Author Topic: dialect survey: how do the bore talk like yall (Read 2723 times)

Eschaton · « **on:** December 23, 2013, 05:47:55 PM »

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?_r=3&

Apparently I talk like someone from Greensboro, Jacksonville, or Tallahassee

lennedsay · « **Reply #1 on:** December 23, 2013, 05:53:14 PM »

I did mine on my phone at first and the map didn't come up, so I failed.

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #2 on:** December 23, 2013, 06:00:30 PM »

Dance like nobody's watching, love like you've never been hurt, talk like an error occurred

lennedsay · « **Reply #3 on:** December 23, 2013, 06:14:53 PM »

Quote from: Esch on December 23, 2013, 06:12:36 PM

Quote from: lennedsay on December 23, 2013, 05:53:14 PM
I did mine on my phone at first and the map didn't come up, so I failed.

like a true daughter of missouri, you have no dialect. #sportscastervoice

Yay!!!

Mupepe said I had a twang, as have a few other people from the South.... I'm not confirming or denying but I will say it comes out in full force after a few hours around my extended family.

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #4 on:** December 23, 2013, 06:16:46 PM »

People with accent insecurity are usually latent homosexuals.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #5 on:** December 23, 2013, 07:06:55 PM »

I got Boston

Steve Contra · « **Reply #6 on:** December 23, 2013, 07:08:24 PM »

Quote from: Barry Egan on December 23, 2013, 07:06:55 PM

I got Boston

Congratulations, you talk like an asshole.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #7 on:** December 23, 2013, 07:10:08 PM »

I think I answered a couple of them facetiously. I hope so. $:-\$

Your Stalker · « **Reply #8 on:** December 23, 2013, 07:45:26 PM »

Atlanta, GA
Greensboro, NC
Columbus, GA

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #9 on:** December 23, 2013, 08:34:04 PM »

Lubbock, Texas
Amarillo, Texas
Little Rock, Arkansas

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #10 on:** December 23, 2013, 08:40:45 PM »

Detroit, Michigan
Yonkers, NY
NYC, NY

I was born in Detroit. Seems like one story guaranteed the Detroit result. We call the day before Halloween "Devil's Night," and apparently very few people label it that.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #11 on:** December 23, 2013, 09:11:22 PM »

Guilty.

drew · « **Reply #12 on:** December 23, 2013, 09:22:45 PM »

darkest spot is exactly right over where I live, so it looks like this test is pretty damn accurate.

Positive Touch · « **Reply #13 on:** December 23, 2013, 09:24:44 PM »

springfield, tulsa, and oklahoma city wtf

i guess i use a lot of the same words as people around here but i know my pronunciation is a little different; i got some of my moms jersey accent that comes out sometimes.

TEEEPO · « **Reply #14 on:** December 23, 2013, 09:32:00 PM »

Baltimore

close enough

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #15 on:** December 23, 2013, 09:59:54 PM »

Got me dead on. Winston Salem and Greensboro NC.

Rufus · « **Reply #16 on:** December 23, 2013, 10:02:14 PM »

Makes sense for a foreigner I guess. That's where all the prominent media comes from. Well, what I consume, anyway. Not many video game podcast on my list that are recorded in the south. The clincher for me was "firefly".

TEEEPO · « **Reply #17 on:** December 23, 2013, 10:59:20 PM »

Quote from: The Business on December 23, 2013, 09:58:06 PM

I wonder what makes my Arlington accent different than your Baltimore accent?

i was wondering the same thing. for reference, here is my dialect map

Yeti · « **Reply #18 on:** December 23, 2013, 11:52:41 PM »

Springfield, Lexington, and Phoenix.

tehjaybo · « **Reply #19 on:** December 24, 2013, 12:02:26 AM »

Modesto, CA
Reno, NV
Boise, ID

Lived in Kentucky all of my life. What the fuck.

