NYT dialect map.

Kinja'd!!! "RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
12/24/2013 at 11:44 • Filed to: None

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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Interdasting. Attempts to predict aggregate accent location, along with three *most distinctive* cities - I got Greensboro, NC, Arlington, VA, and Baltimore, MD.


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Kinja'd!!! BJ > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/24/2013 at 12:06

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Interesting quiz! Here's my result: http://nyti.ms/1jFeDVP

As a Canadian who grew up in Alberta (the west) and now lives in Montreal (French Canada) it makes sense that my most similar are in the north, but somewhat coloured by the influence of American film and television.


Kinja'd!!! BJ > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/24/2013 at 12:07

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The links directly to map results don't seem to be working. When I try to see yours, or mine, I just get the questionnaire. Hopefully it'll get fixed soon.


Kinja'd!!! Jayhawk Jake > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/24/2013 at 12:24

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Mine was a bit off, put me in Kentucky. It had hot spots near Houston though, so it seems pretty accurate


Kinja'd!!! Jayhawk Jake > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/24/2013 at 12:24

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Mine was a bit off, put me in Kentucky. It had hot spots near Houston though, so it seems pretty accurate


Kinja'd!!! getchapopcorn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/24/2013 at 12:32

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How did the results compare with you? I got winston-salem,nc , greensboro, and charlottesville, va


Kinja'd!!! benchslap > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/24/2013 at 13:32

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Mine was spot on. Couldn't have been more accurate. Really interesting!


Kinja'd!!! Slave2anMG > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/24/2013 at 14:10

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It told me I was from hell. Pretty accurate.

Actually came back with Newark/Baltimore/Richmond for me. Odd.


Kinja'd!!! The Old Man from Scene 24 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/26/2013 at 08:54

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I grew up in South Jersey, but have lived in Atlanta for the past 19 years. However, my results were Philadelphia, Newark/Patterson and Yonkers NY. So, it seems you can take the boy outta Jersey, but....

The two questions that pegged me as a Jersey boy most were:

What do you call the night before Halloween? My answer was "mischief night", an expression that seems almost exclusive to NJ

The second was "What do you call the beetles that light up at night?" and my answer was "lightning bugs", again pretty much a NJ/Northeastern USA expression.