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I got New York, which makes sense with my sunny, friendly demeanour.
‘Roof, room, broom, and root aren’t all pronounced the same’ was enough to know I’m from Minnesota lol
Interesting
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.
I’m from South Africa but don’t speak in a very stereotypical South African accent, and I got “Massachusetts”.
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.
49% Kentucky
I have never lived here, but I do have family there.
As an Australian this was interesting.
As a Canadian, I feel like it was pretty on par for me lol 53% Minnesota
my early childhood was spent south of winnipeg, so this tracks 100%. am a native-born minnesotan:
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
Got about the same as a South African.
Same here, bru.
I guess mine is pretty solidly midwestern.
Do you say “mahm” or “mom”?
“Mahm” I guess. Definitely not “ma’am” or “mome”.
Yeah STLiens pronounce “o” differently. I didn’t even realize we had a bit of an accent until someone asked me about it one time
When I lived in New England people particularly thought that the way I say “theatre” (thee-ter) and “butter” (bUHtter) were particularly striking. They pronounce theatre with the a (thee-a-ter, or thee-ar-ter) and dont emphasize u sounds much
Also Im a “mah” or “mahm” person
Honestly just in STL there are a lot of variety of dialects though, even not accounting for racial lines. Go down to Arnold and you might as well be in the bootheel
very similarYour map and mine look similar but Louisiana is light blue on mine.
51% generic Hollywood accent.
Well, judging by the state’s soft power, it’s not that surprising but it does not narrow much.
Mines off by almost 500 miles. Guess I gotta Proclaimers my way outta here to find my real family
I don’t want to dox myself, but it definitely guessed the exact city I live in. I will not answer further questions.
Same, and it’s not a big city either. There’s one thing I say that’s a dead giveaway.
Yup. Within a 20-30 minute drive anyways. And I’ve lived in a different state for about 20 years. That’s incredible.
Surprised there was no bury/berry/bary question. Sooo many people pronounce it wrong 😁
that’s a trick question. they’re the same.
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
We use the same words. I wonder what differentiates from IN which is actually right for me.
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
I’m not sure Hoosier is positive but more like neutral in IN. I’m certainly not attached to it.
Fair enough, I was mostly thinking of like the Indiana Hoosiers. I imagined it is similar to how cajun gets used in Louisiana
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.
