My spouse took the survey and he had one bright/dark red state…Michigan with the city he grew up in selected as the most likely. He asked me where my results were and I said I’d sent them to him when he sent the link. He laughed because he thought mine was the generic map because it gave me such a broad range in comparison to his!
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You can google and hear the 3 pronunciations. Apparently those in the northeast have more distinctive vowel sounds than other areas of the country. I took a phonics class in college, the professor would make students pronounce a word to verify the word was spelled correctly on an exam. Students from different areas would have different answers. Being from NJ Mary/merry/marry have different pronunciations.
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The one term that put me correctly smack dab in Massachusetts was calling a traffic circle a “rotary”–apparently a term not used anywhere else???
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I call it a rotary since I had never seen one before moving to MA. But apparently my use of “crawdad” and “LAWyer” overwhelmed that and correctly placed me in the Ozarks.
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As expected, I confused it. I have lived in the midwest(ages 6mos old -9yrs), the deep south(9-15), NC(15-26), VA since. This thing says I am either from Yonkers(i didnt even know where that was for sure), or Ft Lauderdale.
Parents were plains-midwestern /chicago suburban …
I was however… born in the great state of NJ, small ruralish town not a classic NY suburb.
My map is deep blue everywhere but the red spots of yonkers and FL.
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It appears from the comments that not all of us got the same questions. I never saw a question about a “round about”, nor a question about the night before Halloween (isn’t that what Mischief Night is?)
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I got the night before Halloween question (devils night), but I didn’t get the traffic circle or shoes questions. Interesting.
I didn’t get that question, but I call it a round-about.
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Did anyone get the question about what you call it when the sun shines but it’s still raining?
For me, it’s a sun shower, but there are some very colorful alternatives!
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Of course they do!! Totally distinct😊.
I’ve taken the quiz three times and most questions stay the same, but there are a few that rotate. I have seen everything mentioned above.
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I put the link on a private mode page so that I could retake the test without it knowing that I’d already taken it. I got a bunch more questions, including all of the questions discussed here. Same outcome!
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We say traffic circle in these parts.
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Oh cool! I mostly get blank looks when I talk to anyone out of state.
I thought Goosie Night was the Northern NJ term?
Some tiny area of Bergen County apparently. I grew up on the northern Shore, and live in Essex County, and both places say Mischief Night. I have read about “Goosey Night” a couple times, but never heard anyone actually use it.
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Then you havent met my wife😀. She tells me stories of Jackson Whites (google it) and gets me Taylor Ham towers. Jersey Strong😀
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I have heard of Jackson Whites but only because of Weird New Jersey. i have no opinion on the Taylor ham/ pork roll “controversy” because it didn’t exist until the Internet I’m pretty sure.
But yes, Jersey Strong!
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I did…I call it the sun’s shining but it’s still raining.
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