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Pony Talk => Off Topic => Topic started by: Corona on September 08, 2013, 02:58:27 PM
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Found this posted on Facebook, it's a 140 question (25 if you want it shorter) quiz to place which area of the US your speech matches.
Here's the quiz. (http://spark.rstudio.com/jkatz/DialectQuizFull/)
Here's my results, I'm very very Californian (matching NorCal speech specifically) but apparently I speak Minnesotan too.
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I've taken that quiz before...I am a mixing of Midwestern and Southern. Makes since, as I'm from South Carolina but now live in Michigan :)
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I can't seem to get it to load but it sounds really neat!
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Yeah, it's not loading for me either.
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It's also not loading for me but when I finally am able to take it, I'll post my results :)
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Lol, mine's so off. Mesa, AZ is my most similar, and I'm from east Texas. XD
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I live in a mint greenish area of WI on your map, kinda below the thumb. We do not have a strong accent/drawl here. However, you can tell when someone is generally from an hour away from here in any direction...
I fall into the midwest; joliet, il being best match, but green bay is in my top 5 and I'm not far from there..
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It wasn't loading for me earlier in the day. Am in the middle of taking it right now (140 question version). And will report back.
Should be interesting because I was born and have lived mostly in southern Cali and now northern Cali. While my family is from the south and Midwest.
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I live in a mint greenish area of WI on your map, kinda below the thumb. We do not have a strong accent/drawl here. However, you can tell when someone is generally from an hour away from here in any direction...
I fall into the midwest; joliet, il being best match, but green bay is in my top 5 and I'm not far from there..
Most Similar Cities
1 Green Bay WI 38.5
2 New Haven CT 38.1
3 Madison WI 37.8
:lol:
Least Similar Cities
1 Metairie LA 34.3
2 New Orleans LA 34.3
3 Baton Rouge LA 34.5
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Most of my map turned out to be orange but it is dark red where Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa meet.
My most similar cites are
Peoria IL 38.5
Olathe KS 38.5
Springfield IL 38.5
Reno NV 38.4
Overland Park KS 38.4
And my least similar are
Metairie LA 33.1
New Orleans LA 33.1
Baton Rouge LA 33.3
Lafayette LA 33.4
Jackson MS 33.7
I guess I'm just a huge mixture of the entire country :blush:
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Funny it paired me with northern states and one of my least likely matches was New Orleans Louisiana. I'm from West Monroe. :lol:
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My map was red to dark red for most of the West and into the plain states.
Top three cities where Fort Collins and Denver (C0) plus Riverside,CA.
Bottom three (with little to no matches) where all in NY and NJ. Ironic because while I do have family there (on my father's side), I've had the least amount of contact with them.
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Its closed.
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Shoot! It's not up anymore. This would've been a cool quiz to take.
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Darn, wanted to try the 140-question one later and see what I got.
I did manage to get the short version to load yesterday and my map looked pretty similar to yours Corona, with probably a bit more extension of the red into the Midwest.
Which is kind of weird, considering I've lived all my life in VT and NH... :blink:
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I'm glad I finally for a chance to do it last night. My results:
Most Similar Cities:
1. Milwaukee, WI - 37.1
2. New Haven, CT - 37.0
3. St. Louis, MO - 36.9
4. Green Bay, WI - 36.9
5. Waterbury, CT - 36.9
Least Similar Cities:
1. Huntsville, AL - 33.6
2. Little Rock, AR - 34.0
3. Chattanooga, TN - 34.0
4. Birmingham, AL - 34.1
5. New Orleans, LA - 34.2
I'm confused why they put two WI cities when my map was blue/green around that area. I'm surprised that a Florida city wasn't in the top 5 since Florida is deep dark red on the map. I'm not surprised Florida is red, I speak Disney. XD
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Aw the survey is closed :( I'm really interested to take it. Will it be up again?
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I'm not surprised Florida is red, I speak Disney. XD
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So, what does Disney sound like? LOL
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Lol Bow Tie, my city is your third least similar. XD
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Awwwe I wanted to take it!
I do know my accent is very Mississippi though. Well when it's active anyway (i.e. tired, mad, or drunk). I can very easily detect the accents of fellow Mississippians and even pinpoint the regions.
