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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Hazard Time on January 06, 2014, 04:39:22 PM

Title: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: Hazard Time on January 06, 2014, 04:39:22 PM: So recently my russian teacher introduced me to this online dialect survey made by Harvard University students and published in the New York Times. It asks you 25 questions along the lines of "What do you call..." and "How do you pronounce..." certain items. It then compares your answers and shows you cities in the US that have similar dialects.

Try it here: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?_r=0 (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?_r=0)

Here's my result:
(http://i.imgur.com/oBvMQst.png)
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: Lewis on January 06, 2014, 05:08:00 PM: my result was san jose, corona and some other place in california even though i'm from glasgow (the scottish one)
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: Remilia Scarlet on January 06, 2014, 05:55:32 PM: Mine:

(http://i.imgur.com/MOjfIkM.png)
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: Teitoku Ippan on January 06, 2014, 06:02:55 PM: http://nyti.ms/1hruDJ6

my favourite US city is most similar yay even though i live in england lol
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: rBST Cow on January 06, 2014, 06:30:14 PM: It was mainly just red on the west coast and just a little bit in the very middle.
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: Tyrex on January 06, 2014, 06:57:27 PM: http://nyti.ms/1cJqB75
but i live in florida idk
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: wakeboarderCWB on January 06, 2014, 07:33:38 PM: What. That wasn't the chart I had. Fixed.
Right on. I'm from Michigan. Family comes from all over the state.
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: Cat With A Mustache on January 06, 2014, 08:30:00 PM: http://nyti.ms/1hrJZNO

Makes sense, I am from around Seattle.
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: wag1 on January 06, 2014, 08:38:35 PM: Quote from: The Real Tyler on January 06, 2014, 06:57:27 PM
http://nyti.ms/1cJqB75
but i live in florida idk

ggggggtttttttt damn fuycking hell bitch shit

damn me canada and it says east coast i was born on east coast makes sense i guess
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: Nicknero on January 07, 2014, 09:31:30 AM: (http://puu.sh/6cHex.png)

Mine constantly changed from a bit of red to ENTIRELY blue. :P
Non-American FTW!
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: Sambolinski on January 07, 2014, 12:29:42 PM: Quote from: Nicknero1405 on January 07, 2014, 09:31:30 AM
Non-American FTW!
YEAH!

Mine was mostly blue
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: Anzu on January 07, 2014, 12:53:58 PM: Did it a couple of times and it places me somewhere along the east coast / bit in land

My English accent is more Austrian/some sort of that than it is danish though
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: smt on January 07, 2014, 01:05:40 PM: it made my map all blue for most questions but then suddenly changed it at the end to very west coast/mid west coast so yeah
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: Leon the reboobler :3 on January 07, 2014, 01:50:44 PM: Got me to my exact town(new rochelle) [outaide if NYC] that shits accurate
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: Hazard Time on January 07, 2014, 02:31:44 PM: Quote from: -hg- leon the reboobler :3 on January 07, 2014, 01:50:44 PM
Got me to my exact town(new rochelle) [outaide if NYC] that shits accurate

First time I did it, it gave my hometown of Fremont, CA.

Quote from: .apex on January 07, 2014, 12:53:58 PM
Did it a couple of times and it places me somewhere along the east coast / bit in land

Where on the east coast? I don't expect you to know states, so could you give me city names or northeast, central, or southeast?
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: Anzu on January 07, 2014, 03:14:00 PM: Quote from: Hazard Time on January 07, 2014, 02:31:44 PM
Quote from: -hg- leon the reboobler :3 on January 07, 2014, 01:50:44 PM
Got me to my exact town(new rochelle) [outaide if NYC] that shits accurate

First time I did it, it gave my hometown of Fremont, CA.

Quote from: .apex on January 07, 2014, 12:53:58 PM
Did it a couple of times and it places me somewhere along the east coast / bit in land

Where on the east coast? I don't expect you to know states, so could you give me city names or northeast, central, or southeast?

It kinda moved around a bit and I cant really remember which states it put me on (i know the name of most states, just not exactly where they are) but most of the time it was like switching a bit between like the middle and further up

It marked New York like every time
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: tics on January 07, 2014, 03:27:02 PM: I'm from northern Connecticut, so this makes sense:
(http://puu.sh/6d1d9.png)
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: vizioN on January 07, 2014, 04:17:37 PM: (http://gyazo.com/6d88f70c33405a5dbd40b0a224a13083.png)

I'm from Illinois and I'm only 40 minutes away from Aurora :D
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: Lone Wanderer on January 08, 2014, 07:33:28 PM: http://nyti.ms/1esLnKW

I'm just so cultural I guess.
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: Hazard Time on January 08, 2014, 09:10:32 PM: Quote from: Lone Wanderer on January 08, 2014, 07:33:28 PM
http://nyti.ms/1esLnKW

I'm just so cultural I guess.

My mom got basically the entire northwestern half of the US, but I guess that comes from living in California with a Californian mother and a Minnesotan father.
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: Keskjer on January 10, 2014, 02:42:49 AM: I'm to embarrassed to share mine... XD I must say that this is a cool site. Shared it with the guys as work. Funny as hell listening to their reactions.
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: Mr. Pettit on January 10, 2014, 04:42:54 AM: Most similar

Least similar

This is some funk yo, I'm from Florida but both my parents are originally from New York. Kjun I want to see yours pls.
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: Albert on January 10, 2014, 11:12:08 PM: http://nyti.ms/1c2cVny im hispanic from florida.
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: tdabamf1 on March 11, 2014, 02:01:46 PM: (http://icap.me/i/7YCgq3APbA.png)

im from chicago
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: Sexy Frog on March 11, 2014, 05:19:05 PM: (http://puu.sh/7rMhi.jpg)

Hit the nail right on the head. Like, pin point. I live in Miami. :P
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: Royal. on March 13, 2014, 06:46:51 PM: http://nyti.ms/1fuLpRB
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: garry :D on March 14, 2014, 06:09:16 AM: http://nyti.ms/1fvUpFU (http://nyti.ms/1fvUpFU)

this is what i get for being australian
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: Vegas on March 14, 2014, 06:39:34 AM: http://nyti.ms/1dYDe3A
i live in oregon
Title: Re: What's Your American Dialect?
Post by: Hazard Time on March 14, 2014, 04:36:21 PM: Quote from: Vegas on March 14, 2014, 06:39:34 AM
http://nyti.ms/1dYDe3A
i live in oregon

I live here, too, but I was born in California. Were you not born in Oregon or are your parents from out of state?

Quote from: o.g jackal on March 14, 2014, 06:09:16 AM
http://nyti.ms/1fvUpFU (http://nyti.ms/1fvUpFU)

this is what i get for being australian

That seems to be the trend for most of the non-North American Commonwealth english speakers. Supposedly, the Manhattan dialect is the only US dialect to retain any vestiges from the old colonial dialect (Back when we were still a British colony).