Where Are You From??

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 10:28 pm

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013 ... 20000b000j
Kind of interesting. Give it a try, it's not too long. Has my first location as Rochester NY (sup Bri?) which is pretty damn close as I am from Syracuse. Some of the answers were not too clear cut for me.
I remember reading that some linguistics guys can do this. Dinsdale probably does this at parties. How did you do?

Cueball · Post by **Cueball** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 11:56 pm

Worcester and Providence. Not too bad

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 12:28 am

I answered all the questions, and the system crashed. It said due to high traffic volume but I'm pretty sure it was because they hadn't yet had anybody from the Planet Lovetron.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Tue Dec 24, 2013 12:31 am

Grand Rapids, MI. Nailed it dead on.

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Tue Dec 24, 2013 12:33 am

Boston.

No shit. :|

mvscal · Post by **mvscal** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 12:40 am

Denver?

Ah...no.

Carson · Post by **Carson** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 1:08 am

It nailed my Gump talk.

campinfool · Post by **campinfool** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 1:16 am

It said Austin, Fort Worth, or Lubbock. Austin is the winner. Pretty crazy stuff.

Diego in Seattle · Post by **Diego in Seattle** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 1:34 am

SLC & Stockton/Modesto

The latter being the closest, they barely missed it by 432 miles.

poptart · Post by **poptart** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 2:17 am

Rockford & Aurora, Illinois -- and St. Louis, Missouri.

Accurate, as I grew up in "central" Illinois.

#Flyover

R-Jack · Post by **R-Jack** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 7:06 am

Fremont. Close enough.

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 9:54 am

Phoenix/Glendale/Mesa/Tempe. Not from there but was stationed in the area for a couple years.

mamamustanger · Post by **mamamustanger** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 10:53 am

Fremont or Stockton California. Right state but I am from Southern California

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Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 1:00 pm

I suspect that folks who have moved a lot may pick up local speech and terms that might skew their results. I lived in central NY for most of my life and it shows. People usually tab me as a New Yorker at least.

Left Seater · Post by **Left Seater** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:10 pm

Austin.

Close enough.

Felix · Post by **Felix** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:15 pm

reno nevada? who in fuck is from reno nevada....the only people that live there are people with no other choice.....that shithole would be the last place I'd ever choose to live.....

second and third were stockton and modesto california.....

I should probably be insulted, but at least they had the general vicinity (Western US) right......

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:39 pm

Santa Rosa / Oakland / Sacramento

Pretty close. I was born in San Francisco and grew up a few miles south.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 4:47 pm

Omaha/Wichita, both about the same distance from KC.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 4:47 pm

Portland/Vancouver

Yup.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 4:57 pm

poptart wrote:Rockford

I got Rochester, Buffalo and.... Rockford?

Shudder

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 5:11 pm

Dinsdale wrote:Portland/Vancouver

Yup.

I was offended by the Vantucky part, BTW.

mvscal · Post by **mvscal** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 8:17 pm

Wolfman wrote:I suspect that folks who have moved a lot may pick up local speech and terms that might skew their results.

Granted but not as much as my results were. I was born in St. Louis and lived there till I was six and spent half of my summers there growing up but, other than that, I have lived my entire adult life in either Texas or California and I get...Denver?

The fuck? I've spent all of two days in Denver to see a football game.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 8:30 pm

mvscal wrote:I have lived my entire adult life in either Texas or California...

and now Omaha, right?

Why, we're practically neighbors.

Moby Dick · Post by **Moby Dick** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 10:59 pm

Oklahoma City / Tulsa.

nailed it

Dr_Phibes · Post by **Dr_Phibes** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 11:20 pm

Montgomery/Richmond :bode:

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Wed Dec 25, 2013 12:49 am

The map shows me as being from southern new england which is spot on. I am from Hartford. There were 2 questions there which I knew would locate me. In southern new england, you eat grinders and go to tag sales. These are both very local terms to the best of my knowledge. I grew up thinking that the entire universe ate grinders.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Wed Dec 25, 2013 1:12 am

Where I'm from, you could set up tables to sell your crap in the middle of the street, and it's still a "garage sale," and a "grinder" is a tool for sharpening stuff.

Wolfman · Post by **Wolfman** » Wed Dec 25, 2013 2:49 am

Yes there are terms and sayings that are quite area specific. I remember my first time in Maine when I ordered a chocolate milk shake, you know, the kind with ice cream in it. I got a glass of chocolate milk. Up there I needed to order a frappe. Now if you want one in Rhode Island, you need to order a cabinet. Go figure.

trev · Post by **trev** » Wed Dec 25, 2013 3:23 am

Oceanside, California. Pretty accurate.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Wed Dec 25, 2013 3:58 am

Totally aced it. In fact, it displayed my exact GPS coordinates.

-smackaholic

Left Seater · Post by **Left Seater** » Wed Dec 25, 2013 4:01 am

Having lived around the country I have picked up very few local sayings. I think I use more Aussie sayings than New England or Mid Atlantic terms. For example despite living between Providence and Boston, a machine that dispenses water will never be a bubbler, and the wheeled cart that you push around a supermarket will never be a buggy, to me at least.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Wed Dec 25, 2013 4:20 am

Dinsdale wrote:Where I'm from, you could set up tables to sell your crap in the middle of the street, and it's still a "garage sale,"...

same here, even if you don't have a garage.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Wed Dec 25, 2013 2:11 pm

other places I have been seem to use yard sale or garage sale, dependent on whether or not your shit is set up in the garage or yard. Not sure why they don't say driveway sale as that is usually where the shit is. Another one used around here, usually as a church fundraising activity is rummage sale.

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Thu Dec 26, 2013 12:29 pm

Papa Willie wrote:I re-took it and though still strong in Jackson, MS, it included Birmingham and Columbus, GA (90 miles away) this time...

Try it one more time. I'm sure you can score 26.

/s/,

civicsholic

Jay in Phoenix · Post by **Jay in Phoenix** » Thu Dec 26, 2013 3:57 pm

Phoenix, Tempe...damn, right on.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Thu Dec 26, 2013 4:05 pm

Papa Willie wrote:Coke or cokeacola is what most people around here say

Even when referring to Pepsi and Dr Pepper?

Nah, that reputation of intelligence and education levels isn't deserved.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Thu Dec 26, 2013 7:32 pm

You're addressing questions I didn't see, so there's more than 25 of them.

Papa Willie wrote: 25. What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining? I have no term or expression for this - though it's usually specified as "look - the sun's out & it's fucking raining".

Round these parts, we have different terms for that. Today, it's called "Thursday."

mvscal · Post by **mvscal** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 2:06 am

Papa Willie wrote:...more than not, I refer to a group of people as "fuckers" or "fags" - based on my lack of respect for most human beings.

Rock on, braaaah.

Tustin/Huntington Beach? Whoa! Duuude!

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 2:09 am

For SoCals, they just needed to ask "do you hold on to long vowel sounds for an inordinate time?"

Terry in Crapchester · Mon Dec 30, 2013 12:01 am

1. Rochester
2. Buffalo
3. Boston

Last one is a bit of a head-scratcher, given that I've never lived there before.

I think the quiz should have included a question about pizza, as I've heard them referred to as pies or zas in other places. Also snowmobiles, given the Palin reference to Taaaaaaaaaaaaaadd being a champion "snow machine" racer.