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 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
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I will however have to work 'the devil is beating his wife' into conversation someday. And if anyone screams misogyny, my answer is it's the ₹&@/ing devil of course he beats his wife!

Then you're just trading one kind of prejudice for another though.

I got Corona, Rancho Cucamonga, and Salt Lake City. I grew up in San diego. So I guess its good.

Weird. 3 cities it pegged me for were Oklahoma City, Lincoln Nebraska, and Des Moines. Which is quite odd, as I’ve never lived that far west, and all my family is from the north east.

The heat map did put a strong red spot on the upstate NY area, so it’s not a complete miss. The fact that I live in Louisville from when I was 10-20ish probably tossed a wrench in it’s works.

Mobile, Montgomery, and Birmingham Alabama.


Pretty close to being accurate. Most natives in rural Southeastern North Carolina (around the Piedmont and Coastal Plains) still haven't lost that old Southern dialect.

 Pouncey wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
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I will however have to work 'the devil is beating his wife' into conversation someday. And if anyone screams misogyny, my answer is it's the ₹&@/ing devil of course he beats his wife!

Then you're just trading one kind of prejudice for another though.

Anti Devil prejudice?

Is that a thing we worry about now?

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

 Pouncey wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
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I will however have to work 'the devil is beating his wife' into conversation someday. And if anyone screams misogyny, my answer is it's the ₹&@/ing devil of course he beats his wife!

Then you're just trading one kind of prejudice for another though.

Anti Devil prejudice?

Is that a thing we worry about now?

Tolerance means accepting anything and everything no matter how disgusting it is.

Or so I'm lead to believe.

But I don't think we should let devil prejudice distract us from the real victim of society;



The super devil.

Boy I really live in a bubble, don't I?

"Hoagie" is more widespread than Mary/merry/marry. WAT

I a Dutch guy in Japan got;

NEW ORLEANS, JACKSONVILLE and BATON ROUGE

I got Yonkers, New York and Newark.

Is that because both are former colonies of England so the language is closer than elsewhere, or because NY has a bigger impact on other countries, especially through TV. Or maybe because a NYT quiz, it just naturallyu defaults to NY if you don't have a clear US dialect.

It was a fun quiz though, and I learned a lot of creative little terms. I had no idea there was any other name for sunshowers than sunshowers. And I didn't even know there was a name for the day before Halloween, other than October 30th. It was cool to see how language varies, especially to see so many creative expressions.

I was surprised to see slater bugs wasn't given as an option for the little bugs that crawl in to a ball when you touch them. I didn't know they had another name, now it turns out the name we have for them might just be a local thing.

 LordofHats wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

 Pouncey wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
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I will however have to work 'the devil is beating his wife' into conversation someday. And if anyone screams misogyny, my answer is it's the ₹&@/ing devil of course he beats his wife!

Then you're just trading one kind of prejudice for another though.

Anti Devil prejudice?

Is that a thing we worry about now?

Tolerance means accepting anything and everything no matter how disgusting it is.

Or so I'm lead to believe.

Indeed it does, and wife beating is a proud part of Devil culture which you would know if you took the time to really understand them.

This pegged me exactly to Yonkers/NYC/DC. Pretty spot on for the first 2 - I was born and lived in NYC until I was 25, and lived in Yonkers for 2.

I got Honolulu, Madison and Seattle. I was expecting New England.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Indeed it does, and wife beating is a proud part of Devil culture which you would know if you took the time to really understand them.

I would appreciate it if you would not tell me how the one religion I've had in my life looks upon the concept of spousal abuse.

 sebster wrote:
or because NY has a bigger impact on other countries, especially through TV

I would guess so, As a swede that learned English through school and media I got Providence, New York and Yonkers.

Lovecraft would be proud

Minneapolis, Buffalo and Rochester.

Which considering I'm from Belfast, and have lived in Scotland for most of my adult life, might imply some influence creeping down from Canada?

And yeah, no option for Slaters? That isn't even a common expression in this area of Scotland, I had it down as being Norn Irish. Good to see it's made its way to Australia.

According to the NYT my word choice is most closely aligned with NO or Baton Rouge, or alternatively Jackson Mississippii. Of course those are two very different accents.

Interesting.

I would proffer there is also an age test. There were several words that have changed over time.


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 sebster wrote:
I got Yonkers, New York and Newark.

Is that because both are former colonies of England so the language is closer than elsewhere, or because NY has a bigger impact on other countries, especially through TV. Or maybe because a NYT quiz, it just naturallyu defaults to NY if you don't have a clear US dialect.

It was a fun quiz though, and I learned a lot of creative little terms. I had no idea there was any other name for sunshowers than sunshowers. And I didn't even know there was a name for the day before Halloween, other than October 30th. It was cool to see how language varies, especially to see so many creative expressions.

I was surprised to see slater bugs wasn't given as an option for the little bugs that crawl in to a ball when you touch them. I didn't know they had another name, now it turns out the name we have for them might just be a local thing.

Whats a sunshower?

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
New York Times dialect quiz

That was fun. And yeah, it pegged me as either NY, Yonkers or Jersey so obviously it's 100% accurate

Still, "The devil is beating his wife"? Does anyone actually say that?



http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html

My Grandmother would say that if it was a strong thunderstorm with a lot of lightning. This was back in Louisiana. She was born during the Great Depression, to get an idea of her age. I've never heard anyone else use that one.

