Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Dialects by region

I’ve taken some dialect quizes on the Internet, and usually come out north or sort of Canadian.  If I'd grown up around here (central Ohio), "drug my feet" would be my preference. But I grew up in northern Illinois, west of Chicago, and there I’d look like something "the cat dragged in."  I also put an R in “wash” and “Washington,” which embarrasses my children.  This map is a bit different than some I’ve seen, but it does feature Ohio.

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