Timothy Burke: I've taken this thing probably once a year since it was published, my own accent and dialect continues to evolve, and yet it still pegs me

Well goddamn if they didn't have me pinned. Gift link if you want to do yours. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I've taken this thing probably once a year since it was published, my own accent and dialect continues to evolve, and yet it still pegs me

I’m wearing my Ohio University shirt today but it didn’t throw the test off 😡

I have lived most of my life in OH. My grandparents are from CT & KY, parents grew up in Appalachia. Dunno how I got these cities....

Same--Ohioan with grandparents from Ohio and Kentucky. It is dark red for where I'm actually from (Cincinnati) but I guess those cities are more central in the red area? Idk

I grew up near Cincinnati too, out in Morrow, near Kings Island. Lived 2 years in Muncie, then 8 years in Cleveland. Have now lived in California for 22 years. My vocab is all over the place!

Ayuh.

eyyy

When I first did this 10 years ago, I was only a few years removed from living with my Detroit raised dad. But now that he's been moved away for 15 years...

TFW you’re from everywhere

My results cited Detroit as a city the least like my dialect. North Texas here, so maybe that's accurate (never been to Mich.).

there are things in my vernacular that i picked up years ago FROM THIS QUIZ (i now say the devil’s beating his wife when i definitely had no word for that before) but it still nails me

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