Dialect map quiz

[Galeongirl]

Originally Posted by corianderstem

Well, the Dutch DID create New York Amsterdam.

The only question missing from the quiz was "what do you call the thing where you drink water from in a public place?"

But I suppose it could be a one-question quiz that way. "If you answered 'bubbler,' just close the quiz now. We know you're from Milwaukee."

True dat

But I did get that question! I answered a water fountain, lol.

[bono_212]

Originally Posted by PhilsFan

Isn't a bubbler a type of bong? Are you trying to use it to refer to a water fountain?

I thought you were the one who once referred to a water fountain as a water bubbler and absolutely blew my mind, was it Cori, then?

[PhilsFan]

Oh no, I've never heard of that.

The Philly things on these types of quizzes are usually obvious shit I already knew (i.e. hoagies), but this one map floored me:



I never knew that mischief night was a Philly thing. I always thought it was everywhere.

[corianderstem]

Water fountain = bubbler in parts of Wisconsin. It's one of those weird, very mini-regional kinds of things.

Where's the Bubbler? - Milwaukee History | Examiner.com

(And apparently eastern Massachusetts as well, according to that article!)

[Axver]

Originally Posted by corianderstem

But I suppose it could be a one-question quiz that way. "If you answered 'bubbler,' just close the quiz now. We know you're from Milwaukee."

...or parts of Australia. I learnt to call water fountains "bubblers" while I lived in Queensland, and since it hasn't fallen out of my vocabulary it confuses the shit out of everyone whenever I visit New Zealand.

As for the quiz, I think I confused it. I got Boston, New York, and some place I'd honestly never heard of, Pembroke Pines in Florida. Then again, even if the quiz accounted for Australian and Kiwi accents I'd confuse it, since mine is now a strange mixture of the two.

Also if I read the crayon question correctly, apparently nobody in the US pronounces "crayon" the way I do. Not "cray-ahn", not whatever the other options I've now forgotten were, just a simple straightforward "cray-on". You know, to rhyme with "on".

[corianderstem]

Originally Posted by Axver

...or parts of Australia. I learnt to call water fountains "bubblers" while I lived in Queensland, and since it hasn't fallen out of my vocabulary it confuses the shit out of everyone whenever I visit New Zealand.

My brother from Down Under!

[LemonMelon]

Originally Posted by Axver

Also if I read the crayon question correctly, apparently nobody in the US pronounces "crayon" the way I do. Not "cray-ahn", not whatever the other options I've now forgotten were, just a simple straightforward "cray-on". You know, to rhyme with "on".

Rhymes with "dawn," right? Yeah, that's how I say it as well.

I mean, that's how it's spelled.

[Axver]

Originally Posted by LemonMelon

Rhymes with "dawn," right? Yeah, that's how I say it as well.

I mean, that's how it's spelled.

No, rhymes with "on", short vowel sound. No "ah", "aw", or "ow"; "dawn" doesn't rhyme with "on" or "crayon" in my accent.

[LemonMelon]

Originally Posted by Axver

No, rhymes with "on", short vowel sound. No "ah", "aw", or "ow"; "dawn" doesn't rhyme with "on" or "crayon" in my accent.

OK, I follow. I suspect we do pronounce it the same way, as "dawn" and "on" do rhyme in my accent, though they're vocalized in slightly different parts of the mouth/throat ("dawn" further back than "on"). Otherwise, they're the same.

[Axver]

Originally Posted by LemonMelon

OK, I follow. I suspect we do pronounce it the same way, as "dawn" and "on" do rhyme in my accent, though they're vocalized in slightly different parts of the mouth/throat ("dawn" further back than "on"). Otherwise, they're the same.

"Dawn" is a longer vowel in my accent, thanks to the "w"; it rhymes with "corn" or "fawn". I form a bigger vowel than I do for the second syllable of "crayon", which is fairly soft.

In fact, I found a video that seems to be part of some accent video meme similar to this thread's test, and at 1:20 she says "crayon" the way I do:

Regional Dialect Meme - New Zealand - YouTube

(She gets "route" wrong, but I'm on board with the rest of her pronunciations. Most Kiwis and Australians, in the context of "what route do I take?", say it the same as "root"; you do hear some people saying it the same as "rout", but that's less common. Oh, unless it's a router, the thing which helps you connect to the Internet, which is never said the same as "rooter"!)

[bono_212]

Originally Posted by PhilsFan

I never knew that mischief night was a Philly thing. I always thought it was everywhere.

I knew Devil's Night would light up bright red in Michigan, though I'd never heard of the word until a few months ago. It was in an episode of... Cold Case? I think. Some people from Detroit wanting to put an end to Devil's Night mischief... No, wait now I'm pretty sure it was some movie I watched...

Edit: oh duh, it was The Crow.

[Irvine511]

Originally Posted by PhilsFan

Oh no, I've never heard of that.

The Philly things on these types of quizzes are usually obvious shit I already knew (i.e. hoagies), but this one map floored me:



I never knew that mischief night was a Philly thing. I always thought it was everywhere.

We always called it Cabbage Night.

[iron yuppie]

Originally Posted by corianderstem

Water fountain = bubbler in parts of Wisconsin. It's one of those weird, very mini-regional kinds of things.

Where's the Bubbler? - Milwaukee History | Examiner.com

(And apparently eastern Massachusetts as well, according to that article!)

The Wisconsin lingo that I never got used to was "tyme machine" for ATM. It still bothers me when I hear that phrase.

[deep]

that is news to me

but makes sense since the company that provided their Automatic Teller Machines was named TYME.

TYME ("Take Your Money Everywhere") is an ATM/interbank network in Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It was organized in 1975 and was the first shared EFT network in the country. Residents commonly referred to ATMs as a "Tyme machine," which has resulted in confusion when Wisconsinites visiting unfamiliar areas would ask the locals where they could find a "time machine".
The TYME network merged with the Pulse network in 2002, and took the Pulse brand name in 2004. The combined Pulse/TYME network includes about 81,000 ATMs and 457,000 merchant point-of-sale locations.

[corianderstem]

Huh, I had no idea TYME machines were a regional thing. I remember those.

[cobl04]

Yeah the crayon question threw me too Ax. I said "cray-ahn" but like you I simply say it as "cray-on"

[deep]

I say

kray-oh-luhs

[digitize]

Originally Posted by Axver

"Dawn" is a longer vowel in my accent, thanks to the "w"; it rhymes with "corn" or "fawn". I form a bigger vowel than I do for the second syllable of "crayon", which is fairly soft.

Wait, "corn" rhymes with "fawn"?

What a bizarre world this Australia place must be.

[bono_212]

I still can't picture in my head a single person saying crayon with two syllables.

[IWasBored]

Originally Posted by bono_212

I still can't picture in my head a single person saying crayon with two syllables.

I've always said it with two. Kind of like cray-yawn.