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| 24 Dec 2013 06:13 PM |
| http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html |
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| 24 Dec 2013 06:17 PM |
lol this thing is wrong everyone says its soda from where i am Everyone says Y'all nobody says supper everyone calls it a crawfish noone has a term for it's raining while it's sunny Everyone pronounces it Law not loy |
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| 24 Dec 2013 06:21 PM |
ROFL IT GOT ME
IT SAID I'M EITHER IN LUBBOCK, IRVING, OR SAN ANTONIO |
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| 24 Dec 2013 06:23 PM |
What do you call the small road parallel to the highway? Access Road (San Antonio, TX) What do you call an easy high school or college class? Blow-off (Irving, TX) How do you address a group of two or more people? Y'all (Lubbock, TX) |
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drbat
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| 24 Dec 2013 06:26 PM |
Springfield Missouri
What do you call the small freshwater lobster often found in lakes and streams?
crawdad
Lexington Kentucky
What do you call a drive-through liquor store?
we have these in my area, but we have no special term for them
Columbus Georgia
How would you address a group of two or more people?
y'all
It is red over hwere i live but didn't say the city
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| 24 Dec 2013 06:28 PM |
| Yeah same, it was red for the y'all and blow-off and orange for the access road |
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| 24 Dec 2013 06:30 PM |
Did the test again and it thinks i'm from
Oklahoma City What do you call an easy high school or college class?
blow-off
Irving What do you call an easy high school or college class?
blow-off
Plano What do you call an easy high school or college class?
blow-off |
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| 24 Dec 2013 06:33 PM |
HOLY CRAP IT GOT IT RIGHT
IT SAID I EITHER LIVED IN HOUSTON, SAN JOSE, OR HONOLULU WITH THE RED EXTREMELY DARK IN THE HOUSTON AREA |
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| 24 Dec 2013 06:33 PM |
| It said Houston cause we call it a feeder road |
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| 24 Dec 2013 06:35 PM |
Minneapolis/St.Paul, Spokane, Tacoma
The ONE answer that lead to it?
We say "kitty-corner" |
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drbat
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| 24 Dec 2013 06:35 PM |
| I call the big roads where you have high speeds a Highway |
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| 24 Dec 2013 06:36 PM |
| We don't even have a name for that that's stupid I just say diagonal |
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| 24 Dec 2013 06:36 PM |
Took it again and I got Fremont, CA; San Jose, CA; and Irving, TX
What do you call the insect that flies around in the summer and glows in the dark? firefly for both California cities
How would you address a group of two or more people? y'all for Irving |
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| 24 Dec 2013 06:37 PM |
@NMS I just say diagonal lolz
@drbat imo there's a distinction between "freeway" and "highway", and no, it's not about the freeway being free
parkways aren't even fast so nope |
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| 24 Dec 2013 06:38 PM |
| It says I am most least likely to be from Toledo, Detroit, and Philadelphia |
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| 24 Dec 2013 06:38 PM |
Rockford, Aurora, and Toledo.
Damn this thing is good. |
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| 24 Dec 2013 06:38 PM |
For me a freeway is no stops at all you're just going with the flow of traffic A highway has intersections and stoplights |
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| 24 Dec 2013 06:40 PM |
"For me a freeway is no stops at all you're just going with the flow of traffic A highway has intersections and stoplights"
*insert checkmark emoji here* |
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| 24 Dec 2013 06:41 PM |
Nebraska seems like a kinda moderate accent, like not a lot to make us stand out, but with a hint of south, because sometimes i find myself saying yall
"Rug, the only sport you can play is reading."-Blakster |
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| 24 Dec 2013 06:42 PM |
| Pretty sure me using the word pop instead of soda gave away that I'm from the Midwest. XD |
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| 24 Dec 2013 06:42 PM |
| Wow according to this map we're the only city in the country to call it a feeder road |
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| 24 Dec 2013 06:43 PM |
BOOM SNIPE
On my third try I got Irving, San Antonio, and Austin for most similar Akron, Worcester, and Providence for least similar
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| 24 Dec 2013 06:45 PM |
| Took it again and it says Houston, Irving, or Plano |
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