Just took this it’s pretty interesting. Your results indicate where people that speak similarly to you are in the US.
Another accent/dialect thread (with test)
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I've done this before and gotten Michigan...I've never been there.
This time I got Grand Rapids, Madison, and Denver.
I love Madison and I guess I blend in, nice.
This time I got Grand Rapids, Madison, and Denver.
I love Madison and I guess I blend in, nice.
I grew up near Carroll, IA and moved to Maryland right after college. I was buying some items from a man who had them listed in a classified ad ( Pre-Craigslist). I had no collegiate clothing or anything that would identify me as Midwestern.
After about 5 minutes of conversation he asked if I was from Iowa. I said yes. Then he said "You're from West-Central Iowa". I was blown away. He had been a Greyhound bus driver for 30 years and made a habit of paying attention to dialects.
After about 5 minutes of conversation he asked if I was from Iowa. I said yes. Then he said "You're from West-Central Iowa". I was blown away. He had been a Greyhound bus driver for 30 years and made a habit of paying attention to dialects.
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Yeah and the wolf giving birth? That one was effed up.
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Okay, apparently those are pretty tame, compared to some other dialects:
- it’s the wolf’s wedding in Algeria, France and Morocco
- it’s the fox’s wedding in Bangladesh, Galicia, Japan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and parts of India
- it’s the jackal’s wedding in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan
- it’s the monkey’s wedding in parts of South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, Zimbabwe, parts of India and the Sudan
- species are intermarrying in other parts of South Africa (jackal and wolf), Korea (tiger and fox), Sudan (monkey and donkey), parts of India (crow and fox)
- gypsies are getting married in Croatia, Macedonia and Albania
- witches are either getting married (Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic), combing their hair (Catalonia) or making butter (Poland)
- ghosts are either getting married (parts of India) or just making the rain (Hawaii)
- a zombie is trying to get his wife to give him some salty food in Haiti
- Hell is having a carnival according to the people in Netherlands and Belgium
- It’s a glitter waterfall in Canada
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Okay, apparently those are pretty tame, compared to some other dialects:
- it’s the wolf’s wedding in Algeria, France and Morocco
- it’s the fox’s wedding in Bangladesh, Galicia, Japan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and parts of India
- it’s the jackal’s wedding in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan
- it’s the monkey’s wedding in parts of South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, Zimbabwe, parts of India and the Sudan
- species are intermarrying in other parts of South Africa (jackal and wolf), Korea (tiger and fox), Sudan (monkey and donkey), parts of India (crow and fox)
- gypsies are getting married in Croatia, Macedonia and Albania
- witches are either getting married (Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic), combing their hair (Catalonia) or making butter (Poland)
- ghosts are either getting married (parts of India) or just making the rain (Hawaii)
- a zombie is trying to get his wife to give him some salty food in Haiti
- Hell is having a carnival according to the people in Netherlands and Belgium
- It’s a glitter waterfall in Canada
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Posts about sunshower written by Elizabeth Herndon
Canada is just awesome right now.
Was one of your questions "Have you killed someone with a tire iron while actively smoking a cigarette?"
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Probably because you say "warsh"
DSM, Omaha, Lincoln.
Grew up in E Iowa as did both my parents. And 1 1/2 sets of grandparents. I did have one grandfather that was born in central NE but I don't think he/they lived there very long.
Grew up in E Iowa as did both my parents. And 1 1/2 sets of grandparents. I did have one grandfather that was born in central NE but I don't think he/they lived there very long.