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It's gone for me, but I know I have a solid Michigan accent. High whiney A's and whatnot. :biggrin:
Though these particular maps identify where I grew up, in Detroit:
Roly Poly - #74
And "What do you call the night before Halloween" #110
Those are totally me. Devils Night and Roly Polys, lol
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Weird! I've lived in Wisconsin my whole life and I got this:
Most Similar Cities
1 Syracuse NY 41.8
2 New Haven CT 41.7
3 Waterbury CT 41.5
4 Bridgeport CT 41.2
5 Rochester NY 41.1
Least Similar Cities
1 New Orleans LA 35.6
2 Metairie LA 35.6
3 Baton Rouge LA 36.2
4 Lafayette LA 36.6
5 Mobile AL 36.6
However, I have recently learned that a lot of the words and phrases used by my family aren't normally mid-western. That's the only thing I can think of....
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Oooh it let me do it finally!!
Most Similar Cities
1 Green Bay WI 40.5
2 Milwaukee WI 40.0
3 Minneapolis MN 39.9
4 Madison WI 39.6
5 Warren MI 39.6
Least Similar Cities
1 Philadelphia PA 35.4
2 Amarillo TX 35.4
3 Lubbock TX 35.5
4 Toms River NJ 35.5
5 Knoxville TN 35.6
HA. So my Michigan accent is more Wisconsin, I knew I had a high accent... Warren is right outside Detroit, near where I grew up, funny it's the least similar of the 5 most similar ones...
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I want to take it! It keeps saying it is down for me.
Post Merge: September 10, 2013, 11:13:23 AM
Okay it worked! Places me in four cities in Wisconsin. I've never lived there. But I moved around a lot so many my answers were confusing. Many times I could have picked more than one option.
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Sigh... it worked until question 135 of 140 for me :huh:
Edit: It worked the second time :) Wow, this was spot on for me! Grew up a bit west of Cleveland and moved to Toledo after college.
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Most Similar Cities
1- Cleveland OH 51.8
2- Akron OH 51.7
3- Fort Wayne IN 51.7
4- Toledo OH 51.6
5- Saint Louis MO 51.6
Least Similar Cities
1- Plymouth MA 45.6
2- Boston MA 46.4
3- Huntsville AL 46.5
4- Worcester MA 46.6
5- Mobile AL 46.6
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Finally got it to work. I'm a born and raised Wisconsinite but apparently I sound like I'm from New York or Connecticut. Neat! Side note, my best friend is from Louisiana and half the time we don't know what the other is saying. I guess this explains why :lol:
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Most Similar:
Syracuse NY 39.7
Hartford CT 39.7
Waterbury CT 39.7
New Haven CT 39.6
Springfield MA 39.6
Least Similar:
New Orleans LA 35.1
Metairie LA 35.1
Mobile AL 35.2
Huntsville AL 35.3
Baton Rouge LA 35.4
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I did the short version, might go back to do the long version when I've time.
My most similar cities:
1 Metairie LA 30.9
2 New Orleans LA 30.8
3 Baton Rouge LA 30.5
4 Lafayette LA 29.9
5 Plymouth MA 28.2
Least Similar Cities
1 Joliet IL 13.8
2 Naperville IL 14.6
3 Aurora IL 15.1
4 Chicago IL 15.2
5 Milwaukee WI 15.4
I live on the Alabama coast, so pretty close for me! But when I had a phone job & talked to people from all over, most said I didn't have a Southern accent at all, when they asked where I was from.
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I was finally able to take it
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Most Similar Cities
1 Tucson AZ 40.9
2 Peoria AZ 40.7
3 Visalia CA 40.7
4 Phoenix AZ 40.7
5 Fresno CA 40.7
Least Similar Cities
1 Metairie LA 36.8
2 New Orleans LA 36.8
3 Toms River NJ 36.9
4 Elizabeth NJ 37.0
5 Yonkers NY 37.0
I'm a little surprised at the AZ cities but I'm from Sacramento, CA so Fresno and even Visalia make sense I suppose. I've always figured I sounded very NorCal but know I've picked up a few odd phrases/pronunciations from my Dad, who lived many years in Chicago, and my German Great Grandmother. I love these sort of surveys! Fun!
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This test is freakin TOURTURE and it LIES
Most Similar Cities
1 Milwaukee WI 38.4
2 Madison WI 38.1
3 Cleveland OH 38.0
4 Santa Clarita CA 37.9
5 Green Bay WI 37.9
Least Similar Cities
1 Jackson MS 35.3
2 Birmingham AL 35.4
3 Chattanooga TN 35.4
4 Clarksville TN 35.5
5 Evansville IN 35.5
To bad I am from New York City -_- I have never lived or been anywhere near wisconsin.
