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55. Santa Rosa, Modesto, and Oceanside? Well, at least they're all in California...

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Sun Jul 25, 2021, 01:13 AM

Jul 2021

They seem to set some store by my use of frontage road, soda, and drinking fountain, though why I do not know.

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Interesting quiz about what sort of dialect YOU speak [View all] ailsagirl Jul 2021 OP

Mine is correct Tree-Hugger Jul 2021 #1

Yup! They got me pretty correctly Freddie Jul 2021 #22

There's no quiz on that link. Sogo Jul 2021 #2

Really? Try this ailsagirl Jul 2021 #9

I still can't find a quiz at that link. Or even another link to the quiz. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2021 #24

That worked, but I think it's because I switched to my iPad vs Sogo Jul 2021 #37

Interesting!! Did your parents come from California? ailsagirl Jul 2021 #39

No, but I lived there for six of my adult years, many years ago.... Sogo Jul 2021 #44

Californians are supposed do drop their "g's" ailsagirl Jul 2021 #45

Most Californians are from someplace else, Sogo Jul 2021 #46

This quiz was pretty accurate, for me. Diamond_Dog Jul 2021 #3

They had me pegged! zanana1 Aug 2021 #113

Freaky! It totally nailed.me. hedda_foil Jul 2021 #4

Yep, I scored a rube state. Hoyt Jul 2021 #5

Yonkers/Newark/Patterson/New York: elleng Jul 2021 #6

New York, Yonkers, Jersey City for me too! MyMission Jul 2021 #65

I've been away from NY/NJ since high school graduation, elleng Jul 2021 #66

Me too! And I've been gone since 1978. fierywoman Jul 2021 #69

Ditto, but BEFORE '78! elleng Jul 2021 #71

Yeah, they pegged me too. n/t TDale313 Jul 2021 #7

Detroiter all the way Srkdqltr Jul 2021 #8

I think Devil's Night is a gimme. Twoflower Jul 2021 #32

Never heard of an expression for Halloween eve ailsagirl Jul 2021 #40

I recall hearing "all hallows eve" MyMission Jul 2021 #67

totally off. never been to those areas Im supposed to sound most like and since I grew up in TX msongs Jul 2021 #10

Ahh, Texas huh? padfun Jul 2021 #15

I got Amarillo and I live in Atlanta... Phentex Aug 2021 #119

Detroit. Nailed it. Meadowoak Jul 2021 #11

Yup, same here. Nailed it! dmr Jul 2021 #103

Modesto, Reno or Boise. padfun Jul 2021 #12

I've heard only with a "z" ailsagirl Jul 2021 #42

yeah, me too. Until I went there. padfun Jul 2021 #83

Interesting! ailsagirl Aug 2021 #123

Fun! Piasladic Jul 2021 #13

OMG. FRESNO! Born here!! Wow. vanlassie Jul 2021 #14

Hit my home town. Tallahassee, Fl Lochloosa Jul 2021 #16

That was interesting. yonder Jul 2021 #17

Missed me too dweller Jul 2021 #18

Apparently I have most dialects. niyad Jul 2021 #19

Nailed mine: Minneapolis. Ocelot II Jul 2021 #20

Missed me by 500-1000 miles, but scored me in a not dissimilar area. Rural farm country. Midnight Writer Jul 2021 #21

Boston. Yup. Raven Jul 2021 #23

Hit the nail on the head! Bluethroughu Jul 2021 #25

i got rockford, aurora & ?? grand rapids??? orleans Jul 2021 #64

We out in the western suburbs sound a lot alike. Bluethroughu Jul 2021 #94

Europeans refer to "American accents" but there's really no such thing! ailsagirl Jul 2021 #26

my mum was English Skittles Jul 2021 #28

There are many different American accents iemanja Jul 2021 #30

We have several distinct regional accents, with some blurring due to TV Hekate Jul 2021 #61

I know someone who was born & raised in Calif. ailsagirl Jul 2021 #79

Did she live near the Centinela TheAter Drive-In, by chance? intrepidity Jul 2021 #106

not even close for me, as expected Skittles Jul 2021 #27

It named my city and two others in the neighboring state iemanja Jul 2021 #29

Both of ours right on Northern Cali. Baked Potato Jul 2021 #31

I grew up in a Canadian household ailsagirl Jul 2021 #43

Thanks for posting the quiz! The questions were well chosen. Nt Baked Potato Jul 2021 #102

Glad you enjoyed it! I love words ailsagirl Jul 2021 #104

Within 400 miles. SergeStorms Jul 2021 #33

lol! nope--never occurred to me. nt orleans Jul 2021 #74

Spot on for me. nt frogmarch Jul 2021 #34

Accurate. Narrowed me down Midwest or Mountain West. Dial H For Hero Jul 2021 #35

