# Dialect Quiz & Survey **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 10, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dialect-quiz-survey/668532 "2013-09-10T22:58:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dialect-quiz-survey/668532/61 "2013-09-12T07:00:31Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > The recent threads involving ethnicity maps and pronunciations by region made me look up [http://spark.rstudio.com/jkatz/DialectMap/](http://spark.rstudio.com/jkatz/DialectMap/) where I found a link to > [http://spark.rstudio.com/jkatz/DialectQuiz/](http://spark.rstudio.com/jkatz/DialectQuiz/) > > I took the 25-question version and here are my results: > > Most Similar Cities > 1 Metairie LA 34.2 > 2 New Orleans LA 34.1 > 3 Baton Rouge LA 33.6 > 4 Lafayette LA 32.9 > 5 Mobile AL 31.7 > > Least Similar Cities > 1 Green Bay WI 18.4 > 2 Syracuse NY 18.5 > 3 Buffalo NY 18.6 > 4 Joliet IL 18.7 > 5 Rochester NY 18.9 > > I found this amusing since I live in Nashville and spent my early years in Central Alabama. > > Do you find your answers worth sharing? After trying yet again to make it all the way through the 140 quiz, I decided to try again on the 25. I’m happier with these results: Most Similar Cities 1 Montgomery AL 49.8 2 Birmingham AL 48.6 3 Columbia SC 48.3 4 Columbus GA 48.3 5 Augusta-Richmond GA 48.2 Least Similar Cities 1 Waterbury CT 23.3 2 Springfield MA 24.0 3 New Haven CT 25.2 4 Hartford CT 25.3 5 Sioux Falls SD 28.0 Notice the time of day of this post. I guess I’m doomed to never finishing the 140. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dialect-quiz-survey/668532/62 "2013-09-12T12:57:09Z")
On a different tack I’m trying to locate the specific city/town among the maps at [http://spark.rstudio.com/jkatz/DialectMap/](http://spark.rstudio.com/jkatz/DialectMap/) that has the smallest geographic range. So far the most significant I’ve found has been Camden NJ Can you find one with even tighter range? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dialect-quiz-survey/668532/63 "2013-09-12T13:32:49Z")
I’m Australian, and took the quiz for fun. I answered honestly from my point of view. When they asked where I lived I left it blank (because obviously it is intended for Americans, and there was no option to enter a non-American location), but put my real gender and year of birth. My results for most similar were: 1 Providence RI 29.9 2 Plymouth MA 29.1 3 New York NY 29.0 4 Lowell MA 28.8 5 Yonkers NY 28.8 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dialect-quiz-survey/668532.md?page=3)