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Your Dialect (quiz map)

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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...008040088000002008000k020jj1800j0208000j&_r=0

This quiz puts your dialect (the words that you use and how you pronounce it) on a map, showing the three most similar area dialects and the three least similar. Note that it is a map of America, which made this interesting for me as a Brit.

I got:
Most similar- New York, Jersey City and Yonkers.
Least similar- Spokane, Fort Worth, Lubbock.

How about you guys?
 
Most similar- Grand Rapids, Detroit, Buffalo
Least similar- New Orleans, Louisville, Baton Rouge
 
Most: Boston, Worcester, Providence
Least: Houston, Detroit, Jackson

All my Most places are in the same state. Too bad I live in the state right below that state.
 
Most similar: New York, Jersey City, Newark/Paterson
Least similar: Spokane, Milwaukee, Minneapolis

Which is pretty accurate ^^
 
I am a swede.
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Most similar: Lincoln, Santa Ana/Irvine and Oceanside.

Least similar: Worcester, Providence and New Orleans.
 
Most similar: Rochester, Aurora, Milwaukee
Least similar: Lexington, Lubbock, Jackson

I guess that's pretty accurate considering I grew up in Rochester :p
 
Mine said I was most like southern California, and least like Louisiana. Not too far...only a couple thousand miles off..
 
I took this a while ago. Appropriately, my most similar was Minneapolis. Least similar was N'orleans I believe.
 
Incredibly far off.

Most: Jersey City, Baltimore and Washington DC
Least: Salt Lake City, Milawaukee and Worcester

Worcester is closest because it's actually in the country…
 
beffa said:
Incredibly far off.

Most: Jersey City, Baltimore and Washington DC
Least: Salt Lake City, Milawaukee and Worcester

Worcester is closest because it's actually in the country…
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Are you not from America? It's talking about Worcester, Massachusetts.
 
I'm from England

Most Similar: Santa Clarita, Santa Ana/Irvine, Oceanside
Least Similar: Little Rock, Shreveport, New Orleans

So I'm most similar to California and least similar to the South.
 
I'm from the UK :') but ill do this anyway
Most Similar: New york, Yonkers, Jersey City
Least Similar: Detroit, Pittsburgh, Dayton
 
Took this even though I'm from Malaysia because I'm that curious, and I got Detroit and NY as most similar.
 
Most similar: San Jose, Las Vegas, Oceanside
Least similar: Houston, Jackson, New Orleans

I'm from Connecticut which I'm similar to as well :)
 
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Most: Fremont, Santa-Ana, and Aurora
Least: Worcester, Springfield and Providence

I'm on the western coast Canada. I've had a lot of Americans tell me I have a "Canadian accent" but we're pretty varied across the board too... :)
 
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