I've lived in Salt Lake and KC and I got Salt Lake and Des Moines. aeromanKC Jul 2021 #36

Spot on! pazzyanne Jul 2021 #38

Me too! Generic Brad Jul 2021 #100

I speak like NorCal girl with a hint of Japanese YoshidaYui Jul 2021 #41

Mine says I'm from Buffalo or Rochester, NY or Grand Rapids, Michigan Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 #47

Hey Rhiannon! smirkymonkey Jul 2021 #54

That is weird, I took speech courses (theater) in college and I was told I was close to Standard Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 #60

That's so interesting. I am very close to Hamilton College, we used to have a lot of our smirkymonkey Jul 2021 #62

Yes, I spent 4 years there, thought I mentioned that. Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 #78

Yes, I remember Manny's. They had a famous cheesecake there as well. smirkymonkey Jul 2021 #88

Mine said Chicago. I have never been there. wnylib Jul 2021 #63

I guess we mostly learn our speech patterns from our parents Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 #81

Migrants from one region to another wnylib Jul 2021 #89

100% Roy Rolling Jul 2021 #48

Pretty close. smirkymonkey Jul 2021 #49

New York. No surprise Javaman Jul 2021 #50

Same here. StevieM Jul 2021 #77

It says I'm from Alabama, but I grew of in Dallas in the 40s and 50s. Mickju Jul 2021 #51

Northern CA, too sakabatou Jul 2021 #52

It must have been that aunt-ant thing that gave me away. Postal Grunt Jul 2021 #53

Santa Rosa, Modesto, and Oceanside? Well, at least they're all in California... Hekate Jul 2021 #55

It didn't quite place me either, but I've lived multiple places spooky3 Jul 2021 #56

Nailed me, but for undisclosed location, leaving it at that!1 UTUSN Jul 2021 #57

Joisy. NNadir Jul 2021 #58

My grand kids live there; they're young now, elleng Jul 2021 #68

I had the pleasure of raising two sons in New Jersey. NNadir Jul 2021 #93

Incredibly lame, and I can't recall who to credit it to Retired Engineer Bob Jul 2021 #110

Pretty good! Tadpole Raisin Jul 2021 #59

It was off for me but I grew up in the midwest and have lived in L.A. for longer. chowder66 Jul 2021 #70

Wow, tagged my actual city where I have lived since grade school Unwind Your Mind Jul 2021 #72

it actually let me take the quiz barbtries Jul 2021 #73

Mine was pretty accurate MustLoveBeagles Jul 2021 #75

I took it twice. They aren't all the same questions if you redo it. My results? StevieM Jul 2021 #76

My results: rownesheck Jul 2021 #80

They Were Way Off In The Precise Locations For Me, Ma'am The Magistrate Jul 2021 #82

I don't think it is totally accurate sdfernando Jul 2021 #84

That was Fun CarmanJohn Jul 2021 #85

Howdy! uppityperson Jul 2021 #109

welcome to DU gopiscrap Aug 2021 #112

Even more fun is to see based on quiz where you are least likely from Pachamama Jul 2021 #86

Not even close! blueinredohio Jul 2021 #87

Took it two times Maeve Jul 2021 #90

Mine put me in Louisville, but I'm actually a mid-Ohio native. sinkingfeeling Jul 2021 #91

My quiz showed where my Dad and my Mom grew up, and places where I was raised. Ford_Prefect Jul 2021 #92

Mine Was A Little Off Jim G. Jul 2021 #95

Pissa! Nailed it. Boston. Fla Dem Jul 2021 #96

LOL! Perfect response. Tadpole Raisin Jul 2021 #97

Pretty damn close Rastapopoulos Jul 2021 #98

Spot on for me. femmedem Jul 2021 #99

Mine was off too Retired Engineer Bob Jul 2021 #101

Nailed it for me. Milwaukee. scipan Jul 2021 #107

Nailed me! myccrider Jul 2021 #105

Word usage is indicated as similar in Minneapolis and Detroit Ocelot II Jul 2021 #108

I've often been asked if I was from the mid-west because I say "soda-pop." intheflow Jul 2021 #111

Nailed me exactly, even to knowing I use two dialects. malthaussen Aug 2021 #114

Paterson NJ Wicked Blue Aug 2021 #115

Identified my place of origin quite accurately. Orrex Aug 2021 #116

ailsagirl... Upthevibe Aug 2021 #117

I find language to be fascinating ailsagirl Aug 2021 #118

Yikes, right on.....Born and raised in Madison, WI. 😀 a kennedy Aug 2021 #120

Cool!! ailsagirl Aug 2021 #121

Me too......and yikes, folks here on DU must have really enjoyed it as well. Lotsa responses. a kennedy Aug 2021 #122