Optometric Insight Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 (edited) Found this on the internet and thought it was worth sharing with you guys. My results were extremely accurate, showing my most similar answers to be found in both South Florida and the W New York area. Edited January 2, 2014 by Teen Insight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Interesting. Thanks for posting. My wife I were looking at the results of the Harvard study on this the other day. We were arguing over "caramel"-- I pronounce it with 3 syllables, and she uses 2. We are both trying to convince our 2-year old daughter to adopt our chosen pronunciation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optometric Insight Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 Interesting. Thanks for posting. My wife I were looking at the results of the Harvard study on this the other day. We were arguing over "caramel"-- I pronounce it with 3 syllables, and she uses 2. We are both trying to convince our 2-year old daughter to adopt our chosen pronunciation. Poor kids gonna be so confused. If you want to win, you're going to have to bribe her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICanSleepWhenI'mDead Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Interesting quiz - - my results showed three widely separated cities that sounded the most like me - - one of them was where i went to college - - the other 2 weren't close to where I've ever lived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Two words: Route & Creek Pronounce them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Interesting as I came out basically midwest though Buffalo shaded in colors similar to my top three. Perhaps it just indicates that I am an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Interesting as I came out basically midwest though Buffalo shaded in colors similar to my top three. Perhaps it just indicates that I am an idiot. Okay... So you are gonna twist my arm to take this quiz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 K. I took it and have a line across from Minny/St.Paul to Grand Rapids to Buffalo... Gee, accurate since I only ever lived in the Great Lakes/Upper Midwest region! Two things that I reverted back to Buffalo and not the other regions I have been in (Quad Cities/Chicago): I answered: Frontage Road... Back in Buffalo, was there a word for that? Median... Here in Chicago, I would call it a boulevard now. Anyway, shocked that washroom, restroom, bathroom, etc... Was not on it. I would say washroom more since moving away. And no: beggar's night on the list for day before Halloween? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 One of the "three most similar cities..." is where I'm from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guffalo Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Even though I grew up in Buffalo, I have lived in Long Island for 32 years, I came out as Yonkers, Newark/Patterson and New york. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I did this the other day. I made sure that I answered questions as I would have before moving out of Buffalo. The results were Buffalo/Rochester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Poor kids gonna be so confused. If you want to win, you're going to have to bribe her. We're both like, "say caramel! Say caramel!" She diplomatically alternates pronunciation. By the way, I came out two different ways when I took the quiz twice. Once was a Pittsburgh/ San Antonio mix. The other was Baltimore/DC. Strange. I might try it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poojer Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 It picked me #1 buffalo, #2 rochester #3 grand rapids.... Pretty cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LB3 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I think the BFLO words give us away! Mine was deep red for BFLO and lighter red for Grand Rapids and Minny/St.Paul. This really is spot on since I moved west! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optometric Insight Posted January 3, 2014 Author Share Posted January 3, 2014 I found it cool for the highway/freeway/thruway question, that when you answer thruway, there's a kind-of highlighted path right where the New York Thruway runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 (edited) I have seen this for a while. I have one messed up dialect, I can tell you that before taking it. I am taking it now, though. I say "pa-jom-a's" I'm the only one that does that I guess. I use highway, freeway, or turnpike depending on what it is. US64 is a highway. I85, highway. 285 is a free way. I90 is a turnpike. I am mostly of a Southern dialect, which is shocking. I use WNY words all the time, Kelly says she never realized the funny words and way I say things actually still comes from WNY. I speak fast and sound out the entire word which she said is like everyone she met in Toleito. Yet, I still use mostly Southern words with Southern pronunciations. I do a lot of Yankee words and Yankee speech with Southern pronunciation, too. It had me as Greensboro (30 min away), Columbus GA, and Savannah Odd, I just noticed Detroit and Greensboro are very similar, and not just Detroit - SE Michigan which means my backyard literally. Two words: Route & Creek Pronounce them! Thought about this a minute now, too, after the test. If I am talking to an older person, a farmer, or someone of the country or simply on the farm I'll call it a 'crick' but otherwise it is Creek. Edited January 3, 2014 by jboyst62 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastaJoe Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I got Yonkers, Jersey City, and Newark, but have never been to any and grew up in Buffalo and Syracuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I got Yonkers, Jersey City, and Newark, but have never been to any and grew up in Buffalo and Syracuse. There is quite a bit of yonker in your avatar, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Two words: Route & Creek Pronounce them! So I answered this thing as I say things now...soda not pop, interstate not thruway etc, still had me Bufalo as primary. Interesting ad it Said sneakers was the big tell! BTW, I say crick for some reason, not creek. I say route with a ow sound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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