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American Dialect Quiz

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PacificRimJob
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So, NYT put out this online quiz some years ago and it's actually a pretty fun party game to play, and see where everyone's dialect really comes from.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/dialect-quiz-map.html



I consistently get pinpointed exactly where I am from. It's surprisingly accurate. Santa Rosa, Stockton, and Sacramento are all equidistant to where I was born and raised, and the hot spot around Northern California and Northern Nevada makes a ton of sense, given that's where Ive spent most of my life.




It also shows you where you're least similar. Southerners, and Philadelphians, I talk nothing like you.





Take the quiz, and screenshot your dialect.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/dialect-quiz-map.html
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MichiganCatFart
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needless to say, I think they know what state I'm from.

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PacificRimJob
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SlowbroI'm Albertan, but apparently my dialect is 100% Florida?


Probably because of all the snowbirds... Canadians moving to Florida in retirement?
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ThaLorax
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I got two different results.

1st result

2nd result seems more accurate


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Slowbro
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DingoSeanProbably because of all the snowbirds... Canadians moving to Florida in retirement?


Very possible
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ModMommy
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maaattt


Lived in southeast Alaska, northern Nevada, and northern California in order of time spent


Dads family is from deep Missouri

**This post was edited on Mar 10th 2022 at 2:54:24pm


Bro how the hell did you get Reno and i didn’t
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WoFlowz
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RparrHoly fuck I grew up like 20 min from akron and this just clicked for me for the first time


akron is a disgusting shithole btw


It’s called crackron for a reason…
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yavone
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I forgot to ss cuz I’m a dumbass but mine pinned me rt where my parents are from (Chicago area) and was pretty red in Indiana where I’m from too
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_Garagely_
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Kind of close, I'm actually from Montana and Washington
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Charlie_Kelly
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Pretty spot on for Boston. Looks like NH is even darker red which is where I’m from.
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Abomber22
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Hod ta hide da arrrrrr.
Charlie_Kelly

Pretty spot on for Boston. Looks like NH is even darker red which is where I’m from.
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warm_diet_coke
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coronaAs someone with an Ottawa Valley dialect it doesn't seem to be able to put me in any single area, although the darkest red is upstate NY/Vermont which makes sense. Any Brits or Aussies here? Would be curious to see what the results are.

Most similar cities:
Honolulu
Newark (NJ)
Pembroke Pines (FL)


Australian here - it put me in New York.
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elcheapo
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Never been east of Idaho so this quiz is fake news

**This post was edited on Mar 13th 2022 at 11:21:44am
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PacificRimJob
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ThaLoraxI got two different results.

1st result

2nd result seems more accurate




I mean, you've lived in Colorado forever so it's safe to say that that's your dialect now lol.
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PacificRimJob
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elcheapoNever been east of Idaho so this quiz is fake news

Idaho is just Oregon with more mayonnaise.
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ThaLorax
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DingoSeanI mean, you've lived in Colorado forever so it's safe to say that that's your dialect now lol.


Ya, that's why the 2nd one makes more sense. I wonder how they distinguish Aurora from Denver though.
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.Morton
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Damn my results were dead accurate for Philadelphia. The hoagie and mischief night answers must've did me in.
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VTshredder69
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Pretty fucking wild yo
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The_Best_Bread
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mines not accurate for some reason, thinks i live in Nebraska but am from Michigan, great concept tho
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PacificRimJob
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ThaLoraxYa, that's why the 2nd one makes more sense. I wonder how they distinguish Aurora from Denver though.


Probably by the amount of meth.
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PacificRimJob
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.Morton

Damn my results were dead accurate for Philadelphia. The hoagie and mischief night answers must've did me in.


Yeah, I have a feeling answers like 'Big Rig', 'frontage road', and 'Crawdad' gave me away.
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ThaLorax
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Shit. You saying I've got a methy accent?
DingoSeanProbably by the amount of meth.
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PacificRimJob
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ThaLoraxShit. You saying I've got a methy accent?


You do live mighty close to Grand Junction... yick.
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Abomber22
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Number of shootings
ThaLoraxYa, that's why the 2nd one makes more sense. I wonder how they distinguish Aurora from Denver though.
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ThaLorax
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GJ is actually getting better every year
DingoSeanYou do live mighty close to Grand Junction... yick.
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PacificRimJob
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ThaLoraxGJ is actually getting better every year


ah, the turd is being polished.
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skiP.E.I.
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Makes sense. I'm from Atlantic Canada but my parents are from Maine and Southern Connecticut.
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skiP.E.I.
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DingoSeanNegative. Those are very different. This is what they were talking about.





In Newfoundland they're called carpenters
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