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Title: Your diction and your location
Post by: Lauren5 on December 23, 2013, 02:47:07 AM
Post by: Lauren5 on December 23, 2013, 02:47:07 AM
Saw this on a friend's facebook page and thought I'd share
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?r=0j01284j0400222008002040004008050200112000020b000j&_r=0
The quiz says I speak like someone from the St. Louis/Kansas City "belt." I find this very strange, as I've never been to Kansas City, and only once went to St. Louis, and never left the airport.
So, who's willing to give it a try?
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?r=0j01284j0400222008002040004008050200112000020b000j&_r=0
The quiz says I speak like someone from the St. Louis/Kansas City "belt." I find this very strange, as I've never been to Kansas City, and only once went to St. Louis, and never left the airport.
So, who's willing to give it a try?
Title: Re: Your diction and your location
Post by: Cindy on December 23, 2013, 03:12:49 AM
Post by: Cindy on December 23, 2013, 03:12:49 AM
I'm from New York.
I'm Australian!
I'm Australian!
Title: Re: Your diction and your location
Post by: Lauren5 on December 23, 2013, 03:15:15 AM
Post by: Lauren5 on December 23, 2013, 03:15:15 AM
Well, it doesn't quite work on you then :D
Title: Re: Your diction and your location
Post by: Mx Pippa on December 23, 2013, 03:43:35 AM
Post by: Mx Pippa on December 23, 2013, 03:43:35 AM
Couldn't answer the Mountain lion question, but based on the rest it would seem that Madison, Grand Rapids, Providence all have English Dorset accents so I hope they have, Pubs, Cider, Cheese, Cows, Sheep, Steam Traction Engines, In Flight Refueling, Sunseeker boats, Folk Dancing, Sunny Beaches, and Wimborne Market to go with it.
Title: Re: Your diction and your location
Post by: LordKAT on December 23, 2013, 04:06:38 AM
Post by: LordKAT on December 23, 2013, 04:06:38 AM
It has me pegged pretty well.
Title: Re: Your diction and your location
Post by: big kim on December 23, 2013, 04:36:04 AM
Post by: big kim on December 23, 2013, 04:36:04 AM
I'm from Fremont,Corona and Spokane.Kind of right I'm from the West coast(of Lancashire!)
Title: Re: Your diction and your location
Post by: Ms. OBrien CVT on December 23, 2013, 10:04:00 AM
Post by: Ms. OBrien CVT on December 23, 2013, 10:04:00 AM
Boise, Spokane, Salt Lake City. Hey Pacific Northwest. Close enough.
Title: Re: Your diction and your location
Post by: JRD on December 23, 2013, 03:30:33 PM
Post by: JRD on December 23, 2013, 03:30:33 PM
One of my nieces had posted this on her facebook earlier, so I did it then. It says I'm from either Mobile, Tallahassee or Jacksonville, Florida. Oddly enough, when I was three and four, we did live near Jacksonville, Florida, but I'm from Alaska, just happen to have grown up in mostly North Carolina and Georgia with time spent in Florida and South Carolina for good measure. And I've been in the coastal area of NC for the last 18 years, where they definitely talk funny.
Title: Re: Your diction and your location
Post by: Catherine Sarah on February 08, 2014, 10:29:05 AM
Post by: Catherine Sarah on February 08, 2014, 10:29:05 AM
LA, Minnieapolis/St Paul, Orlando
And I come from Australia. ha ha
The Land Down Under.
And I come from Australia. ha ha
The Land Down Under.
Title: Re: Your diction and your location
Post by: Hikari on February 08, 2014, 10:56:25 AM
Post by: Hikari on February 08, 2014, 10:56:25 AM
http://nyti.ms/1eHMvwY (http://nyti.ms/1eHMvwY) - Results
I live right outside of DC, the thing is, I do talk like people from Baltimore, but people in most of North Carolina sound really southern to me. They also say Y'all all of the time, when it is TWO FREAKING WORDS You all, it just isn't a valid contractions [rant over] but, they do say soda just like me, so perhaps it is fair to have them in red if this is only diction, not like general speech.
I live right outside of DC, the thing is, I do talk like people from Baltimore, but people in most of North Carolina sound really southern to me. They also say Y'all all of the time, when it is TWO FREAKING WORDS You all, it just isn't a valid contractions [rant over] but, they do say soda just like me, so perhaps it is fair to have them in red if this is only diction, not like general speech.
Title: Re: Your diction and your location
Post by: amZo on February 08, 2014, 11:03:29 AM
Post by: amZo on February 08, 2014, 11:03:29 AM
This test says I speak most like Little Rock AR, Springfield MO, and Lexington KY. I grew up in OK, those seem like similar places I RECKON!
Title: Re: Your diction and your location
Post by: K Style Addiction on February 09, 2014, 12:13:17 AM
Post by: K Style Addiction on February 09, 2014, 12:13:17 AM
I got Honnolulu, Seattle & San Jose...pretty close i guess i live in San Francisco lol.
Title: Re: Your diction and your location
Post by: Eris on February 23, 2014, 08:44:24 AM
Post by: Eris on February 23, 2014, 08:44:24 AM
Sacramento, Oceanside, Reno.
Apparently this Scot sounds Californian XD
Apparently this Scot sounds Californian XD
Title: Re: Your diction and your location
Post by: LivingTheDream on February 24, 2014, 07:44:21 AM
Post by: LivingTheDream on February 24, 2014, 07:44:21 AM
I'm from Michigan and my three cities where Grand Rapids, Detroit and Toledo, pretty close...
Title: Re: Your diction and your location
Post by: alabamagirl on April 13, 2014, 03:35:43 PM
Post by: alabamagirl on April 13, 2014, 03:35:43 PM
Apparently I'm from somewhere between New York and Boston. I've never left Alabama in my entire life.
Title: Re: Your diction and your location
Post by: xponentialshift on April 13, 2014, 03:58:50 PM
Post by: xponentialshift on April 13, 2014, 03:58:50 PM
I got Santa Rosa, Bakersfield and Fresno. Considering my part of Monterey County where i grew up is right in the middle of the triangle it is pretty accurate. Also I now live 30 minutes from Santa Rosa...