The Dialect Survey Results
Dec. 4th, 2003 06:32 pmOoooh! I just realized that the dialect survey now has different pages for the responses from each state.
Dialect Survey Responses By State. Click "state data" for the breakdown on each question.
Thus, I can now tell you the following:
Although the majority of my home state (54.39%) says "cray-awn," where the second syllable rhymes with "dawn," I say "cray-ahn."
A plurality (46.59%) of responders from California say "reely" (as in "see"); I say "rilly" (as in "sit").
Tons (75.60%) of Californians pronounce "cot" and "caught" the same. I pronounce them differently.
Most Californians (63.16%) say "kwarter." I say "cor-ter."
55.31% of Californians say "ampitheater." I say "ampfitheater."
All of the attempted-"phonetic" spellings are from the dialect survey's questions.
Now I want everyone else to go and do this and tell me what they say differently. :)
Dialect Survey Responses By State. Click "state data" for the breakdown on each question.
Thus, I can now tell you the following:
Although the majority of my home state (54.39%) says "cray-awn," where the second syllable rhymes with "dawn," I say "cray-ahn."
A plurality (46.59%) of responders from California say "reely" (as in "see"); I say "rilly" (as in "sit").
Tons (75.60%) of Californians pronounce "cot" and "caught" the same. I pronounce them differently.
Most Californians (63.16%) say "kwarter." I say "cor-ter."
55.31% of Californians say "ampitheater." I say "ampfitheater."
All of the attempted-"phonetic" spellings are from the dialect survey's questions.
Now I want everyone else to go and do this and tell me what they say differently. :)