nytimes where is your accent from

If youre from anywhere in the USA. Writing in amNewYork today Rolando Pujol takes a fascinating look at the New York accent and concludes that the accent while subject to the forces of homogenization is alive and if not well then at least evolving.

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. And most experts do not think it varies by borough or neighborhood The article accompanied by an interactive graphic quotes a variety of. Screenshot of a personal dialect map as generated by taking this New York Times quiz. I found some of the questions to be interesting and my results were not surprising.

Subscribe To The New York Times. And of those other people half of the ones you meet will swear they dont have an accent Well strictly speaking the only way to not have an accent is to not speak. We Seek the Truth and Help People Understand the World.

6 Qs About the News A Dialect Map of the United States. The map predicted I was from Philadelphia true story and. Ad The Times Brings You Unparalleled Access To the People and Events Shaping Our World Today.

The New York Times recently published a 25 question personal dialect quiz developed by their graphics editor Josh Katz. Likewise England has seemingly endless accents from Cockney to Welsh to Geordie and dozens more all in a country smaller than most Canadian. Based on your answers 3 maps are generated that predict where in the US you are from.

To most Americans an accent is something that only other people have those other people usually being in New York Boston and the South. Its funny when you think about it considering that a country like the United States is known for such a wide array of accents like Bostonian Bronx Valley Girl Jersey Louisiana and so many more. The map above is linked to an interactive quiz called How Yall Youse and You Guys Talk.

Take the quiz and pay attention to the map.

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