Dialect quiz

Disclaimer: this quiz is intended for american residents, but I'm Canadian and I took it anyway (It guessed an american city two hours away from me so it's still pretty accurate)

Anyways, go ahead and take this quiz and tell if your results were accurate or not! I found it pretty interesting:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?_r=1&

 

It got it right, but I feel like they're tracking your device or something.
It's a bit too accurate.

 

Damn this is too accurate. It said I'm from California though xD
Hawaii locals have a dialect of their own that's pretty much a different language on its own though @FailedExperiment

 

I got Honolulu, which @Konohito lives in ._.

It also guesses Anchorage and San Jose... Since when do I live in Alaska?

 

I'm Australian...

 

It guessed Orlando, lol

@MrBubblyNaruto

 

Fort Lauderdale.

 

I got New Jersey lol.
It also guesses New York
(I actually live in Ohio tho)

 

Why does everyone live in Ohio...

 

They aren't tracking it, (I tried this quiz on my phone also and I have tracking disabled on it)
It chose three cities for me, one was accurate the other two weren't.

HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE THOSE WORDS?
I don't understand how there are different ways to pronounce cot, caught, merry, marry, and mary
How else could they possible be pronounced??? :p

PLEASE EXPLAIN MAPPY

 

One was 4hrs away, the rest were 5 states away for me lol

 

Cot is phonetic, caught is pronounce as c-or-t.

Mary is m-air-ee, merry and marry are phonetic.

 

Oklahoma city
Tf
Im chicago foo

 

It gave me San Jose, which is like 45 minutes from where I live, so close enough.

It got the bay area part right.

 

These maps show your most distinctive answer for each of these cities.

PROVIDENCE



What do you call the thing from which you might drink water in a school?

bubbler

NEWARK / PATERSON



What do you call the rubber-soled shoes worn in gym class or for athletic activities?

sneakers

YONKERS



What do you call the rubber-soled shoes worn in gym class or for athletic activities?

sneakers

 

http://nyti.ms/1UA4zjf lmao what, california? i'm all the way on the other side of the country.

 

Accurate enough, I live an hour east of LA and half an hour east from Glendale

 

I got...
Irving, Texas.
Montgomery, Alabama.
Columbus, Georgia.

I live in California, but my mom was from the South, so it makes sense.