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[–] 9 points 1 month ago (5 children)

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As an Australian this was interesting.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago*

    New England English is more similar to British English (at least in comparison to most US English), so it makes sense it would be the closest to Australian or South African English. Like they still use the word “carriage” commonly

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    I'm norwegian and got the complete opposite from the map of americans who actually originate from my country, lol.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    I'm also Norwegian and got a very similar map, though with more emphasis on a New York dialect. I'm guessing it has to do with our English being heavily influenced by popular media, in which the midwest might have less vocal presence.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I don't want to dox myself, but it definitely guessed the exact city I live in. I will not answer further questions.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Apparently this is the "Vermont" accent map. Live in the Great Lakes region, so ok.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Interesting

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Philadelphian who has also lived in Florida. This worked better than I expected, given my accent can be eclectic.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    My answers, unshockingly, reflected my region, but this question made me laugh pretty good. I dont know why lol "um akshully, Icing and frosting are different". This was my answer anyway

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    I was disappointed by a lack of option for "Icing is what you get when someone gives you a proper cake from a bakery, frosting comes out of a Betty Crocker jar forgotten in the back of a cabinet when someone has made a boxed cake." for this one.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    'Roof, room, broom, and root aren't all pronounced the same' was enough to know I'm from Minnesota lol

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago*

    49% Kentucky

    I have never lived here, but I do have family there.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Despite me not being from the US, it was still as accurate as it could possibly be. I’m on Vancouver Island, nestled right in that notch in the northwestern corner of Washington.

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    Grew up in Philly, but it guessed Delaware, so super close. But it did say my next closest city was Philadelphia. It's interesting because I went to school for radio and spent a ton of time working on my diction and pronunciation, and yet it was the little things I never would have realized I say that still got these results spot on.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago*

    I'm from South Africa but don't speak in a very stereotypical South African accent, and I got "Massachusetts".

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Got me pretty good. I am a little surprised my biggest giveaways were word choice not pronunciation, but I was only 56% similar (which was also weird) so i guess there weren't too many to choose from. I was also about as similar to San Francisico and LA as I was to Salt Lake City UT, did not realize those cities spoke so similarly.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago*

    It missed by a couple of states, but it's close-ish. Some of those questions are wild, like whatever bullshit word people use for lighting bugs or fireflies that is neither of those two. Sambo niggles or some such a thing.

    Edit: Peenie Wallies? Just call them double dick bugs 😆

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Don't live there anymore but I did grow up in NJ

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    Mom was from Michigan, Dad was from L.A. I grew up in California. Early questions nailed me in Michigan, later questions shifted to PNW. I feel like I don't have an accent, since everyone on TV and in movies talks like I do. My mom said "pop" instead of soda, and I grew up saying "pop", but switched to soda when everyone around me was saying that. I answered "pop" to the question, knowing that was a big differentiator.

    I wonder if any questions would have shifted the map further south.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Freaky, It was able to determine what state I grew up in.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

    I guess mine is pretty solidly midwestern.

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    [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Apparently I'm from Vermont!

    Maybe.

    It was only a 50 percent chance.

    (I'm not from Vermont, have never lived in Vermont, and have no relatives from Vermont.)

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  • 51% generic Hollywood accent.

    Well, judging by the state's soft power, it's not that surprising but it does not narrow much.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    302

    Yep. I'm in the red area. Go Cocks 🤙

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    As an aussie (WA):

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

    Not from Kansas, but it’s not far off either. I bet its idea of a St. Louis accent is based on the old St. Louis accent that is common among older people but very rare among anyone under 50. Although there were no questions that asked about “fork” versus “fark”, “fourty” vs “farhty”, “soda” vs “sodee”, etc. It may just not have much of an idea of that dialect built into it

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    We use the same words. I wonder what differentiates from IN which is actually right for me.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago*

    Not on the quiz of course, but one major difference between MO and IN is that “Hoosier” is a positive term in IN but a pejorative term in MO.

    Once upon a time a bunch of people from Indiana moved to Missouri, and apparently they were not well liked. So hoosier is like the MO equivalent of calling someone a redneck

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Surprised there was no bury/berry/bary question. Sooo many people pronounce it wrong 😁

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Despite my kiwi heritage 🇳🇿 I'm from Rhode Island, apparently.

    Many years ago I went on a solo road trip around California. I spotted a man pulled over by the side of the road looking upset, and stopped to see if I could help. He asked me to find a pay phone and call his friend to tell him "Jack is out of gas" and give his location.

    I swear I was on the phone for a good ten minutes trying to make myself understood. It makes sense now. Rhode Island is a loooong way from California.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    I have no Italian ancestry but I'm culturally Italian by way of my home state. anti-italian-discrimination

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    I am from Idaho initially, grew up there. Now I have lived in Oregon for nearly 15 years.

    Apparently I talk like I am from Maryland, somewhere I have never been.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    My state was wrong, but close enough, my region was spot on, my city was 100% correct

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    Any other PNW homies out there?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago

    I don't like this.

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