 Tannhauser42 wrote:

 Breotan wrote:
And does Texas really not consider drive through liquor stores a bad idea?

There aren't as many around as there used to be. More and more counties/townships are allowing the sale of beer compared to 20 years ago, so you can buy your beer at almost every gas station and grocery store. Kinda hard for the independent beer store to survive unless they also sell hard liquor (and the big chains like Specs and Goody Goody are basically getting a lock on that, too).

I thought they meant literal drive throughs. I saw one in Louisiana once. You would pull up, order your booze, and pull away. In Texas if you have an open container its jail. time so I don't see that working so well here.


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 kronk wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
New York Times dialect quiz

That was fun. And yeah, it pegged me as either NY, Yonkers or Jersey so obviously it's 100% accurate

Still, "The devil is beating his wife"? Does anyone actually say that?



http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html

My Grandmother would say that if it was a strong thunderstorm with a lot of lightning. This was back in Louisiana. She was born during the Great Depression, to get an idea of her age. I've never heard anyone else use that one.

The ex would say that when it was raining but the sun was out. I thought it meant when she would get a hair in her and decide to start chasing me around with a knife again.

 Breotan wrote:
And does Texas really not consider drive through liquor stores a bad idea?

Having spent a lot of time in Texas and Louisiana, no, not really. The Texas ones are fine. They are putting your liquor in a bag or box and handing it to you to put in your car. How is that any different from driving to the same store, walking in, getting your liquor in a bag or box, and putting it in your car? Exact same to me.

HOWEVER, there is 1 thing you can do in Louisiana that you can't in Texas. Drive up Daquiri/Margarita joints. You get it in a styrofoam cup with a plastic lid, which blew my wife's mind. "How is that legal?" They put tape over the part of the lid where the straw goes. "The tape makes it legal."


Just like this:




http://www.travelchannel.com/shows/anthony-bourdain/video/drive-through-daiquiris

 kronk wrote:

 Breotan wrote:
And does Texas really not consider drive through liquor stores a bad idea?

Having spent a lot of time in Texas and Louisiana, no, not really. The Texas ones are fine. They are putting your liquor in a bag or box and handing it to you to put in your car. How is that any different from driving to the same store, walking in, getting your liquor in a bag or box, and putting it in your car? Exact same to me.

HOWEVER, there is 1 thing you can do in Louisiana that you can't in Texas. Drive up Daquiri/Margarita joints. You get it in a styrofoam cup with a plastic lid, which blew my wife's mind. "How is that legal?" They put tape over the part of the lid where the straw goes. "The tape makes it legal."


Just like this:




http://www.travelchannel.com/shows/anthony-bourdain/video/drive-through-daiquiris

In Canada I think you have to keep alcohol in the trunk. It'd be weird to go to a drive-through liquor store when you have to get out of the car to put the booze in the trunk.

 Pouncey wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Indeed it does, and wife beating is a proud part of Devil culture which you would know if you took the time to really understand them.

I would appreciate it if you would not tell me how the one religion I've had in my life looks upon the concept of spousal abuse.

I would appreciate it if you would not tell me how the one religion I have had had all my life looks upon the devil.

Especially in a not so serious discussion of dialects.

In my head cannon, the Devil wears a wife beater t-shirt now.

Thanks, Kid-Kybama.

How the feth did we get to calling the devil evil is prejudicial? He's the devil XD. He's right there on the list of people we're all allowed to hate right alongside Hitler, Justin Beiber, and Uwe Bowl XD

San Jose, Fremont, Honolulu. With Detroit being on the opposite end of the scale.

Who the hell calls a wood louse a centipede?

 kronk wrote:
In my head cannon, the Devil wears a wife beater t-shirt now.

Thanks, Kid-Kybama.

Well he does.

We're talking about Steve Devil right? from Yonkers? Drives an 86 trans-Am? Beats his wife? Same guy right?

He paid his taxes on time, but he always buys drunks a drink.

Is "He never bought a drunk a drink" as saying over there?

*Waves hand vaguely Eastward*

Santa Rosa, Sacramento and Fresno. Fresno?? I'll kill you, you stupid worthless quiz!

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

 Pouncey wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Indeed it does, and wife beating is a proud part of Devil culture which you would know if you took the time to really understand them.

I would appreciate it if you would not tell me how the one religion I've had in my life looks upon the concept of spousal abuse.

I would appreciate it if you would not tell me how the one religion I have had had all my life looks upon the devil.

Especially in a not so serious discussion of dialects.

No, I fully recognize that Christians hate the devil.

I just kinda, you know, expect that kind of hatred from people who consider themselves enemies of the devil. Not exactly expecting Christians to be an accurate source of information about their worst enemy.

You're thinking of the zorastrians who see the universe as a war between evenly matched foes of light and dark.

Christians do not hate or fear the devil they pity him.

No worries. A lot of folks make that mistake.

 Wyrmalla wrote:
San Jose, Fremont, Honolulu. With Detroit being on the opposite end of the scale.

Who the hell calls a wood louse a centipede?

People who can't count legs.


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 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
You're thinking of the zorastrians who see the universe as a war between evenly matched foes of light and dark.

Christians do not hate or fear the devil they pity him.

No worries. A lot of folks make that mistake.

Y'ever hear about Revelations talking about Armageddon?