Dialect quiz...

Discussion in 'Off Topic Discussion' started by Walnuts, Mar 10, 2014.

  1. Walnuts

    Walnuts All-Pro

    I thought this was fairly neat. It asks you what colloquialisms you use and compares that to a nationwide breakdown, and then at the end takes a guess at where you are at in the US. Outside of a couple anomalies (apparently I'm the only person on the West Coast who refers to sneakers as sneakers, and I also learned that I pronounce crayon like a Minnesotan - "Cran"), it was pretty dead on. Said I was most similar to Santa Rosa, Sacramento, and Modesto, CA. I grew up a couple hours away from all those spots, my Grandma lived in Sac, and in my adult life I've lived in 2/3 of those places at some time.

    Give it a try!

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

    DawkinsINT Tebow free since 9/5/2015.

    It gave me Newark/Patterson, NJ....so it was really accurate.
     
  3. DaBears22

    DaBears22 Matt Forte = future MVP Staff Member

    Mine showed Milwaukee, Reno, and Providence. Some of the questions had some answers that I have never heard of or said before. Other than that, Milwaukee isn't that far from where I'm at.
     
  4. Walnuts

    Walnuts All-Pro

    I'm definitely going to start calling fireflies peenie wallies now.
     
  5. Diesel44

    Diesel44 Serial Killer

    greensboro,raleigh,richmond...more or less the language of rednecks or country folks.
     
  6. Kurt

    Kurt That Server Guy Staff Member Fantasy Guru

    that thing nailed me down to where I used to live and where I currently live.. that is wild!!
     
  7. 86WARD

    86WARD -

    Got me on Philadelphia.
     
  8. DawkinsINT

    DawkinsINT Tebow free since 9/5/2015.

    I laughed when I saw 'yinz'. I thought no other questions would be needed to determine someone from Pittsburgh.
     
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  9. Steve12

    Steve12 The night is dark and full of terrors

    Rockford, grand rapids, Toledo. pretty close.
     
  10. 86WARD

    86WARD -

    Thought the same thing...lol. Need really go no further...
     
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  11. DawkinsINT

    DawkinsINT Tebow free since 9/5/2015.

    It sucks that we have no Yinzers on the board.
     
  12. Omen

    Omen Speeling Be Champions Staff Member

    Said I was most similar to San Antonio, Atlanta and Fresno. I get the Atlanta and San Antonio but Fresno?
     
  13. Walnuts

    Walnuts All-Pro

    Lotta Mexicans in Fresno, man.
     
  14. markaz

    markaz Resident Cards Fan Staff Member

    Holy crap! Denver, Des Moines and Overland Park, KS. Born and raised 2 miles from Overland Park and lived there for 5 years.
     
  15. Tarkus

    Tarkus The Thread Stalker

    ahhhh....memories

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  16. markaz

    markaz Resident Cards Fan Staff Member

  17. DaBears22

    DaBears22 Matt Forte = future MVP Staff Member

    Took the test again. Three places were Grand Rapids, Detroit, and Ft Wayne. Pretty damn close. Only thing I changed was my answer to the pop question.
     
  18. Omen

    Omen Speeling Be Champions Staff Member

    Racist man damn profiling.

    Ya know I'm just freaking with you Joto
     
  19. themush

    themush iDIOT sAVANT

    Says I'm from Orlando. Pretty damn close.
     
  20. TJ

    TJ Dez Caught It

    I was expecting this test to tell me I'm either from everywhere, or nowhere (because English is not my native language), but no...apparently, I could pass as a Boston resident :D