Dialect Quiz

[Cos]

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[J.M.]

Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Augusta-Richmond

[jdmXSI]

Seattle, buffalo and rochester

[whydontchathen]

Seattle, Portland, Buffalo.

[whydontchathen]

Originally posted by cet
Minneapolis/St. Paul
Madison, WI
Rockford, IL

I was born in the UK and have lived in Alberta since I was about 3.

Now this is weird. How can this be??

[triplep]

Buffalo
Yonkers - what kind of name for a Town is that
Newark/Paterson

[Myrrinda]

Weird, born and raised in Calgary, and yet:

Boston
Miami
Pembroke Pines, FL

[Modelexis]

Vegas

[98brg2d]

Honolulu
San Jose
Long Beach

Very interesting to see the variety of answers, shows a small piece of the diversity in Calgary these days. I bet if you went to a Calgary school when I grew up you would get each kid giving the same answer 99% of the time.

[InLoveWitRSX]

honolulu, wichita, anchorage

[busdepot]

Now with lots of results, do any of them make senses as to where certain words came from or certain pronunciations from a parent or grandparent?

[cet]

^ Not for me. Both my parents were born and raised in the UK as were their parents. Unless that area of the US was highly influenced by Brittan then it doesn't make much sense.

[adam c]

Newark/Paterson - Buffalo - Seattle

[viff3r]

Seattle, Spokane, Minneapolis. Which I guess makes sense since the two Canadian cities I've lived in the longest are Winnipeg & Calgary. At least geographically, my results seem to line up.

Also... drive thru liquor stores are a thing?! Why not in Calgary...

[Myrrinda]

Originally posted by busdepot
Now with lots of results, do any of them make senses as to where certain words came from or certain pronunciations from a parent or grandparent?

Both of my parents were born and raised in South Eastern Sask. My top three cities were strange (Boston and 2 in Florida), but the overall map in general shows my strongest area as North Dakota, so I suppose that actually makes sense. It would be interesting to compare myself to my friends that I grew up with.

[Strider]

Originally posted by busdepot
Now with lots of results, do any of them make senses as to where certain words came from or certain pronunciations from a parent or grandparent?

Or for those of us who are ESL and raised in Calgary, does it matter which part of the city you grew up in?

I grew up in the NW (Dalhousie) and got Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma.

Wife grew up in the NE (Marlborough) and got Oakland as one of hers... same with her childhood friend. I was only joking when I said I expected her to get Brooklyn / Compton / Oakland.

[Alphazone]

Yonkers
Jersey City
New York

[bjstare]

Seattle
Oakland
Honolulu

[natty54]

seattle
spokane
minneapolis / saint paul

[baygirl]

If you do the quiz a second time you get different questions, and different cities in the end...