US Dialect Quiz

[Spatial Paradox]

Yonkers, NY
New York City
Greensboro, NC

I’m from Brooklyn, so it’s accurate, but the only explanation for that last one I can think of is getting my accent from my mom’s side of the family, which is from North Carolina.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Yonkers, NY
Newark/Patterson, NJ
Jersey City, NJ

I'm from Connecticut and live in Florida (for the bit of orange and yellow on the map), so pretty spot on.

Where in ct u from?

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk

From ct spent 3 years in florida so my chart makes some sense

 

[hashmander]

Where in ct u from?

west haven and milford. born in brooklyn, raised in CT.

 

[606onit]

Aurora, IL
Chicago, IL (my hometown)
Fort Wayne, IN

It got me...GYM SHOES is a dead give away. Blow-off class is a dead ringer......U pronounce COT and CAUGHT slightly differently.


I wish we had drive-thru liquor stores!

 

[ColdSlither]

I got:
Newark/Paterson (Grew up in East Orange)
New York
Yonkers