Entertaining dialect quiz at the NYTimes.

Post #384,686 by Another Scott 12/27/13 9:55:18 PM Reply	Entertaining dialect quiz at the NYTimes. http://www.nytimes.c...ect-quiz-map.html I'd feel a lot better about the results if I were *sure* that they weren't looking at the physical location of my IP address. Uncanny, otherwise. Cheers, Scott.
Post #384,689 by boxley 12/27/13 11:41:28 PM Reply	apparently my dialectic is texassian west funny my ip is currently new mexico Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 58 years. meep
Post #384,693 by Ashton 12/28/13 1:57:06 AM 12/28/13 2:28:57 AM Reply	Nailed mine! ... (and a derivative-Lesson for us all?) Of the 3 CA cities 'most similar', two (S. Jose and Glendale==So. Cal) are where I spent (nearby) most-all formative years.. Considering SF/San Mateo/ -vs-'San Jose' and 'Glendale'/Pasadena -vs-San Diego, that's zeroing-in, with radii of: 1) 20 miles and 40 miles and 2) 20 miles and maybe 45 miles ==On average: "30" and "33" Mi. Radius [!!] on a 3000 mi wide 'place' of R. ~ 1500 Mi. 1-dimensionally Isn't that ~ 0.2% accuracy AND precision? (Using merely 'width'/horiz. above, whereas most errors noted were map-'height'/vertical, thus less-precise in just that dimension. Max-error could then be called 0.4% or averaged to 0.3% as: silly to do map vectors too! unless we knew the granularity of their db, I wot.) See? Scott: Metadata CAN Finger-->You ... to a fare-thee-Well (or-Ill.) Convinced yet? Even unto q.e.d.?? ;-0 Heh: least-similar were Newark/Paterson NJ, Philly and Toledo; could I understand er, crazy? (Hope someone will give us a clue re. the ongoing in NJ.) My wish: Not-typical-Murican 2013. Please, Not THAT.. 'justice'. Ed: PS: were they cheating re IP addy: they would have picked SF not San Jose--I'm 50 mi N. of SF (and maybe Santa Rosa isn't 'much' on their data-set?) Just to be punctilious, that is. And wtf is math for, if ya can't Use it to crush all opponents? Edited by Ashton Dec. 28, 2013, 02:28:57 AM EST Expand All History
Post #384,701 by Another Scott 12/28/13 9:13:07 AM Reply	rofl. :-)
Post #384,769 by dmcarls 12/30/13 12:02:25 PM Reply	Life imitates art! How do you do it, may I ask? Simple phonetics. The science of speech. That's my profession. Also my hobby. Anyone can spot an lrishman or a Yorkshireman by his brogue... ...but I can place a man within six miles. I can place 'im within two miles in London. Sometimes within two streets. Ought to be ashamed of 'imself, unmanly coward. ============================================================= My Fair Lady.....
Post #384,776 by Ashton 12/30/13 3:49:56 PM Reply	Excellent! and I didn't even think of the divine-Audrey! ;-/
Post #384,718 by a6l6e6x 12/28/13 11:42:51 AM Reply	Nailed it! "Boy from New York City" Where I really learned the lingo in middle and high school. Alex
Post #384,734 by Silverlock 12/29/13 5:33:14 AM Reply	not even close It puts me in the middle of Colorado. Never even stepped foot in that state. Every place I've ever lived for any significant length of time has been east of the Mississippi. I think the single most compelling piece of evidence for global warming is that Fox News viewers think it's a hoax.
Post #384,737 by Another Scott 12/29/13 10:26:27 AM Reply	I expected a different place, too. I had to hem and haw about a lot of the answers. Several easily could have gone another way (because a lot of the terms I very rarely use and I'm aware of some of the regional differences). Good to see you again. Don't be a stranger. :-) Cheers, Scott.
Post #384,746 by a6l6e6x 12/29/13 4:40:04 PM Reply	Re: Several easily could have gone another way Yep. Roundabout, rotary, traffic circle, I've seen them all and really have no preference. Alex

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