Kind of a fun quiz which matches up commonly-used words or phrases to specific areas of the country and provides a composite map at the end which incorporates the data from all the individual questions.
Pretty much nailed me. Thought both of my parents being from the South would have skewed my results a bit but apparently I’m a northern plains boy.
Mine is very much Massachusetts although I don’t have a heavy accent (I use my R’s and A’s properly). I also have a bit of Southern Connecticut/New York and Pittsburgh thanks to Dad and Mom, respectively.
I’m disappointed not all three dots were in Texas. I was born and raised a Texan. These results make me question where it all went off the tracks. On the other hand, throw out the outlier & split the difference, it’s right.
Said two north/central spots in NC and central Alabama. Weird as I’ve only driven through AL and I’m certainly not from the Winston Salem/Greensboro part of NC
Showed me much further South than I have ever lived. Birmingham/Montgomery/Jackson MS. The furthest South I have ever lived was Memphis and that was just in college. I have only ever lived in Tennessee.
Some of the questions I thought had some interesting answers. Particularly the night before Halloween and rain with the sun shining. Never heard some of them before.
Mine spread out drastically considering the size of CA, though I Reno was chosen for me.
My three were: Oceanside San Diego, Santa Rosa, and Reno.
I am guessing I use dialect from my mother who was born and raised in Northern CA- Reno “slang” from what I have experienced is similar- mixed with Southern CA from which I was born and raised.
I have to watch myself when speaking in Wisconsin to not seem like an outsider.