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How do you English?
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 8:46 pmby saxitoxin
Take the quiz and post your results!
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013 ... 2002020000LOOTIFER, PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THE QUIZ OR YOU MAY CRASH THE WEBSITE. THANK YOU. My 3 most similar cities:
- Fremont, California
- Oceanside, California
- Reno, Nevada
My 3 least similar cities:
- Shreveport, Louisiana
- Little Rock, Arkansas
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Re: How do you English?
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 8:59 pmby Serbia
I just took this earlier.
My 3 most similar cities:
- Detroit
- Grand Rapids
- Toledo
Don't remember what the 3 least similar were, except they were all in Massachusetts, and one was Boston.
Bollocks.
Re: How do you English?
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:01 pmby saxitoxin
Serbia wrote:My 3 most similar cities:
- Detroit
- Grand Rapids
- Toledo
believable
Serbia wrote:Don't remember what the 3 least similar were, except they were all in Massachusetts, and one was Boston.
believable
Serbia wrote:Bollocks.
believable
Re: How do you English?
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:10 pmby betiko
Philadelphia/jersey city/newark (huh?)
Re: How do you English?
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:14 pmby Dukasaur
Slightly inapplicable, since I'm in Canada, but I came up most similar to Detroit, Buffalo, and Rochester. Not surprising that two of them are border cities and the the third is not far from the border.
Re: How do you English?
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:23 pmby saxitoxin
betiko wrote:Philadelphia/jersey city/newark (huh?)
betiko is the one on the right
Re: How do you English?
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:49 pmby targetman377
Minneapolis/st Paul
Madison
Portland
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 10:13 pmby 2dimes
Boston
Winston-Salem
Durham
Because I use Yard Sale.
Least like, Detroit, Toledo and Philly. Because I cot a bus on Devil's night having no word for it stopping at Gino's for a sausage sub.
Re: How do you English?
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 10:25 pmby MoB Deadly
Most
Philly (1 hour away)
Orlando
Ft. Lauderdale
Least (forget the cities)
Lousiana
Mississippi
Texas
Re: How do you English?
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 11:34 pmby Trevor33
Honolulu (because of firefly) and Boston, Worcester because of sunshower. I don't really use sunshower but it seemed the most logical.
Least - Houston, Corpus Christi and Toledo.
Re: How do you English?
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Mon Dec 23, 2013 11:53 pmby jonesthecurl
Serbia wrote:I just took this earlier.
My 3 most similar cities:
- Detroit
- Grand Rapids
- Toledo
Don't remember what the 3 least similar were, except they were all in Massachusetts, and one was Boston.
Bollocks.
OMG, it turns out that I'm Serbia! (same results).
Re: How do you English?
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Tue Dec 24, 2013 6:56 amby Serbia
jonesthecurl wrote:Serbia wrote:I just took this earlier.
My 3 most similar cities:
- Detroit
- Grand Rapids
- Toledo
Don't remember what the 3 least similar were, except they were all in Massachusetts, and one was Boston.
Bollocks.
OMG, it turns out that I'm Serbia! (same results).
And if we continue acting shocked about being multies, THEY'LL NEVER CATCH US.
Bollocks.
Re: How do you English?
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Tue Dec 24, 2013 7:43 amby notyou2
Boston and 2 cities in Florida.
I know where I'm retiring.
Re: How do you English?
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Tue Dec 24, 2013 11:02 amby Quirk
Columbus, GA
Montgomery
Shreveport
Least:
Minneapolis / Saint Paul
Detroit
Milwaukee
No surprises here.
Re: How do you English?
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Tue Dec 24, 2013 1:32 pmby ManBungalow
Fairly irrelevant as I live in the UK, however:
Most similar:
LA
NYC
Jersey City
Least similar:
Amarillo
Lubbock
Fort Worth
Posted:
Tue Dec 24, 2013 1:38 pmby 2dimes
I did it a second time and got Detroit for saying pop instead of soft drink. And Boise for switching drinking fountain and water fountain.
Re: How do you English?
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Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:07 pmby betiko
Was the page supposed to think about it for 10 minutes? Cause i think i broke their server with my answers. Then they told me i m some kind of freak from jerzey shores, seriously? Lulz
I m a highway sneakers car-ra-mel water fountain.
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Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:33 pmby nietzsche
2dimes wrote:I did it a second time and got Detroit for saying pop instead of soft drink. And Boise for switching drinking fountain and water fountain.
canadians say pop
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Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:42 pmby 2dimes
Actually I say pop, soda and soft drink depending on where I am and who I'm talking to.
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Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:58 pmby nietzsche
2dimes wrote:Actually I say pop, soda and soft drink depending on where I am and who I'm talking to.
standing at a hot dog stand in toronto with a hot dog in my hand, the guy asks me if i want a pop and i didn't know if he wanted to have his way with me or if he wanted to sell me drugs.
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Tue Dec 24, 2013 4:00 pmby 2dimes
He was threatening to punch you.
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Tue Dec 24, 2013 4:37 pmby notyou2
nietzsche wrote:2dimes wrote:Actually I say pop, soda and soft drink depending on where I am and who I'm talking to.
standing at a hot dog stand in toronto with a hot dog in my hand, the guy asks me if i want a pop and i didn't know if he wanted to have his way with me or if he wanted to sell me drugs.
It may have been Rob Ford's crack dealer.
Re: How do you English?
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Wed Dec 25, 2013 1:57 amby targetman377
Quirk wrote:Columbus, GA
Montgomery
Shreveport
Least:
Minneapolis / Saint Paul
Detroit
Milwaukee
No surprises here.
oh f*ck i now can not understand a signal word you just said quirk!!!
Re: How do you English?
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Wed Dec 25, 2013 10:18 amby oVo
In western Pennsylvania they said pop, in eastern North Carolina they said coke (and automatically gave you a Sun Drop) and in Texas they just say Beer.
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Wed Dec 25, 2013 2:45 pmby betiko
nietzsche wrote:2dimes wrote:Actually I say pop, soda and soft drink depending on where I am and who I'm talking to.
standing at a hot dog stand in toronto with a hot dog in my hand, the guy asks me if i want a pop and i didn't know if he wanted to have his way with me or if he wanted to sell me drugs.
"Can i be your daddy?" Is what he meant.
But yeah, never heard or used pop. It s just soda for me.