American Dialect Quiz

[zitronenhai]

A little bit ago, this American dialect quiz was floating around on Facebook. People who have lived in a lot of different regions of the US, or have lived abroad, got some less predictable results. My results pinned me dead-on.

Comments

[clevermanka]

I've heard that accents are the toughest thing to drop as a lifetime habit. One can hold a fake accent for a time, but adopting different pronunciations permanently is really, really difficult.

[zitronenhai]

I sure can't get myself to adopt the term "roundabout," no matter how wonderfully British it might sound. "Traffic circle" comes out of my mouth before I have a chance to think about it.

[clevermanka]

Either of those are nicer than what automatically comes out of my mouth when those things are referenced.

[zitronenhai]

I still hate that huge one on Ward Parkway.

[clevermanka]

I hate the one that's fifteen feet from our house.

[zitronenhai]

Yeah, that is a pointless obstruction. I don't understand why it, or others like it, exist.

[clevermanka]

In short? Penny Concrete has had our city commission in its pocket for decades.

[zitronenhai]

Revolting, but unsurprising.

[daphnep]

Ha!

[chezmax]

*laughs* Don't come to my city though. Planners have been using them frequently in newer areas here. It's not British levels, but there are a lot here now.

[zitronenhai]

They've been popping up more and more here in my little city, usually to replace four-way stops, which I did find shocking, and unamerican (LOL), at first. I kind of have a love/hate relationship with the one I encounter most frequently. It's other people I fear.

[zitronenhai]

I did manage to stop saying "worsh" by the time I was old enough to vote. I guarantee you that I do not say that anymore.

[anomali]

James' grandma used to say "worsh the winders", which always cracked up James as a kid.

[zitronenhai]

I really did have to struggle to stop saying it. I accomplished that in my teens, and for a while, I just dropped the word "wash" from my vocabulary. There are lots of alternatives.