22 Maps That Show How Americans Speak English Totally Differently From Each Other

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[SMGFan]

Everyone knows that Americans don't exactly agree on pronunciations. Regional accents are a major part of what makes American English so interesting as a dialect. Joshua Katz, a Ph. D student in statistics at North Carolina State University, just published a group of awesome visualizations of Professor Bert Voux's linguistic survey that looked at how Americans pronounce words. (via) detsl on /r/Linguistics His results were first published on Abstract, the N.C. State research blog.

[SMGFan]

I cannot see how "Mary, merry and marry" can be pronounced the same. I'm from Jersey. :)

[dhs12345]

And car versus “ca” and Amanda versus “Amandar.” It is called the law of conservation of “rs.” Right up there with the law of gravity. :)

[OldNewYork]

There was no ‘yous’ option.

And I’m impressed with those who say ‘you all’ instead of ‘y’all’. I never knew anyone did.

[FlJoePa]

I still say hoagie. Never knew the rest of the world didn’t until a few years ago. Now if you want to get REALLY regional, order a cosmo. Nothing better than a ham and cheese cosmo.

[fwdude]

I cannot see how "Mary, merry and marry" can be pronounced the same. I'm from Jersey. :)

How can they not?! (From Texas.)

[BerryDingle]

Brooklyn bump.

[taxcontrol]

How do you drink a ham and cheese cosmo?

[fwdude]

When my Seattle cousins used to come for a visit and said they wanted “pop,” I thought they were just homesick. :)

[Flash Bazbeaux]

“Amanda versus “Amandar.”

As in, during October 1962 Kennedy narrowly avoided going to wah over Cuber.

[Sybeck1]

Here everyting is a “Coke”, Pepsi whatever.

[dhs12345]

Lol.

[Fresh Wind]

Hoagie is the correct term. Everybody else is wrong.

[livius]

I’m from NY, and the thing that amused me when I lived in SF for a while was that they pronounce “ferry” and “fairy” the same! Such as, “I’m going to take the fairy to Marin...”

[Betty Jane]

The proper word is a hero. How many syllables in weren’t? Are Erin and AAron said the same?

[katana]

Interesting game. I did like the drive thru liquor store word Brew Thru

What does one call the area of grass growing between the sidewalk and street? Answer that is supposedly unique to a very small area of NE Ohio (Akron and Cuyahoga Falls): The Devil's Strip as it belongs to neither the owner of the home adjacent nor to the city (even though the homeowner is more or less expected to keep it mowed).

[FlJoePa]

A cosmo (in Williamsport) is a heated sub or a grinder. On Fridays, the Catholics could eat just a cheese cosmo. The best version is a Canadian Bacon cosmo, imo - just pure goodness.

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[Fresh Wind]

Two syllables. Not the same.

[PUGACHEV]

That’s because you’re not from Southern Maryland, pronounced Shuthin Merlin.

[Fresh Wind]

What’s the name of that big city in Merlin?