Ze linguistic nut speaks. This survey will tell you where much of your pronunciation of American English comes from. It would probably be most revelent if you're an American, I'm guessing. Anyway, I think this stuff so super cool. Like, I could fangirl over it.
http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/yankee_dixie_quiz.html
I'm absolutely fascinated by the ways in which our language differs. Like, have you ever googled a US map of soda-vs-pop-vs-coke? That's an interesting one, which is mentioned in this survey. The funny thing for me personally is, I'm from the Pacific Northwest, where we allegedly say "pop"... except that my sister and I have been saying "soda" our entire lives without even noticing. Go figure. Plus, I can remember, as a little kid, arguing with the neighbor kid over whether the little grey bug was called a pillbug or a roly-poly.
Enjoy! And comment if you want to share your score... I'm interested in hearing how people speak! :)
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