09-02-2013, 08:51 PM | #1 |
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You talk funny
I'm so curious about how the Brit blokes would fare using this.
http://spark.rstudio.com/jkatz/dialectquiz/ Lil' ol' me- The first time I took this, it claimed that my accent/colloquialisms was purely Central Valley with a bit of Washington, but the two times I took it afterward, I'm more Washington.
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09-02-2013, 09:04 PM | #2 |
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Got me pretty much, Northeast (but not New England) USA. I'm about an hour away from Allentown PA, and that's the closest city in my top 5, though the other ones are fairly close, all in New Jersey and New York. Not surprised to see it leaned that way instead of towards the Philadelphia area (I'm also like an hour away from there), as I don't have the "youse guys" kind of thing going on.
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09-02-2013, 09:06 PM | #3 |
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Fun fact: this kind of survey is how linguist actually collect information about speech data in the US!
I took a class in it last semester. It's super interesting! |
09-02-2013, 09:09 PM | #4 |
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I dunno if UPN was the first place I heard about "drive-in liquor stores" or maybe it was one of my baseball blogs, but it appeared here and surprised me. I've never seen one in person even if I know a "Brew-Thru" exists in theory.
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09-02-2013, 09:13 PM | #5 |
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We have one of those here, we call it a "growler".
But it's specific to beer and it's a little more walk-up counter than drive-thru. That said I took the quiz and I apparently speak like a Westerner? Which doesn't surprise me that much because I'm from the North and living in the South, so my dialect is all sorts of messed up. Interestingly Ann Arbor, MI, a city about 30 minutes from where I was born, was my number 5 most similar result. |
09-02-2013, 09:18 PM | #6 |
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Jeri talking about growlers? I never thought I'd see the day.
Also I tried to take it and it crashed three questions in and now it won't load. Says the server's overloaded ;; |
09-02-2013, 09:27 PM | #7 |
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Same, except it crashed on the first.
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09-02-2013, 09:43 PM | #9 |
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Yeah, same as Tdos. You blew up the internet, Doppel.
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09-02-2013, 09:49 PM | #10 |
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Ok it worked after I waited for like 10 minutes. I sound like Western America, apparently, with the darkest red regions in Southern California (lol) and Northern Colorado. Kind of weird considering I've lived in the Midwest my whole life.
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09-02-2013, 09:50 PM | #11 |
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#1= Boston
Where I live = suburban Boston This thing works well. My next two were Lowell and Worcester. U live about midway between the three cities. This works very well.
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09-02-2013, 09:55 PM | #12 |
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In my own personal experience if I don't drop obvious dialect fancy (like "hella") folks down South don't know where I'm from. Similarly, it's tough for me to distinguish between my own accent and a Mid-western one.
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09-02-2013, 10:14 PM | #13 |
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It identified me as being from Lowell, MA. Providence, RI was #3 (which is where I'm from). While I dodged the "accent" in the sense that I don't drop my Rs and avoid some of the more obvious indications that I'm from RI, I think my manner of speaking is still very much influenced by where I grew up... Especially the fact that I pronounce Mary/merry/marry in three different ways and don't pronounce "aunt" like the insect. XD
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09-02-2013, 10:19 PM | #14 |
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Wow, according to this I am most similar to a bunch of California cities, the west in general, and a vaguely penis-shaped swatch of the Dust Bowl.
Problem I noticed with the questions though: when it asks you to use a particular word, many times I wished I could choose multiple choices. There was also one question that I had no answer to, but it made me choose an answer anyways. Something about an easy task, being a bird or something? No idea. |
09-02-2013, 10:26 PM | #15 |
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Oh the glory of image sharing sites. As one can tell, I'm very much a CT kid. Considering I grew and live there...yeah.
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09-02-2013, 10:28 PM | #16 | |
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09-02-2013, 10:38 PM | #17 |
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Perhaps if the server wasn't as fragile as the dead sea scrolls I'd be able to load the quiz...
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09-02-2013, 11:03 PM | #20 |
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The site messed up for me a few times. (Crashed once; twice it registered a double-click from my mouse and so skipped from like Q8 to Q10.) I reset each time and finally got in a solid set of 25 questions and answers. Below are (in no particular order) the thirty-three questions I saw and answered. Spoiler: show
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09-02-2013, 11:55 PM | #21 |
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Image isn't working. Shame. Anyways, here are my top 5 cities:
Most Similar Cities Plymouth MA 49.5 Lowell MA 47.9 Providence RI 47.8 Manchester NH 47.6 Boston MA 47.4 It's in NE, which is correct. I lived in Plymouth, Vermont for 7-8 years, and now I live in the general area of Northwest RI, Northeast CT, South/Southeast MA. My mom's whole family has been in RI for like 3 generations, and my dad's family was in ME, so I'm all over New England. |
09-03-2013, 12:07 AM | #22 |
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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?
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09-03-2013, 12:09 AM | #23 |
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Don't forget Deo being outed as a Mormon.
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09-03-2013, 12:16 AM | #24 |
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Shit, my cover's blown. The Organization is on to me.
You're forgetting the Wisconsin/Minnesota/Dakota Canadian-esque dialect. |
09-03-2013, 01:01 AM | #25 |
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Raised half my life in southern California, other half in Maryland. College in Georgia.
Got some random cities for my top ones, map showed southern California and Maryland dialect though as the strongest. Accidentally x'd out, can't get my results back, too lazy. |
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