do have pretty much the stereotypical British accent though (albeit far from the poshest version of that accent, thankfully).

The Crayon question amused me the most, because "ahn", "awn" (the two options it gave me) and "on" (my actual answer) all sound incredibly different.

[deh74]

Originally Posted by Doppleganger

So what I'm getting is...the North East and New England specifically, most of the Deep South have strong regional dialects, whereas the rest of the country is kind of murky neutral without a lot of distinguishing features?

Well Chicago has a very distinctive f***ed up accent if I do say so myself. We live in the vaguely same area..

Originally Posted by kaisap112

Most similar cities:

1. Boston, MA
2. Plymouth, MA
3. Lowell, MA
4. Elizabeth, NJ
5. Manchester, NH

I have no idea what this is supposed to tell me. ^^;; Didn't even know there was such a thing as a Boston accent!

Move here, we'll be friends.

There is something wrong with you...

Originally Posted by shuckle

Also NOW I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO READ CERTAIN USERS' POSTS IN NOTHING BUT THE HEAVIEST NEW ENGLAND ACCENT D:

Except we have at least three different ones. Silly outsider

[hen da man]

I think I am pretty rounded and yeah I am an Aussie so take that into account.

Top 5 similarities were:
1 Warren MI 37.5
2 Detroit MI 37.3
3 Ann Arbor MI 37.0
4 Saint Louis MO 36.4
5 Toledo OH 36.1

Bottom 5 similarities were:
1 Winston-Salem NC 29.4
2 Greensboro NC 29.6
3 Fayetteville NC 30.1
4 Cary NC 30.2
5 Birmingham AL 30.2

[Charminions]

I didn't think my accent would be that strongly close to New England's.

Most Similar Cities
1 Lowell MA 46.7
2 Plymouth MA 46.5
3 Manchester NH 46.1
4 Worcester MA 45.8
5 Boston MA 45.5

Least Similar Cities
1 Shreveport LA 27.7
2 Jackson MS 29.2
3 Lafayette LA 29.7
4 Little Rock AR 30.4
5 Baton Rouge LA 30.5

[Red Panda]

I wouldn't say that my accent is heavily towards New England. I don't sound like Rhode Islanders or people that live in Boston. Do any of you not consider yourself to have an accent at all?

[OkikuMew]

I decided to try it for a size, see how a biligual-but-more-French Canadian would result out of it... Had a hard time with a few questions though... But anyways:



...Huh, interesting. I would've expected to get something close to Louisiana or Tennessee (as I've been exposed a lot to the English around there) or New York, Vermont or Maine (since it's the closest to where I live and I watched a lot of Vermont-based tv when I was little), but apparently I'm close to a Michigan accent/dialect for some reason ^^;

Most Similar Cities
1. Warren MI 34.9
2. Toledo OH 34.5
3. Madison WI 34.2
4. Ann Arbor MI 34.2
5. Detroit MI 34.2

Least Similar Cities
1. Lowell MA 23.1
2. Bridgeport CT 23.2
3. New Haven CT 23.3
4. Plymouth MA 23.5
5. Waterbury CT 23.7


Perhaps I should try the 140-question one at some point.
Edit... as soon as the servers stop being busy.

[deh74]

I love how in everybodies map it either has New England as dark blue or dark red

[DaveTheFishGuy]

Apparantly I fail at passing for American.

Most Similar Cities
1 Elizabeth NJ 42.5
2 New York NY 41.5
3 Newark NJ 40.7
4 Philadelphia PA 39.1
5 Yonkers NY 39.0

Least Similar Cities
1 Denton TX 27.7
2 MacKinney TX 27.8
3 Irving TX 28.1
4 Reno NV 28.1
5 Garland TX 28.3

[Concept]

>Dave

That's pretty much what mine looked like, except the red bit only got to green/yellow :p.

[Loki]

Most Like:
1. Elizabeth, NJ
2. New York, NY

Forgot the rest.

[OkikuMew]

So I tried it again but with the 140-question version. Unfortunately I don't have time to upload the picture, but it game something completely different than what I had on the 35-question one ^^; It's extremely concentrated in south Florida, with some good dose of orange/red on the coast borders of California, south Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. The more you go to the north and away from the coasts, the more blue it gets... which is almost the opposite of what I got earlier XD I find it represents my English accent/dialect better though, minus the high concentration of Florida (although to be honest I don't know much about Floridian accent/dialect).

1 Miami FL 42.5
2 Fort Lauderdale FL 42.5
3 Coral Springs FL 42.5
4 New York NY 42.2
5 Port Saint Lucie FL 42.2

1 Sioux Falls SD 37.8
2 Des Moines IA 38.3
3 Billings MT 38.3
4 Colorado Springs CO 38.4
5 Pueblo CO 38.4

[Shuckle]

Originally Posted by deh74

Except we have at least three different ones. Silly outsider

Believe it or not, that's why I didn't say "Maine accent," "New Yorker accent," or "Boston accent." It's sort of a collective "I now read your individual posts in your individual accents" statement.

[deh74]

Originally Posted by Shuckle

Believe it or not, that's why I didn't say "Maine accent," "New Yorker accent," or "Boston accent." It's sort of a collective "I now read your individual posts in your individual accents" statement.

Interesting...

[Sneaze]

Dave, your least similar city is higher than my most similar city. I think you're fine.