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It gave me NYC! I’ve lived in the UK for my whole life but I guess the high level of European immigration has moulded the NYC dialect!

Some hilarious phrases I’d literally never heard in that quiz :-)

I love this test. I moved away from Arizona in 2005 to the East Coast but spent most of my youth there, and it knew that’s the area I was from!

What a great quiz! I have lived in Georgia for 15 years, but apparently my Philly still shines through. Awesome!

The quiz was 100% accurate for me. But I also studied dialects in college so I tend to be pretty good with what I call things. :)

Been out of NY for 15 years but you can take me out of the city but you cant take the city out of me!

At first I was totally AMAZED at the surveys amazing ability to pin point my geographic dialect! But apparently… feeder is a dead giveaway for a Houston native. Go ASTROS!

At our house, candle light at dinner isn’t just nice now and again, it’s a must! Our kids set the table and light the candles every evening. And candlelit *breakfast* is the only thing that gets us through the dread period of October and November when we’re adjusting to waking up and driving to school in the dark. Try it and see if it doesn’t make a cold, hurried morning better.

Hello! I have a suggestion/request for you. When you link to a site that has a paywall/a limit on articles per month (like the NYT) would you mind giving a heads up? I know I should buy a subscription (hi Alex), but it’s not in my budget right now, so I really value and guard those 10 free articles a month!

Thanks for all the great content you provide! I always feel thag coming to CoJ is like getting to have a big exhale in the middle of my day.

This dialect quiz is GOOD! It pinpointed me to cities in central Florida, west Texas and north Texas, which are exactly the three places I have lived. Weird!

That quiz was very accurate! Although, to be fair, I gave it away when I chose “y’all” lol

OMG! Took the dialect quiz, and it exactly pinpointed my city- Richmond, VA. So crazy!

I’ve taken that dialect quiz before and it never pinpoints my hometown of Los Angeles but it always picks cities in California so it’s close. My mom is from Croatia and my dad was born in the South but grew up in the midwest so I think that must have messed me up. If only one of the questions was “do you still call everyone ‘dude’ even though you’re in your mid 50s?”

That dialect quiz nailed it. DC, Arlington, and Newport News. (Newport News because I call drive-thru liquor stores brew-thrus from vacationing down there. We don’t have them in Northern VA.)

Hello! Just wanted to say that the picture above Violette’s tip is of Caroline de Maigret, not Violette, in case you wanted o fix it (or maybe you just showcased another iconic French Girl :) ). Violette is indeed younger than Caroline, even if they share the same bangs and haircut :)
Thanks for the tip though! :)

I think that is a photo of Caroline de Maigret

I cover my nose really well with foundation for sun protection (Jane Iredale PurePressed SPF 20, after SPF 30 ThinkBaby sunscreen) but add a little blush to the bridge for a more natural look.

We lit two taper candles one night at dinner and my 21 month old is now obsessed! “Can-dulls, can-dulls,” every night! I not-so-secretly love it :)

I took the dialect quiz, and it was eerily accurate. My top 3 places were Lubbock, Texas, Shreveport, Louisiana, and Little Rock, Arkansas. I’ve never lived in Arkansas, but I DO live in Lubbock currently, and have lived many places between there and Shreveport over the years! So weird.

Dialect quiz nailed where I’ve lived for my adult life + where I went to college. So interesting!

My quiz was right! I live in St. Paul and it pegs me. Cool!

Do you call the night before Halloween Devil’s Night? I think that specifically pegs you to SE Michigan every time.

My dialect test was totally wrong! Or at least, weird. I was born abroad, learned English as a preschooler in New England and spent most of my childhood in the mid-Atlantic. But it pinpointed me as Midwestern! Funny thing is, I’ve lived in the Midwest for 12 years, so maybe it’s gotten to me! Yikes.