Cool map! Do you have a source? Curious if they’ve done other countries.
Here you go, I’ll add this to the OP too https://aschmann.net/AmEng/#Au_Washington_State
There is a lot to look at here 👀
This is a lot for me to take in, and even with some of the audio excerpts, explanations and charts I still don’t get it.
I don’t understand how they put Vancouver and Toronto in the same accent group. Quite distinct.
Where I’m from, “Mary,” “Marry,” and “Merry” are not pronounced the same.
Mary rhymes with airy. Marry rhymes with Barry. Merry rhymes with ferry.
Every one of those words rhyme and sound the same… Not sure if you are joking or of my accent is the joke…
Where are you from? Wildly guessing NZ?
Nah, you’re in the majority. We’ve got hoagie mouth.
Same here. I’m from NJ.
Hooray, I’m a “generalized American”!
It reminds me a lot of ourdialects.uk which does similar but for the UK and split across a few different maps. I’d love a website where it guesses where you (or someone else) are from based on some sort of quiz.
Loving the little island of French around Falher (pronounced “Fall-air”)
Nice to see the province of Alberta having a French majority area despite the hostility to francophone culture.
Interesting how Washington, DC used to be within the Southern accent territory, but this has died out to mostly older speakers.
The anecdote that really hits this home for me is that in 2006 they updated the voice on the metro which said “Doors closing, please stand clear of the doors.” The old voice had a southern accent but the new voice did not.
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Not sure I agree there’s a “Hamptons” accent, I’ve lived all over long Island and currently am in the east end.
We all sound the same: like arrogant assholes. :P
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