# The NYTimes 25-question American Language Guess-Where-You're-From map/algorithm **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 24, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nytimes-25-question-american-language-guess-where-youre-from-map-algorithm/677104 "2013-12-24T21:10:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Charley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/97f17d/32.png) [@Charley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charley)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nytimes-25-question-american-language-guess-where-youre-from-map-algorithm/677104/221 "2014-01-22T01:14:44Z")
Mine was honestly a surprise - grew up in the North of England, lived most of my adult life just outside London (UK). I was kind of expecting east coast, but I got Santa Clarita (?), Glendale and Los Angeles. LA and Glendale based on fireflies, and Santa Clarita based on drinking fountain. Huh. I’ve been reading these boards for a loooong time and I like to think I have quite a handle on how you guys talk by now, but there was a tonne of stuff in this quiz that I’d never encountered at all. The names for an easy class? ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nytimes-25-question-american-language-guess-where-youre-from-map-algorithm/677104/222 "2014-01-22T01:29:15Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Hah…I’m an Aussie, and the three cities cited were Yonkers, New York and Ft Lauderdale. > > 😛 Interesting, I’m an Aussie too and it gave me new york, providence and Jersey City. I’ve never noticed much similarity between an Aussie Accent and a New York accent before.😛 ---
**Author:** ![Animastryfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Animastryfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Animastryfe)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nytimes-25-question-american-language-guess-where-youre-from-map-algorithm/677104/223 "2014-01-22T02:33:38Z")
The quiz was not very accurate for me because it asked questions, mainly driving related ones, to which I do not know the answer. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nytimes-25-question-american-language-guess-where-youre-from-map-algorithm/677104/224 "2014-01-23T13:07:48Z")
> [@stui\_magpie](#): > > Interesting, I’m an Aussie too and it gave me new york, providence and Jersey City. > > I’ve never noticed much similarity between an Aussie Accent and a New York accent before.😛 I’m British and got New York, New Jersey and Yonkers. Mainly because I pronounce Mary, marry and merry differently, it would seem. Interesting! Didn’t give me the option I’d normally use for ‘you all’ though, which would be ‘everyone’. As in, ‘hello everyone, thanks for coming’. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nytimes-25-question-american-language-guess-where-youre-from-map-algorithm/677104/225 "2014-01-24T01:11:43Z")
New Zealander here, it tagged me as from Yonkers, Ney York and Jersey City too. The sneakers question seems to have been the clincher. I had a lot of all blue answers, ‘I have no word for that’ came up at least four times. Although I love the idea of drive through bottle stores though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nytimes-25-question-american-language-guess-where-youre-from-map-algorithm/677104.md?page=11)