Dialect Similarity Map and Quiz

[LeaningCy]

I haven't seen this posted yet: http://spark.rstudio.com/jkatz/DialectQuiz/

The link takes you to a short 25 question (or the full 140 question version) multiple choice dialect quiz. It might tell you the server is overloaded, but it usually pops up after refreshing the page a couple times.

At the end, it gives you a dialect survey map showing where in the U.S. people speak more or less similar to you. Here is mine:

 

[cowgirl836]

That was pretty cool

My five most similar cities - pretty accurate since #1 is probably the closest one they have to my hometown (not sure if they'd have Dubuque?) and I've lived very near two of the others.


[TABLE="class: data table table-bordered table-condensed, width: 100%"]
[TR]
[TH]Most Similar Cities[/TH]
[TH][/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD]Rockford IL[/TD]
[TD]55.6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD]Cedar Rapids IA[/TD]
[TD]53.7[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD]Madison WI[/TD]
[TD]53.2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]4[/TD]
[TD]Green Bay WI[/TD]
[TD]53.1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]5[/TD]
[TD]Des Moines IA[/TD]
[TD]52.8[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

[TABLE="class: data table table-bordered table-condensed, width: 100%"]
[TR]
[TH]Least Similar Cities[/TH]
[TH][/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD]Toms River NJ[/TD]
[TD]23.7[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD]Plymouth MA[/TD]
[TD]24.2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD]Boston MA[/TD]
[TD]24.7[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]4[/TD]
[TD]Elizabeth NJ[/TD]
[TD]25.2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"]5[/TD]
[TD]Newark NJ[/TD]
[TD]25.3[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
View attachment 21994

 

[NATEizKING]

Did you take the 25 or 140

 

[cowgirl836]

I did 25, ain't got time for 140!

 

[NATEizKING]

I did 25, ain't got time for 140!

I do while at work, but it won't load

 

[jdoggivjc]

What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?

I call it rain...

 

[cowgirl836]

I do while at work, but it won't load

keep refreshing, it took like 3-4 times for me, and then some of the questions made me wait a moment before they'd load the next one.

 

[cowgirl836]

I call it rain...

haha, yes! I was like "wolf is giving birth" who the heck are these crazy people?

 

[jdoggivjc]

[TABLE="class: data table table-bordered table-condensed"]
[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TH] Most Similar Cities[/TH]
[TH][/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"] 1[/TD]
[TD] Tulsa OK[/TD]
[TD] 46.6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"] 2[/TD]
[TD] Norman OK[/TD]
[TD] 46.2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"] 3[/TD]
[TD] Springfield MO[/TD]
[TD] 46.1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"] 4[/TD]
[TD] Oklahoma City OK
[/TD]
[TD] 45.9[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"] 5[/TD]
[TD] Wichita Falls TX[/TD]
[TD] 44.9[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

[TABLE="class: data table table-bordered table-condensed"]
[TR]
[TH][/TH]
[TH] Least Similar Cities
[/TH]
[TH][/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"] 1[/TD]
[TD] Waterbury CT[/TD]
[TD] 20.9[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"] 2[/TD]
[TD] New Haven CT[/TD]
[TD] 22.4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"] 3[/TD]
[TD] Springfield MA[/TD]
[TD] 22.7[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"] 4[/TD]
[TD] Hartford CT[/TD]
[TD] 23.3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: right"] 5[/TD]
[TD] Providence RI[/TD]
[TD] 23.7[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Odd, considering I've NEVER lived in the area it says I most resemble. I've only lived in Long Island, NY, Washington, DC, Davenport/Ames, IA, and currently Clinton Township, MI.

Then again, when I look at the map, Ohio is lit up like a Christmas tree as well. Could have something to do with my parents' heavy New York dialect mixed with me growing up in Iowa

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Most Similar Cities

1Spokane WA43.9

2Eugene OR43.9

3Seattle WA43.9

4Provo UT43.7

5West Jordan UT43.5

 

[cycloneG]

View attachment 21995

 

[jdoggivjc]

I can't get into the 120 question one

 

[St810s]

My most similar areas were pretty Missouri-y.... which is moderately frightening.

All of New England for dissimilar.

 

[SoapyCy]

I've been trying this for 45 minutes but it still won't load.

 

[CyCrazy]

Most common with Madison, Milwaukee, and Green Bay Wisconsin, along with Provo, and West Jordan Utah.

Dissimilar to 5 places in the north east.

 

[JackDog]

I've been told many times that I sound like I'm from the south but I never believed it. I guess numbers don't lie

 

[besserheimerphat]

My most similar were the Twin Cities and Olathe/Overland Park. My least similar were Baton Rouge, New Orleans, etc and one place in New Jersey. I'm different than pretty much the entire south and the bottom 2/3 of the eastern seaboard.

 

[NATEizKING]

My most similar were the Twin Cities and Olathe/Overland Park. My least similar were Baton Rouge, New Orleans, etc and one place in New Jersey. I'm different than pretty much the entire south and the bottom 2/3 of the eastern seaboard.

Yank

 

[jbhtexas]

I guess where I grew up dominates how I talk, although I've been in TX for 20 years.

Does everybody get the same questions? I was waiting for evening meal/dinner/supper question. Maybe that one is in the long version.

View attachment 21997

 

[cdnlngld]

View attachment 21998
Des Moines for me.

It's funny though, I have a lot of family background from the upper east coast(Boston and Maine)
and feel as though I commonly have some affectations from those areas, but says I'm least like theses areas.