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Weird! I've lived in Wisconsin my whole life and I got this:
and Im from NYC and get WI. :cry:
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My results are pretty accurate! ^.^
Most Similar Cities
1 Visalia CA 39.6
2 Tucson AZ 39.5
3 Bakersfield CA 39.5
4 Fresno CA 39.3
5 Scottsdale AZ 39.2
Least Similar Cities
1 Metairie LA 34.7
2 New Orleans LA 34.7
3 Baton Rouge LA 35.0
4 Lafayette LA 35.2
5 Toms River NJ 35.3
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My accent is pretty weird, I grew up in Brooklyn, but have no Brooklyn accent!
My mom, however, is completely stereotypically from Brooklyn, even my baby brother seems to have a Brooklyn accent.
My mom says things like "burgah" = burger "tamata" =tomato, haha.
The map I got is mainly blue, and says my most similar cities are:
Most Similar Cities
1 Elizabeth NJ 61.1
2 Newark NJ 60.8
3 Yonkers NY 60.8
4 New York NY 60.1
5 Toms River NJ 59.6
So huh, apparently I have a more New Jersey sounding accent than New York. WEIRD. o_o;
Also, I noticed this. My boyfriend likes to tease me for saying "forward", I say it "Foh-word" and I say ponytail instead of hair tie, which makes my boyfriend go "A ponytail is the thing you make with the hairtie!"
I also say "roon" instead of "roo-in" which my boyfriend will then always go "I don't know Mel, I don't think it had any ancient symbols on it. ;P"
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I am from the Philadelphia, PA area, and am only similar to a small area right around Philly. I guess we really do have our own dialect!
Most Similar:
1 Philadelphia PA 60.9
2 Allentown PA 59.4
3 Toms River NJ 59.0
4 Baltimore MD 58.2
5 Elizabeth NJ 57.3
Least Similar:
1 Jackson MS 52.0
2 Green Bay WI 52.0
3 Baton Rouge LA 52.0
4 Sioux Falls SD 52.1
5 Metairie LA 52.2
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I'll admit I had some trouble with the "vowel questions," like this one:
the first vowel in "miracle"
[ɪ] as in "knit"
[iː] as in "near"
something between [ɪ] and [ɛ] as in "net"
[ɛ] as in "net"
So my results may not be accurate because there were a lot of them. I went with my best guesses, but they confused the crap out of me. :blush:
Most Similar Cities
1. Fort Lauderdale FL 54.0
2. Coral Springs FL 54.0
3. Miami FL 54.0
4. Port Saint Lucie FL 54.0
5. Durham NC 53.7
Least Similar Cities
1. Sioux Falls SD 47.3
2. Flint MI 47.6
3. Green Bay WI 47.6
4. Warren MI 47.7
5. Detroit MI 47.8
Guess that means I sound southern? I've lived in Virginia my entire life, so that would make sense. :)
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My mom says things like "burgah" = burger "tamata" =tomato, haha.
I say "tamata" too. Potato is also "patata" when I say it fast enough. :)
I didn't know the difference between a coffin and a casket... or that there was a name for the day before Halloween... or that there are words for when it rains when the sun is out. I blame living in Ohio for my lack of knowledge ;)
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My mom says things like "burgah" = burger "tamata" =tomato, haha.
I say "tamata" too. Potato is also "patata" when I say it fast enough. :)
I didn't know the difference between a coffin and a casket... or that there was a name for the day before Halloween... or that there are words for when it rains when the sun is out. I blame living in Ohio for my lack of knowledge ;)
Haha, my mom also says "patata" anything with an er turns into an "a" or "ah" sound. xD
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I just did the short version. My results were pretty much as I expected; I speak a Midwestern dialect. Though I grew up outside of St. Louis (eastern Missouri) and the test matched me up with western Missouri (and Oklahoma, for some reason).
I've studied English and communications, so I've noticed such things in the past. For example, where I'm from, we have kind of a strange pronunciation for words like "grocery" and "nursery": we pronounce them "groshery" and "nurshery"! I'm aware of the difference and can use the more standard pronunciation if I want, though.