Spin off: regional dialect quiz accurate?

[mjkacmom]

And it seems the quiz doesn’t have a differentiater for the different NY dialects. Seems Newark, Yonkers, NYC is the default 3 city answer for anyone from that entire area. No Long Island answer or different borough of the city. Just all lumped together.

Im definitely a “you guys” person and I’ve had some weird looks down here in Tampa now where most are more used to “y’all”.

I got Paterson, Newark and Yonkers.

 

[Gary M]

It said Rockford, IL, Aurora, IL or Ft. Wayne, IN. I live about 1 hour south of Ft. Wayne in Muncie, IN.

 

[MrsJackSparrow4Life]

It realized I’m in the west but got the wrong state.

 

[xjillianpaige]

I got Boston. I grew up right outside the city. Accurate.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

So the questions are different?
I didn't have the parallel to highway or crayon ones

Yes. Some questions vary, depending on how you answer previous ones. Probably the algorithm to pinpoint where specific terms are used most.

 

[lynxstch]

Not even close. Said I'm from New York City. I was born and raised in Western MA and have lived in Western MD for the last 20 years~

 

[Kitty 34]

It’s very accurate for me- my homestate (Michigan) is just completely lit up. The three key words were pop, kiddy corner, and Devil’s Night.

Me, too.

 

[Minnesota!]

And I just can’t wrap my head around how someone could pronounce those 3 words similar lol. It just sounds wrong to me.

I pronounce all the same....mare-ee. I can't envision how they could be said differently...

 

[Wendy31]

I got 2 different cities in Alabama - Birmingham & Montgomery, along w/ an outlier city in Mississipi (Jackson).

I’m from Tennessee & have lived in TN my whole life. However, my mom & her parents are/were from Alabama. And, growing up, I spent all day Monday-Friday w/ my grandmother in the summer.

And where we live is just a hop, skip, & a jump away from Alabama anyway.

When I’ve taken other similar dialect quizzes, I also get northern Alabama/Southern Appalachia.

And the funny thing is, I’ve noticed (& so has my husband), the older I get, the more the Alabama comes out in my speech.

 

[VandVsmama]

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

Mine was totally accurate.

 

[mousefan73]

It had me near. Grew up Chicago Area, put me in Grand Rapids, Toledo or Detroit.
I honestly thought my gym shoes answer would be the dead giveaway.

 

[mousefan73]

It said Rockford, IL, Aurora, IL or Ft. Wayne, IN. I live about 1 hour south of Ft. Wayne in Muncie, IN.

I was born and grew up in/next to Aurora... it had me in MI

Once I was in MK resting on those benches under the Splash Mountain entrance bridge thing. I was talking to my kids and some lady asked where I was from. I told her and she said Naperville IL and you could tell with my accent I was from that area. Strange as I live now almost 16 years in Germany and my friends have told me my accent has gotten a bit wierd like Madonnas lol.

 

[trvlgirlmq]

Really weird! I was born and raised in N California/ N Nevada.

 

[Disneypeach]

Not very accurate. Says I’m from Louisiana... I’ve never lived there. But being a Navy brat for the first 20 years of my life living all over the US may have confused the program.

 

[HiStitch626]

Mine is a little all over the place, Although I guess Tallahassee is the closest, and it is on my list. Grew in an Air Force family with a New Mexican father and a Minnesotan mother so I guess I’ve had a variety of influences on my accent. Born in Florida and have spent more time living here than anywhere else. My map shows little relationship to the pacific West Coast or New England, so no surprise there.

 

[Skippy918]

I pronounce all the same....mare-ee. I can't envision how they could be said differently...

I’m from nyc and Mary, merry and marry are pronounced differently. My dd who is growing up in tx, pronounces them all the same.

Mare-ee
Meh-ree
Mah-ree

 

[Travel60]

Pretty close....I've taken a 100-question version by a professor from NC (maybe Duke?) who was doing research on regional dialects. That one was spot on....I grew up in AR, after college lived in New Orleans then Memphis. After marrying, lived in Toledo then NYC and for the last 33 years near Baltimore....whew! It picked up the south with a lighter sweep up to eastern seaboard. Not much from Toledo or NYC.

 

[Eeyore daily]

The first time I took it I got Irving, Tx, Corona, CA, and another city in CA.
The second time I got Glendale, Phoenix, and Corona.

I grew up in Arkansas my entire life so not that close for me but my parents grew up in Santa Monica which I guess influenced me.

 

[AppleDumpling]

I pronounce all the same....mare-ee. I can't envision how they could be said differently...

I get it. We hear things differently based on what we’re used to. It’s really hard to explain in writing. Problem is, the words I use for comparison may still sound different to you. So I can tell you marry rhymes with Harry, but to you, maybe that’s the same as hairy. (As a reference, listen to Brits say Prince Harry or Harry Potter. It’s how I say it and it’s different from hairy.)

To me, they are three distinct vowel sounds:
Mary = long A, as in air
marry = short A, as in axe or apple
merry = short E, as in egg

Or, to use similar words:
long A, as in bait
short A, as in bat
short E, as in bet
Do you pronounce bait, bat, and bet all the same? If so, then I can’t help you, sorry.

 

[ramee]

I get it. We hear things differently based on what we’re used to. It’s really hard to explain in writing. Problem is, the words I use for comparison may still sound different to you. So I can tell you marry rhymes with Harry, but to you, maybe that’s the same as hairy. (As a reference, listen to Brits say Prince Harry or Harry Potter. It’s how I say it and it’s different from hairy.)

To me, they are three distinct vowel sounds:
Mary = long A, as in air
marry = short A, as in axe or apple
merry = short E, as in egg

Or, to use similar words:
long A, as in bait
short A, as in bat
short E, as in bet
Do you pronounce bait, bat, and bet all the same? If so, then I can’t help you, sorry.

I say them all the same.

“To me, they are three distinct vowel sounds:
Mary = long A, as in air
marry = short A, as in axe or apple sounds Boston
merry = short E, as in egg“ Reminds me of a New Zealand accent