Dox yourself (or don’t).

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    22 hours ago

    Interesting, it was dead on for me. Hottest in the two places where I grew up and where I’ve lived most of my adult life, and very warm in the two places I went to college and grad school.

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    2 days ago

    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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    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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    2 days 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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    2 days ago

    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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        2 days 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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    2 days ago

    I am realizing now that its probably racist, or not PC. And I’m good with not using it, but raining with sun is called an Indian Rainstorm and it wasn’t an option. I don’t live near where I grow up anymore but my fiance has never heard the term either. Is/was this not a wide spread term?

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    2 days 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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      2 days 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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        2 days ago

        my early childhood was spent south of winnipeg, so this tracks 100%. am a native-born minnesotan:

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    2 days ago

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

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      2 days ago

      This is so weird, how is it even possible to talk like a New Yorker, Californian, and Floridian all at once?! No Americans got anything close to this.

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      2 days 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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    2 days ago

    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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      2 days ago

      Yup. Within a 20-30 minute drive anyways. And I’ve lived in a different state for about 20 years. That’s incredible.

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      2 days ago

      Same, and it’s not a big city either. There’s one thing I say that’s a dead giveaway.