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Scuba

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2. Very interesting. Once on vacation spoke to a stranger for 30 seconds, and he said "you're from ...

Reply to Odin2005 (Original post)

Mon Jan 23, 2012, 08:33 AM

Jan 2012

... Wisconsin, but you were in the service, weren't you?"

I was a bit taken aback. He picked all that up from listening to me speak just a few sentences.

He nailed my BIL also (raised in California but spent time in Wisconsin).

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A huge map of American English Dialects [View all] Odin2005 Jan 2012 OP

I like. Igel Jan 2012 #1

Very interesting. Once on vacation spoke to a stranger for 30 seconds, and he said "you're from ... Scuba Jan 2012 #2

There was a dialect coach who appeared on TV once who could do the dialects of EVERY state in the US whathehell Feb 2012 #3

Very cool! Odin2005 Feb 2012 #4

Interesting but incomplete Spider Jerusalem Jul 2012 #5