Dialect Quiz (Different than the ones I've seen before).

[SpaceProg]

^Wow, you're very north plains-y.   I'm not even sure I know what that kind of accent would sound like.  I want to say like the folks in the movie "Fargo" but I know those were just stereotypes.

EDIT:  I couldn't help but notice it's like a direct reverse of my map, except my red extends a little farther into the west than your blue.

[The Right Honourable Mlle Antéchrist]

I'm actually a little surprised that Wisconsin wasn't more similar, given that several Americans have told me I sound like I'm from there. Could be dialect differences, though, rather than an accent thing.

Wasn't too surprised to see Minnesota full of dark red, though.

It would be kind of neat if everyone here uploaded an audio sample of them saying some of the words from the test, so we could compare. I'm curious to hear some of your accents.

[Radiation]

It would be kind of neat if everyone here uploaded an audio sample of them saying some of the words from the test, so we could compare. I'm curious to hear some of your accents.

I actually did an accent video two years ago.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyKFCpIcO7I" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyKFCpIcO7I</a>

[Sigmaleph]

You can always dig through the old voice thread for samples.

[Katsuro]

It would be kind of neat if everyone here uploaded an audio sample of them saying some of the words from the test, so we could compare. I'm curious to hear some of your accents.

Tempted, but I really, really fucking hate the sound of my own voice.  I coud just not listen to my own sample, but I know morbid curiosity would get the better of me, always does.

[Flying Mint Bunny!]

It would be kind of neat if everyone here uploaded an audio sample of them saying some of the words from the test, so we could compare. I'm curious to hear some of your accents.

Tempted, but I really, really fucking hate the sound of my own voice.  I coud just not listen to my own sample, but I know morbid curiosity would get the better of me, always does.

Me too. I hate how my voice sounds when I hear it played back.

[SpaceProg]

Didn't someone(s) somewhere do a study or something that said the vast majority of people hate their own voice when it's played back to them?

[Flying Mint Bunny!]

Didn't someone(s) somewhere do a study or something that said the vast majority of people hate their own voice when it's played back to them?

I know that you hear your own voice differently from how it actually sounds, so I wouldn't be surprised if most people had a negative reaction to hearing their own voice.

[mellenORL]

I did it again (and they asked about different words this time I actually had a word for) and got Pembroke Pines, Ft. Lauderdale, and Newark. Um. Outside of Florida, I am not very similar at all to the other Southern states. My dialect comes from the North.

All in Broward County, which is chock full of former New Jersey-ites, for some reason. I grew up a bit down the interstate from there in Miami, so I remember that Broward County accent thing.

[Rime]

So I gave it a try.  I apparently sound like someone from Boston.  Which is strange, because I couldn't speak with a Boston twang if my life depended on it.


Then again, I was doing a Let's Play for an old game, so maybe I could.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgenSUlulfY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgenSUlulfY</a>

[chitoryu12]

Since when is "the devil is beating his wife" or "the wolf is giving birth" a slang term for rain falling on a sunny day?

In Florida, we just call that rain. We get enough of it.

Anyways, I'm most similar to Tuscon, Las Vegas, and Sunrise Manor, Nevada. I'm actually similar to the vast majority of the United States, most predominately the west, some of the Midwest, Florida, and most of New England.

[SpaceProg]

I've heard of "The Devil is beating his wife", but I always heard it to refer to thunder, not the rain itself, nor it happening on a sunny day.

EDIT:  Brought to mind what my grandmama used to call chicken eggs.  "Henapples" or "Cackleberries".

[Ghoti]

I've heard of "The Devil is beating his wife", but I always heard it to refer to thunder, not the rain itself, nor it happening on a sunny day.

EDIT:  Brought to mind what my grandma used to call chicken eggs.  "Henapples" or "Cackleberries".

My dad calls it a "Creedence baptism", though I've never heard anyone else use that term. I assume it refers to the old CCR song asking "have you ev-aar, seen, the rain? Coming down, on a sun-ny daaay?"

[SpaceProg]

I've always liked that song because I can relate to it.

I like the color of the landscape when the sun is shining and there's rain.  Everything green gets more vivid and... it's hard to explain.  Never had a particular name for it.

[Meshakhad]

I got West Coast, specifically California, although I did have a hot spot in New York. This makes sense, since my mother is from New York.