Spin off: regional dialect quiz accurate?

[ramee]

I thought it was interesting how close @penn19 guessed where my dad is from after I posted that he says wooder for water and ruff for roof.

The quiz was accurate for me. How about you?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/dialect-quiz-map.html

 

[Kittyblue]

It says I'm from Washington state, and while that's not true, both my parents are from WA near 2 of the 3 major cities mentioned.
I can't seem to share my specific map, but the 3 cities are Seattle, Tacoma, and Spokane and generally most of the west coast.

 

[abdmom]

Very accurate for me. DD is 22. She took the quiz when it first came out. It was able to pinpoint where she was born and lived until she was 4.

 

[low-key]

Iys says Im eiher from Ft Wayne Ind, Toledo Ohio or Akron Ohio

Im fromAkron

 

[ncc1701]

Very accurate in my case

 

[ramee]

It says I'm from Washington state, and while that's not true, both my parents are from WA near 2 of the 3 major cities mentioned.
I can't seem to share my specific map, but the 3 cities are Seattle, Tacoma, and Spokane and generally most of the west coast.

I “corrected” some of my words as I got older, so some of the questions I answered with how I use to say things to see if the results would show more accurately where I’m from.

Like, I grew up saying “crown”. Now it’s cray ons.

 

[Breezy_Carol]

I lived in Baltimore until I was 35 and that was one of my top three choices.

 

[NotUrsula]

It's very accurate, but I could have predicted that: the linchpin question was the sandwich description. As a general rule, no one outside of a 150 mile circle around New Orleans calls it a po-boy, but that's one of the few truly Louisianian expressions I've never been able to shake (mostly because they are just so darned GOOD there. It's the bread.) If I hadn't had that very unique answer on my list, I think it would have had a lot less accuracy.

The trick for me was "do I answer it with what I'd prefer to say, or with what I would need to say to make myself understood where I live?" I kind of split the difference, because I've been here 30 years now.

 

[disneychrista]

It had Stockon, Ca; Salt Lake City, Utah or Anchorage, Alaska. Stockton is closest but I am north-west of there.

 

[ramee]

I lived in Baltimore until I was 35 and that was one of my top three choices.

My cities were Baltimore, DC, and Newark.

 

[ramee]

It's very accurate, but I could have predicted that: the linchpin question was the sandwich description. As a general rule, no one outside of a 150 mile circle around New Orleans calls it a po-boy, but that's one of the few truly Louisianian expressions I've never been able to shake (mostly because they are just so darned GOOD there. It's the bread.) If I hadn't had that very unique answer on my list, I think it would have had a lot less accuracy.

The trick for me was "do I answer it with what I'd prefer to say, or with what I would need to say to make myself understood where I live?" I kind of split the difference, because I've been here 30 years now.

lol. True. I said sub. I didn’t go down the list much further but I wonder if dagwood was on there. That’s what my great grandfather called them.

 

[Skywalker]

I'm from Toronto, so it doesn't really count I guess lol. But it did show my match cities as Buffalo, Detroit and Seattle, border cities so I guess it makes sense!

 

[AlohaNow]

Freakishly accurate.
This past Halloween we had a big discussion in our house about 'the night before Halloween'. We Googled it and learned a lot, so I actually LOL'd when I read that question. I'm like, this will be my determining factor!

 

[emer95]

Incredibly accurate, wow! I’m just outside of Buffalo. It guessed Buffalo, Rochester, and Toledo, Ohio for me.
This was fun!

 

[PrincessShmoo]

The quiz was accurate for me. How about you?

Well, it put me between Santa Rosa/Sacramento, CA and Reno, NV.

Sort of. I moved to the bay area when I was 10. But I lived mostly in the southern midwest USA and Germany prior to that.

EDIT: So I took it again, using the second choice answers on those questions that I had two answers. And it "pin-pointed" me in Louisville, KY; Jackson, MS; and Tucson, AZ.

 

[ramee]

Incredibly accurate, wow! I’m just outside of Buffalo. It guessed Buffalo, Rochester, and Toledo, Ohio for me.
This was fun!

I was amazed too! I thought it might be fun for others A simple enough quiz. It’s like a magic trick.

 

[ramee]

Well, it put me between Santa Rosa/Sacramento, CA and Reno, NV.

Sort of. I moved to the bay area when I was 10. But I lived mostly in the southern midwest USA and Germany prior to that.

nice. I’ll take that as your most influential years.

 

[Heather07438]

Correctly mapped me around Jersey City, Paterson and NYC. Grew up in the middle.

 

[THEDISNEYTHREE]

Wow! That was very accurate for me as well. My three cities were all in the state I live in, including the biggest city near me. That was fun!

 

[ramee]

Freakishly accurate.
This past Halloween we had a big discussion in our house about 'the night before Halloween'. We Googled it and learned a lot, so I actually LOL'd when I read that question. I'm like, this will be my determining factor!

I took the quiz again putting in different answers and I didn’t have that question the first time!

The second time I got yellowish cities spread out in the Midwest, so now I’m not wondering if GPS is somehow involved!