Thursday, June 6, 2013

American Regional Accents, Mapified

These accent maps are pretty fun.  My accent is apparently all over the place, which I guess makes sense since I spent so many years in schools with people from all over the U.S.

I remember having an argument with someone from Long Island about the differences between merry, marry, and Mary.  I assumed then that he was right and I was wrong.  BUT I WAS RIGHT FOR MY REGION.  We had a similar argument about whether "Aaron" and "Erin" are pronounced the same way.  Thanks to these maps, I'm now going to assume that I am regionally justified in pronouncing them the same.

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