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ML · 09-09-2014, 02:34 PM

I was just looking over some maps of how people in the US say different words, and its fucking interesting as fuck! for example

I'm from the South, so I didn't know people called doing donuts "whipping shitties"?

anyway here is a site with a bunch of maps with different words and sayings

http://spark.rstudio.com/jkatz/SurveyMaps/

and here is a site you can go to take a survey of your dialect

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...-quiz-map.html

FRSNewb · 09-09-2014, 03:55 PM

Not surprised by these results; I live on the border on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in Ontario and most of the red is either in that area or up near Ontario in general

husker741 · 09-09-2014, 03:57 PM

My dialect is 'Murican cuz this is Muricah.

ML · 09-09-2014, 04:07 PM

I only know one language...freenglish

STV3 · 09-09-2014, 04:27 PM

I live in NY right next to NYC where I formerly lived. Map seems to be right on point.

ML · 09-09-2014, 04:38 PM

Do you think there is a difference between dialect and accent? My map said deep south, because of the words I chose, but many people have told me I don't reallly have a southern accent.

YukiHachiRoku · 09-13-2014, 10:20 AM

My dialect is hellah west coast, but Louisville, Tallahassee, and Lexington are the darkest colors of red. Weird, and I'm an military brat growing up, so I guess it's just really broad. Mid - Latitude and southern dominated, very interesting.

YukiHachiRoku · 09-13-2014, 10:26 AM

double post XD

zenki_levin · 09-14-2014, 12:42 PM

i did

stonenewt · 09-14-2014, 02:06 PM

For shits n' giggles here's what you get from someone from south east England.

Had a number lot of entirely blue maps.

ML · 09-14-2014, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by stonenewt

For shits n' giggles here's what you get from someone from south east England.

Had a number lot of entirely blue maps.

interesting, hawaii is the most similar. How is it different from Londoner's accent? Isn't that supposed to be proper english?

YukiHachiRoku · 09-15-2014, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ML

interesting, hawaii is the most similar. How is it different from Londoner's accent? Isn't that supposed to be proper english?

lol it's totally Island pidgeon, the furthest thing from "proper English" accent rofl!!!

stonenewt · 09-15-2014, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by ML

interesting, hawaii is the most similar.

After doing the survey again it looks like down to the amount of common answers to 'what do you call...' questions.

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How is it different from Londoner's accent? Isn't that supposed to be proper english?

Massively, though this survey doesn't really deal with accent.

malave7567 · 09-15-2014, 11:31 AM

I was raised in and lived in Oklahoma until 23 years old. These results definitely make sense in my case. Pretty cool little survey.

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STV3 Señor Member Join Date: May 2013 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S Location: Rockland County NY Posts: 1,607 Thanks: 1,103 Thanked 1,322 Times in 645 Posts Mentioned: 17 Post(s) Tagged: 4 Thread(s)	I live in NY right next to NYC where I formerly lived. Map seems to be right on point. Attached Images

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stonenewt Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Drives: BMW 120d Location: England Posts: 237 Thanks: 29 Thanked 65 Times in 47 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	For shits n' giggles here's what you get from someone from south east England. Had a number lot of entirely blue maps. Attached Images

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malave7567 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Drives: (formerly) 2013 Raven FR-S Location: Houston, TX Posts: 396 Thanks: 117 Thanked 218 Times in 136 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I was raised in and lived in Oklahoma until 23 years old. These results definitely make sense in my case. Pretty cool little survey. Attached Images

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YukiHachiRoku Lex Luger Join Date: May 2012 Drives: 2004 GS430 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 929 Thanks: 2,054 Thanked 754 Times in 316 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	My dialect is hellah west coast, but Louisville, Tallahassee, and Lexington are the darkest colors of red. Weird, and I'm an military brat growing up, so I guess it's just really broad. Mid - Latitude and southern dominated, very interesting.

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