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Petrolheadia
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And what does your accent/vocabulary sound like?

Postby Petrolheadia » Thu Sep 07, 2017 10:09 am

NYT has created this quiz, which can map your English accent and vocabulary to a certain American region.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013 ... z-map.html

It's quite fun to look at what your accent sounds like, especially if you're not an American. I'm Polish, and while my English matches a lot of places, it seems to be the closest to how it's spoken in Maine.
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Postby Valentine Z » Thu Sep 07, 2017 10:26 am

Hmm, mine looks like this:

https://nyti.ms/2xRRc5k

Miami / Hialeah, Pembroke Pines, or Honolulu.

And I'm Burmese, so yeah..
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Postby Aellex » Thu Sep 07, 2017 10:28 am

I'm apparently similar to Saint Louis, Yonker and Philadelphia.
Saint Louis I can understand given I'm French but the two others...
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Postby Neanderthaland » Thu Sep 07, 2017 10:42 am

Kansas, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Colorado appear to be my strongest correlations, though the entire West is pretty red, excluding Oklahoma and Texas.
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Postby Herador » Thu Sep 07, 2017 10:46 am

Bay area/norcal and that's exaclty what I got.

Neat quiz.
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Postby Dytarma » Thu Sep 07, 2017 10:52 am

I got Toldeo and Grand Rapids, since I live in the Midwest, but I have no idea how I got Omaha.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013 ... z-map.html
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Postby Herador » Thu Sep 07, 2017 10:53 am

Dytarma wrote:I got Toldeo and Grand Rapids, since I live in the Midwest, but I have no idea how I got Omaha.

Are you a Colts fan?
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Postby Dytarma » Thu Sep 07, 2017 10:57 am

Herador wrote:
Dytarma wrote:I got Toldeo and Grand Rapids, since I live in the Midwest, but I have no idea how I got Omaha.

Are you a Colts fan?

Nope, Green Bay's fan.
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Postby Herador » Thu Sep 07, 2017 10:58 am

Dytarma wrote:
Herador wrote:Are you a Colts fan?

Nope, Green Bay's fan.

Well that's even more confusing.
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Postby Dytarma » Thu Sep 07, 2017 10:59 am

Herador wrote:
Dytarma wrote:Nope, Green Bay's fan.

Well that's even more confusing.

I like everything else Detroit except Lions.
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Postby Crylante » Thu Sep 07, 2017 11:00 am

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Postby The Alexanderians » Thu Sep 07, 2017 11:02 am

NYT didn't create this theyre just reposting a quiz that's been around for a while.
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Postby Imperium Sidhicum » Thu Sep 07, 2017 11:02 am

According to this quiz, I speak like a New Yorker.
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Postby Kenmoria » Thu Sep 07, 2017 11:05 am

On my map the whole thing was blue, there was only on yellow in Providence which is where it placed me. Funny considering I don't live in America but still.
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Postby Suicune » Thu Sep 07, 2017 11:16 am

Australian and apparently I'm a New Yorker. I have to say, I've watched a lot of Friends and Seinfeld. Oh man, Wisconsin too, That 70's Show rears its head.
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Postby Sovaal » Thu Sep 07, 2017 11:40 am

Mine appears to be most similair tp where the Midwest and Suth meet, i.e. MIssuori.
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Postby Samkheidzo » Thu Sep 07, 2017 11:55 am

http://i.imgur.com/iE9y8vb.png

I'm from Georgia (the Country) and although I'm living in America currently, I have never been to the region I matched most with.
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Postby Ifreann » Thu Sep 07, 2017 11:59 am

Apparently I sound like I'm from Yonkers, Jersey City, and Honolulu.
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Postby Herador » Thu Sep 07, 2017 12:06 pm

Ifreann wrote:Apparently I sound like I'm from Yonkers, Jersey City, and Honolulu.

I need a vocaroo of you saying "Bruddah"
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Postby Taostic Aesthetics » Thu Sep 07, 2017 12:07 pm

Dutchman here. My accent is similar to Seattle/San Jose/Honolulu most. Ie general westcoast.
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Postby The Batavia » Thu Sep 07, 2017 12:08 pm

Appearantly I sound like someone from Florida. Funny, I thought I would either sound like someone from New York or Illinois, since I'm Dutch.
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Postby Crysuko » Thu Sep 07, 2017 12:14 pm

My native dialect is estuary English, but according to this i'm Yonkers, NYC and Jersey city.
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Postby Cannot think of a name » Thu Sep 07, 2017 12:21 pm

Herador wrote:Bay area/norcal and that's exaclty what I got.

Neat quiz.

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Postby Mushet » Thu Sep 07, 2017 12:29 pm

I've been told I sound like I'm from New York, sometimes people say I sound like New York mixed with British or something. I was born and raised in Los Angeles and as far as I can tell my whole family goes back at least like 100 years around here. Why I sound different I don't know. For some reason instead of Los Angeles the test is giving me all these suburbs of LA. :eyebrow:
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