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01-03-2014 , 01:20 PM
Did this NY Times Dialect Test a few days ago. Tries to pin your American English Dialect based on some word usage.

I was most like 3 cities I grew up near in Cali, although some of my pronunciations were from the Upstate NY region my parents are from.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...-map.html?_r=0

Be interesting to see what the Canadians/Irish/British/non-native Euros, etc. show up as.
01-03-2014 , 01:52 PM
Brb, moving to TJ.
01-03-2014 , 02:03 PM
Interesting test, had similar results 2 cities I was close to Indy + Fort Wayne and the third was Rockford IL. Seems pretty accurate.

As for stripper discussion goes, def not many problems in rosa or TJ with strippers involved. As for myself I'd rather leave my business in TJ and not let these strippers know precisely where I live or how much money I make. Maybe its because I'm more paranoid than most, think it all just depends on the person.

Last edited by mcc3504; 01-03-2014 at 02:06 PM. Reason: strippersssssss
01-03-2014 , 02:18 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by The Yugoslavian
Brb, moving to TJ.
I got an extra room!
Spoiler:
Bring some furniture while you'e at it


I think letting people know where you live in a free-standing house, vs. where you live in a gated, 24-hour w/security condo tower where they don't let strangers/randoms in (at least in the nicer Rosarito condos) makes a pretty huge difference.

Even in most parts of the US that kind of applies.

Spoiler:
And don't open your front door just because a nice-looking lady you don't know is knocking.
01-03-2014 , 02:37 PM
I've burglar proofed my home by having crappier stuff than all my neighbors. My most valuable possession is probably my German Shepard (or would be if she weren't fixed anyway) and she's not going quietly.


Last edited by microbet; 01-03-2014 at 02:44 PM. Reason: My truck getting burgled otoh would really suck. The thieves would get pennies on the dollar, but it would cost me a lot.
01-03-2014 , 02:37 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gramps
Did this NY Times Dialect Test a few days ago. Tries to pin your American English Dialect based on some word usage.

I was most like 3 cities I grew up near in Cali, although some of my pronunciations were from the Upstate NY region my parents are from.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...-map.html?_r=0

Be interesting to see what the Canadians/Irish/British/non-native Euros, etc. show up as.
Really interesting. Apparently I sound more like I'm from Wichita than KC.
01-03-2014 , 03:48 PM
Hi, I'm from Birmingham or Louisville, not too far from Athens, GA I guess. I tried it w/ the more English wording and vowels and it gave me Tallahassee, go figure.
01-03-2014 , 03:49 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by suzzer99
Really interesting. Apparently I sound more like I'm from Wichita than KC.
Its the pop thing.
01-03-2014 , 04:04 PM
No one in KC ever said 'soda' when I was growing up. That's how we knew the St. Louis kids at college. That and "qwahtah" instead of quarter.
01-03-2014 , 06:25 PM
Honolulu, Miami and Pembroke Pines, lol.
Heavy heat on the West Coast though (most a bit more North-ish) and dark red in Vermont/NY area close to Canadian border.
01-03-2014 , 07:14 PM
01-03-2014 , 07:26 PM
Hi ya'll. (Guess where I'm from? You would probably be partly right. ) Late, but def in.



Jdawg, do I have to pay up for your soda/workout prop or did you already?

Sorry tl;dr and I been busy so far in the new year. Def going great for me. 10097239487397x better than ****ty ass 2013. **** dat year in *******. Hurray 2014.

Resolutions, eat lots and lots and lots of restaurant food and smoke lots of weed. gogogogo
01-03-2014 , 08:52 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gramps
Did this NY Times Dialect Test a few days ago. Tries to pin your American English Dialect based on some word usage.

I was most like 3 cities I grew up near in Cali, although some of my pronunciations were from the Upstate NY region my parents are from.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...-map.html?_r=0

Be interesting to see what the Canadians/Irish/British/non-native Euros, etc. show up as.
i grew up in connecticut, moved to southern california as an adult. test says i'm from great lakes area
01-03-2014 , 11:48 PM
My test results pegged me as a Mexican hooker running a pawn shop in Peru.

Go figure.
01-04-2014 , 01:51 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gramps
Did this NY Times Dialect Test a few days ago. Tries to pin your American English Dialect based on some word usage.

I was most like 3 cities I grew up near in Cali, although some of my pronunciations were from the Upstate NY region my parents are from.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...-map.html?_r=0

Be interesting to see what the Canadians/Irish/British/non-native Euros, etc. show up as.
I got Seattle, Buffalo and Rochester. I'm from right across the lake from Rochester.
01-04-2014 , 02:20 AM
Minneapolis and St Paul for me - interesting since I speak with what is known as Received Pronunciation - ie I don't have a regional British accent, I speak the way I was taught at school.
01-04-2014 , 02:24 AM
btw thanks for kind thought s re my burglary - tbh I couldn't give a ****. A long time ago I decided that I would trust people as a basic premise. I figured that the benefits would far outweigh the disadvantages in the long run.

I remember the first time I was burgled in 1985 - I left the front door and the backdoor unlocked - but the burglars didn't even try the simple solution, they used a crowbar to lever out an entire window frame ... lol.
01-04-2014 , 09:32 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by suzzer99
No one in KC ever said 'soda' when I was growing up. That's how we knew the St. Louis kids at college. That and "qwahtah" instead of quarter.
interesting. My mother is from Quincy, IL and lived in St. Louis a long time pre marriage and now as a final retirement destination and she always mixed the two (soda and pop) but qwahtah is dead on.

I could never get my head around "pop." It has always sounded so foreign and tbh foolish. Which is why you'll always be suhzer to me.
01-04-2014 , 09:35 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gramps
They could've ejected her quickly.

Some bama fans can't hole they likure
01-04-2014 , 12:22 PM
a good follow up on the crazy bama fan

http://www.outkickthecoverage.com/ba...identified.php
01-04-2014 , 12:37 PM
Nashville y'all. Luckily I moved west before the South could influence my politics...

Anyone else call soda/pop soft drinks?

Last edited by Rusemandingo; 01-04-2014 at 12:42 PM. Reason: Those kids look a few chromosomes short. Roll Tide
01-04-2014 , 02:03 PM
Being a diehard college football fan doesn't necessarily make you a moron, but it sure does put you in contact with a bunch of them.

Last edited by bones; 01-04-2014 at 02:03 PM. Reason: especially the SEC...wow
01-04-2014 , 02:54 PM
Alchohol, it's a helluva drug.
01-04-2014 , 03:39 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by mcc3504
a good follow up on the crazy bama fan

http://www.outkickthecoverage.com/ba...identified.php
"And I wasn’t intoxicated either. I want people to know that. I’d had a couple of drinks, but I was not intoxicated."

Spoiler:
01-04-2014 , 05:04 PM
I love how not wanting to uspet Saban is apparently what made her finally come to Jesus over this. Not like a grown mother completely flipping out and making a public spectacle of herself is impetus enough.

      
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