thisismyusername · « **Reply #20 on:** December 24, 2013, 12:11:28 AM »

Thing's broke. I talk all over the country to the point where ONE word/choice gave me two cities.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #21 on:** December 24, 2013, 01:06:21 AM »

Most like Southern California, New York and Maine

First two make sense but Maine seems weird

I've never been there but I've always thought of Maine as being small town

TEEEPO · « **Reply #22 on:** December 24, 2013, 01:29:49 AM »

Quote from: The Business on December 24, 2013, 12:03:53 AM

My map looked much different than yours since I had influences from everywhere (New Englander mom and Southerner dad plus traveling?).

also, the metro area -- especially arlington -- has a lot of transplants which i'm sure factored into the results.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #23 on:** December 24, 2013, 02:20:31 AM »

Fort Lauderdale
Miami
Pembroke Pines

nudemacusers · « **Reply #24 on:** December 24, 2013, 02:40:30 AM »

kinda creepy... gave me sacramento, reno, and san jose. I was born right outside sacramento, but only lived there for a few years. must have absorbed it quickly.

Beezy · « **Reply #25 on:** December 24, 2013, 03:21:04 AM »

I got New York, Jersey City, and Newark. Cool I guess.

Reb · « **Reply #26 on:** December 24, 2013, 12:18:33 PM »

I would fit right in on Honolulu.

Atramental · « **Reply #27 on:** December 24, 2013, 01:07:53 PM »

Hmm.

This explains why people in SC think I'm from out of state.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #28 on:** December 24, 2013, 01:21:32 PM »

Quote from: Beezy on December 24, 2013, 03:21:04 AM

I got New York, Jersey City, and Newark. Cool I guess.

New York, Jersey City, and Yonkers here. I guess the slight difference is that Newark is more black and urban and Yonkers is more white and suburban?

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #29 on:** December 24, 2013, 04:38:05 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on December 24, 2013, 01:21:32 PM

Quote from: Beezy on December 24, 2013, 03:21:04 AM
I got New York, Jersey City, and Newark. Cool I guess.

New York, Jersey City, and Yonkers here. I guess the slight difference is that Newark is more black and urban and Yonkers is more white and suburban?

El Babua · « **Reply #30 on:** December 24, 2013, 04:43:42 PM »

Got Newark, NYC and Providence.

Hilarius since I only lived there for a year before moving down to Miami.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #31 on:** December 24, 2013, 04:52:18 PM »

Detroit!

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #32 on:** December 24, 2013, 04:55:00 PM »

Quote from: Rufus on December 23, 2013, 10:02:14 PM

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Makes sense for a foreigner I guess. That's where all the prominent media comes from. Well, what I consume, anyway. Not many video game podcast on my list that are recorded in the south. The clincher for me was "firefly".

Id say lake district makes sense cause its close to canada and more the british english we learn in school.

Is it different where you are from?

Rufus · « **Reply #33 on:** December 24, 2013, 05:23:47 PM »

If they actually surveyed for that sort of stuff (dance/dahnce, etc.) I'd end up in Britain somehwere. But since it's blind to those differences...
The lexical questions they put on there seem to weight the results pretty heavily as well and I had to abstain/pick "other" on a bunch of those.

Beezy · « **Reply #34 on:** December 24, 2013, 06:07:21 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on December 24, 2013, 01:21:32 PM

Quote from: Beezy on December 24, 2013, 03:21:04 AM
I got New York, Jersey City, and Newark. Cool I guess.

New York, Jersey City, and Yonkers here. I guess the slight difference is that Newark is more black and urban and Yonkers is more white and suburban?

Makes sense. I bet it was "y'all" must have put me in the Newark group.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #35 on:** December 24, 2013, 10:31:27 PM »

San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Honolulu.

Most distinctive answer for all three was firefly for some reason.

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Author Topic: dialect survey: how do the bore talk like yall (Read 2723 times)

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