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WWWP 12-28-2013 06:24 PM

I didn't think much of the expression until I was an adult and then I had the "wtf that is an awful thing to say" moment. Now I just say "It looks all HD outside."

Isbjørn 12-29-2013 04:24 AM

http://imageshack.com/a/img585/1600/srmy.png

Frownland 12-29-2013 10:20 AM

Most similar: Reno, Oceanside (which is in biking distance from where I live), and Santa Rosa.
Least similar: New Orleans, Pittsburgh, and Philidelphia.

Very accurate, imo.

DarkSkies 12-29-2013 08:01 PM

Most similar...Baton Rouge.

I was born and grew up in Louisiana.

WWWP 12-29-2013 08:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1400035)
Most similar: Reno, Oceanside (which is in biking distance from where I live), and Santa Rosa.
Least similar: New Orleans, Pittsburgh, and Philidelphia.

Very accurate, imo.

No one I know in Santa Rosa has gotten Santa Rosa.

Neapolitan 12-29-2013 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 1399391)
This sounds interesting! I'm looking forward to trying this.

And, yeah, western PA has its own unique accent and even its own weird words like "yinz".

Yenz is "you" plural, poke & sack for a bag, tennis shoes for sneakers, buggy for shopping cart, and pop for soda. And then they use diphthongs from out of nowhere for words you would never expect in a million years could have them like [bah ox] for box, [daw aug] for dog.

Paul Smeenus 12-29-2013 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan (Post 1400210)
Yenz is "you" plural, poke & sack for a bag, tennis shoes for sneakers, buggy for shopping cart, and pop for soda. And then they use diphthongs from out of nowhere for words you would never expect in a million years could have them like [bah ox] for box, [daw aug] for dog.


And Primanti's

anticipation 12-29-2013 09:14 PM

This was lame. For most similar I got Chicago, Rockford, and Aurora, what a surprise. I was born in Chicago so obviously I'm going to have a Northern Illinois dialect. As for my least similar? Pittsburgh, Akron, and Cleveland all because I don't have a word for the strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street. I'm pretty sure my Texan hill country roommate and I have much different accents than I would with someone from Ohio…

One thing this quiz confirmed though is that we are basically the only people in the country that call athletic shoes "gym shoes".

Neapolitan 12-29-2013 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus (Post 1400214)
And Primanti's

Not too fimiliar with Primanti's, but I know about Eat'n Park. Now the first time my aunt brought up us going to Eat'n Park I thought she talking about an actual park with trees named after Thomas Eakins. I was totally confused why we go to a park until we arrived at the restaurant, only to find out it was Eat'n Park not Eakins Park.

https://www2.bc.edu/~dohertyp/web_site/images/max.jpg
^by Thomas Eakins

Doritos 12-29-2013 09:53 PM

You need to have a Legend to tell us what all those colors mean.


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