How you talk/where you're from

WanderngFool · Dec 26, 2013

This is good - only takes a minute. 25 easy questions reveal where you're from.

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

runrunner · Dec 26, 2013

It worked for me,got it right.

layoutshooter · Dec 26, 2013

Sorta got it right, one of three, the other two were more than a thousand miles off

Turtle · Dec 26, 2013

I've lived in too many places, so some of my regional phrases don't match. I will also consciously use "you guys" or "y'all" depending on where I am. Same with "soda," "pop," and "Coke."

It pegged me for Oklahoma City, Tulsa or Little Rock. Apparently, because of how I say lawyer, and crawdaddy.

LDB · Dec 26, 2013

It pegged me for far and farther away, Little Rock being closest and not really close plus Louisville and somewhere in Georgia I already forgot.

WanderngFool · Dec 26, 2013

Turtle said:
I've lived in too many places, so some of my regional phrases don't match. I will also consciously use "you guys" or "y'all" depending on where I am. Same with "soda," "pop," and "Coke."

It pegged me for Oklahoma City, Tulsa or Little Rock. Apparently, because of how I say lawyer, and crawdaddy.

I noticed as I was taking the test that being a driver complicates things. The one that stands out for me is "service drive" vs "frontage rd". I went with the term I used before I was a driver but now that I've seen more of the country I'm comfortable with either term.

Ragman · Dec 26, 2013

It nailed it for me.

layoutshooter · Dec 26, 2013

Ragman said:
It nailed it for me.

You are just slow and easy to nail.

Brisco · Dec 26, 2013

Ragman said:
It nailed it for me.

OMG........Same Here!!!

And.....it did NOT place me as being from here in the DFW area either. It actually nailed me down to my Home Town in WEST Texas......of which I moved away from way back in 1989.

Toooooo Cool!

Maverick · Jan 1, 2014

WanderngFool said:
This is good - only takes a minute. 25 easy questions reveal where you're from.

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

Unbelievable. Pegged me right in Des Moines IA.

Grew up just south of Iowa City. Good post Wandering.....pretty fun.

skyraider · Jan 5, 2014

Tenna seee long on them thar vowels

KickStarter6 · Jan 5, 2014

So I'm from Lexington Ky or Wichita Kansas. I'm from just south of Lexington

letzrockexpress · Jan 5, 2014

layoutshooter said:
You are just slow and easy to nail.

Hmmm. Please elaborate...

letzrockexpress · Jan 5, 2014

It says My dialect is most similar to Rockford, Illinois, Grand Rapids, Mi., and Toledo, Ohio

xmudman · Jan 8, 2014

It got Philly right, based on my choice of "hoagie" for the long sandwich. Anyone who hears the way I "tawk" knows I'm from Philly

( I sound almost exactly like Jim Cramer on CNBC).

Funny, though, how it also guessed Brownsville, TX, based on my use of "y'all". I picked that up from years of having African-American friends & coworkers. As for frontage roads, I had no idea what they were till I hit the road

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