Different American accents: Can this USA dialect quiz guess where I’m from?

In today’s episode, I’m going to take an American dialect quiz to see if it can identify where I’m from! I come from a unique linguistic background, so we’ll talk about that first. Then, I’ll walk you through all the questions in the quiz, explaining my answers and giving interesting context for the different kinds of slang and vocabulary we use in different parts of the U.S.

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The U.S. Dialect Quiz: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/dialect-quiz-map.html

Are Southern accents disappearing? Linguists say yes: https://www.npr.org/2023/09/17/1200026181/are-southern-accents-disappearing-linguists-say-yes