GTKY: Dialect Quiz

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How accurate is this for you???
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Avrilmai

I wasn't expecting it to be, but I think there were some very distinct things that made this quiz 

darkstar42

This was weird! It placed me in Phoenix, AZ, and I did go to grad school there and live there for six years, but I'm from CA! I didn't think AZ influenced me that much.

millpe

Actaully I was surprised! There must be a few things that give me away

I live in ND and this was my map... 

doxiemoxie212

So, I remember I took this in 2013, and it did say Bay Area, CA, which is accurate. I just took it again, and I think my answers have changed from living in DC and NY for so much longer, so now it thinks I'm from Las Vegas, which is inaccurate. Lol. 

krash_

100% accurate! Got Twin Cities, Madison and Milwaukee. I grew up in Madison and I live in the Twin Cities.

icecubeinthedesert

Mine's pretty spot on. Though it's not really fair once they ask the bubbler question. @doxiemoxie212, I also took that original one back several years ago. It was a graduate student's project at NC State. That one had more questions, and gave percentage confidence to much more precise areas (small towns for example). They got me to 96% confidence to the small town 20 mins from my parents house in the middle of a cornfield.

Interestingly, this one is much broader, and included Santa Rosa, CA. Not even close and never been there, but maybe it's because I'm now in AZ?

Montana was also pretty strong, which is interesting because I get along really really well with the only two people I've ever met from there.

nitnat007

Not even close lol. But I wasn't expecting it to be. With being raised South-African and traveled as much as I have, I don't really "fit" into the norm. There were a lot of "other" answers. Fun though. 

kiwi2628

I got New York City, Jersey City and Birmingham, AL. NYC and Jersey City make sense- I am from NYC. The Birmingham is because my mom is from Alabama so I say some things that are southern (such as tennis shoes)

lurvleybunchococonuts

It was accurate for me!  It listed Madison WI,  Aurora CO, or Colorado Springs CO.  I've lived in the Madison "area" since middle school with about 10 years in Madison itself  

millpe

@kiwi2628 tennis shoes is southern?? What? I live about as far north as you can and I definitely call them that! 

SkilledSailor

I'm shocked but it nailed it. I was thinking with both of my parents growing up in NE I'd have more of a blend but nope. 

canucklehead123

@krashke  love that movie.

Pretty close for me (given I'm from Canada, can't be 100% accurate) but it placed my in Tacoma and I grew up just over the border in Vancouver, BC so pretty close! 

Dilynne

Well I'm from Canada so obviously it's incorrect for me but it placed me in Lincoln or Omaha, Nebraska and my best friend at my cabin is from there so it makes sense. We tend to switch accents when we hang out. She picks up my Canadian accent and I pick up her Nebraskan accent. 

dpjennifer

My most similar place was Akron, Ohio... and I hail from Western PA originally. So not too far off; however, I think being in the DC area for years now has really influenced my answers as well.

Pinky917

Overall the general area it gave me was spot on, and it did give me Newark/Paterson which is in the general area where I grew up. However, I also ended up with Yonkers and Philly, and I have never even been to either of those places ha ha.

lulu1180

It gave me Toledo, OH; Grand Rapids, MI; and Rockford, IN.  Toledo was the closest at 2 hours away.  

50Wife

This was spot on for me.  I think hoagie gave me away though lol

icecubeinthedesert

So I took it a second time because I didn't save my map, and I think I must have changed my pop/soda answer (I've always used them interchangeably), and I got some different questions after that. No question about bubblers, so now it thinks I'm from Nebraska. 

purplg8r

Not even close. It has me at Las Vegas area.  Lived only on the east coast & Florida for the last 29 years

Hollyyyyy

Spot on! It said Sacramento, and I'm originally from San Jose. I am gonna make my mom (who's from the Midwest), take it 

Saratiff

Spot on I got Boston, Springfield, Worcester. I grew up just outside of Hartford

MLS6212

@lulu1180 Toledo is 2 hours in which direction?

My closest cities were Lincoln, NE; Overland Park, KS; and Springfield, MO. The nearest of those is nearly 600 miles from me.

lulu1180

@MLS6212 It's about 2 hours west of me....I'm in Cleveland.

MLS6212

@lulu1180 Oh, okay. I think I might have known that. I'm in the opposite corner of the state.

kindbytealikat

I'm born/raised/currently live in Missouri and the most similar cities were Springfield, Mo; Wichita, KS, and Lexington, Nebraska so I would say it was pretty spot on for me.

princesslockness

I'm on the correct side of the country. I live in Idaho, and it pegged me in Fresno, Reno and Modesto. 

quiltandknit

Right on!  It gave me Providence, Worcester, and Patterson NJ.  I was born in Rhode Island and I live outside of Hartford.

Augusta108

I got Springfield MO, Oklahoma City, and Reno. The first two seem probable for a girl raised in the Midwest by Texan parents, but I'm not sure about Reno! 

jnmiller324

Wow 100% accurate. I grew up in Michigan about 30 min from Grand Rapids. 

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Mine was pretty darn accurate!  Hey, @lulu1180
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I changed my answer for the crayfish/crawfish question from the first time, and my updated result was actually even more spot on than the first time.  I think it's interesting that it maybe picked up on my dad living in Buffalo, but I also wonder if the northern bent has anything to do with my time spent in Canada...  I find it interesting that I got some hits out West, too. 
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icecubeinthedesert

@quiltandknit, I have to know: do you say bubbler too? Apparently it's a distinctly Wisconsin and Rhode island thing

quiltandknit

@icecubeinthedesert Absolutely!  Bubbler all the way! 

jsnakehole

I got New York/Yonkers/Newark. To which my first thought was "How dare they say my accent is from Jersey!"

I actually don't speak with a heavy New York accent (yay having it beaten out of me when I was studying theater) unless I'm super tired or super angry. Then I sound like I'm hosting Coffee Talk with Linda Richman.

dukestar5

So interesting!  It gave me 3 cities in CA, but I'm actually from the east coast. 

jrm_14

I received Little Rock, AK/Oklahoma City, OK/Springfield,NO.

I grew up in the vicinity of Springfield (within 3-4 hours).   

pebbledam

@kindbytealikat, @jrm_14 - I grew up 2 hours from Springfield, MO and went to college there!
@kiwi2628 - I didn't know "tennis shoes" was a southern phrase!
@icecubeinthedesert - This quiz didn't ask me the water fountain (not bubbler) question. I've literally never heard anyone in real life say the word "bubbler!"

ETA because I forgot to post my own results! This is exactly where I grew up!

icecubeinthedesert

@pebbledam, fun fact: one of the earliest drinking fountains made by Kohler was branded the "Bubbler." It was one of those that just shoots up and bubbles over. Kohler is based out of Wisconsin. I guess it stuck, kind of like Kleenex (which coincidentally is also from a WI company).

Mylitta

It was accurate for me! I took it a few times and got different questions. But when it did go off it was where my parents spent time as kids. So it makes serve

pebbledam

@icecubeinthedesert - That is a fun fact! Fun fact about me: I call them tissues (not Kleenex)! At least I'm consistent! 

krash_

@icecubeinthedesert yay for WI companies! I have friend that works for Kimberly Clark!