You mean Ohio?I've lived in Illinois all my life. \o/
also loling at:
Apparently no one except for Ontario has a word for this, but they included it anyways.
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nytimes's united states 'dialect map' quiz
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looks like right above Ohio to me, which would be Ontario, but I might just be going blind.
That's Ohio. There's an area of white (half way between familiar and not familiar) that makes it look like it's off the map.
I've always called that region the boulevard, but that probably means I've just been using the term incorrectly.
I've always called that region the boulevard, but that probably means I've just been using the term incorrectly.
Apparently I've got close ties to Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, and Pembroke Pines, Florida, just because my most distinctive answer was "sunshower." It also tied me in with Maine and Southeast Texas (where I'm from).
I really wanted to be able to click multiple answers for some questions, especially when it came to the "roly-poly" question.
I really wanted to be able to click multiple answers for some questions, especially when it came to the "roly-poly" question.
http://nyti.ms/1haN7Jm my bumpkin town, and my birth town are within the triangle formed by the 3 cities i apparently speak the most like!
Get the fuck out of here ಠ_ಠ
Get the fuck out of here ಠ_ಠ
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My top three cities were all in the Northeast.
http://nyti.ms/1hf9Rbn
I've lived in CA since I was two.
wat
http://nyti.ms/1hf9Rbn
I've lived in CA since I was two.
wat
I see you talk to Oglemi a lot
Yeah we're like the only state that does not have a defined name for major roads. Everything has its own name, and the roads are referenced either by Route # (HOLLA 614!), Interstate number (I-95, I-195, I-295, I-287, etc.), or their actual name if the previous two can't be used (ACExpressway). Meanwhile you go to Pennsylvania and it's either 'the Turnpike,' 'Northeast Extension,' or 'I-78.' And in Virginia literally everything is called the highway besides 495, which is affectionately referred to as 'The Beltway.'
Also anyone living in a 20 mile radius of the Garden State Parkway refers to their hometown by the exit number. Mine's exit 74 for example, and an Ex-girlfriend's is 98.
It's called Subway, not Hoagieway. :p
Quiz put me in Fresno, Glendale, and Long Beach, CA. I live in TN, grew up in VA, never been farther west than Memphis. Because I refuse to say y'all, I guess?
Every summer Wawa has HOAGIEfest not Subfest.
http://nyti.ms/1kDv5Sy
Very interesting quiz. The results seem pretty accurate since I'm from Michigan. I found it interesting that calling the night before Halloween "Devil's Night" is pretty much a Michigan-exclusive term.
Also, drive through liquor-stores... wut?
Also, drive through liquor-stores... wut?
http://nyti.ms/1jhPYpH
I live near Pittsburgh, but honestly I don't think I talk much like a Pittsburgher (no yinz or anything like that). Apparently calling pop "pop" is enough though to put me there.
I'm really surprised though at the amount of people who think that a drive thru liquor store is odd. Pennsylvania has pretty strict alcohol sales laws but yet there's one in my hometown that I went through all the time with my parents as a kid.
I live near Pittsburgh, but honestly I don't think I talk much like a Pittsburgher (no yinz or anything like that). Apparently calling pop "pop" is enough though to put me there.
I'm really surprised though at the amount of people who think that a drive thru liquor store is odd. Pennsylvania has pretty strict alcohol sales laws but yet there's one in my hometown that I went through all the time with my parents as a kid.
Interesting quiz and similarly interesting results for someone who was born and raised in Arkansas. Granted, I was aware beforehand that I don't use most of the common dialect shared throughout the south alone, consequently due to my father being from New York and the fact I don't live in rural Arkansas.
http://nyti.ms/1iPBCqF
EDIT: my second attempt - http://nyti.ms/1gs0wm2 - the one constant is I don't speaka da midwest
http://nyti.ms/1iPBCqF
EDIT: my second attempt - http://nyti.ms/1gs0wm2 - the one constant is I don't speaka da midwest
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http://nyti.ms/1oAFZuF
This is quite interesting, considering I'm from Sicily, my English level is only high school and the only time I actually spoke English outside of the internet was during an excanghe with Dutch students.
This is quite interesting, considering I'm from Sicily, my English level is only high school and the only time I actually spoke English outside of the internet was during an excanghe with Dutch students.
Actually got right around my area, even got the name of my city. The main differences it seemed were the use of the word drinking fountain and pronouncing "cot" and "caught" differently.
Cresselia~~
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Hey guys, I found an international version of this thing:
http://www.gameswithwords.org/WhichEnglish/
I got 1. South African, 2. Australian, 3. UK from this thing.
They also guess whether English is your first language, and what native language you probably speak.
http://www.gameswithwords.org/WhichEnglish/
I got 1. South African, 2. Australian, 3. UK from this thing.
They also guess whether English is your first language, and what native language you probably speak.
1. English (England)
2. Welsh (UK)
3. Scottish (UK)
It's good. Might have expected Scottish to be ahead of Welsh though because of family.
1. Canadian
2. American (Standard)
3. Australian
Seems pretty good.
2. American (Standard)
3. Australian
Seems pretty good.
1. American
2. Singapore
3. Ebonics
Come at me
2. Singapore
3. Ebonics
Come at me
I had never heard of mischief night until I moved to New Jersey, and sure enough there and Michigan were the ONLY two places on the map (well, kindasorta part of Iowa too) where that phrase is used.
Also I ended up with Arlington VA, Richmond VA, and Durham NC. Considering I spent most of my life in northern VA (fairly near Arlington) but in a more "southern" type neighborhood and area (culturally similar to Richmond and Durham) this makes perfect sense. Pretty cool though that it was that accurate with 25 questions.
Also I ended up with Arlington VA, Richmond VA, and Durham NC. Considering I spent most of my life in northern VA (fairly near Arlington) but in a more "southern" type neighborhood and area (culturally similar to Richmond and Durham) this makes perfect sense. Pretty cool though that it was that accurate with 25 questions.