Can We Guess if You Live in the North or South Based on How You Speak?

By: Teresa McGlothlin
Estimated Completion Time
3 min
Can We Guess if You Live in the North or South Based on How You Speak?
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About This Quiz

Without hearing your accent, this quiz will be able to figure out if you live in the North or the South! The way you speak goes a lot deeper than how you sound; it's rooted in the area that you live! Even if you're a transplant, you pick up little phrases and pronunciations that you might not even realize you're using. We'll use them, though. They'll tell us where you are located! 

When you ask for the dressing, are you asking for the stuff that goes on top of the salad? Or, does it have an entirely different meaning to you? Every question you answer during this quiz will help narrow down the place you call home; all you have to do is speak like yourself. Whether you think your friends are a few fries short of a Happy Meal or ain't got the sense of a frog, it can go further than you think in the geolocation department. 

When you read each possible answer, read it out loud so you'll know you're choosing the option that really sounds like you. You might use a phrase or two from a different part of the country, but the sum of all your words will tell us where you are. Your words are your most powerful tool! Can we use them to correctly identify get the place? Talk to us, and see how we do!

01_When you say pecan
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When you say pecan, how do you pronounce it?
Pee-can
Peck-aan
Peek-ann
Peck-un

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02_attention
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What do you say when you want to get your friends' attention?
"Yo! Over here!"
"Y'all listen ... "
"You-un's hear me?"
"You guys paying attention?"

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03_Vase
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What do you call the thing that you put fresh flowers in?
Vaaz like Oz
Vase like face
Urn like burn
Flower holder like power shoulder

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04_ridiculous
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If you thought someone was being ridiculous, what phrase would you use?
"What a derp!"
"Bless his/her heart!"
I can't say that here.
"She/he ain't got the good sense of a frog!"

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05_Freeway
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What's the name of the multi-lane road you drive on?
Interstate
Highway
Freeway
Motorway

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06_swear
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How many times a day do you let a swear word fly?
I can't count that high.
I never swear.
At least once or twice
More than I should

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07_kid crayons
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As a kid, you made pretty pictures with what writing tool?
Crans
Cray-ons
Cray-ans
Craw-ahns

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08_soda or water
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Would you order soda or pop with your Happy Meal?
Soda
Coke
Pop
I'll have water, thanks.

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09_coupon
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If you wanted a discount, what would you clip and hand to the cashier?
Koo-pon
Koop-un
Koo-pin
Que-pawn

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10_faucet
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The water goes into the sink after it comes out of what?
The faucet
The spigot
The tap
The fountain

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11_groceries
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Do you pronounce the word "groceries" like you're from the North or the South?
Grow-shrees
Gro-sha-rees
Grow-sir-ees
-Grosh-rees

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12_beauty sleep
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When you turn in for the night, what are you more likely to say?
"I'm off to dreamland."
"Goodnight, John Boy."
"I need my beauty sleep."
"Time to hit the hay."

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13_puppy_new
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Which one of these names would you give to a new puppy?
Spike
Beau
Samuel
Jaxon

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14_roof
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In your mind, which of these words does roof rhyme with?
Hoof
Puff
Move
Rough

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15_angry
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What way might you describe someone who's angry?
"He's hot under the collar!"
"She's as mad as a hornet's nest."
"He's huffy."
"She's fit to be tied!"

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16_sweetheart
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Other than their name, what do you call your sweetheart most often?
Honey
Babe
Bae
Darlin'

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17_Pajamas
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What are the things that you change into before going to sleep called?
PJs
Jammies
Pajamas
Bedclothes

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18_oregon
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Which way is the right way to say the name of the state that sits below Washington?
Or-ah-gone
Or-e-gen
Or-ah-gan
O'rgan

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19_Grandpa
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When you address your grandfather, which name do you use?
Papa
Grandpa
Grandad
Pappy

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20_salmon
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Do you enunciate the "l" in salmon?
It's pronounced "sam-mon."
I say, "Sal-mon."
If you want to say it right, you say, "Sam-un."
It's "sam-min."

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21_stop
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If you were going to tell someone to stop, how would you do it?
"Halt, ye human!"
"Hold up a minute."
"Hey! Wait a sec."
"Y'all quit!"

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22_garage
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What's the one and only way to pronounce "garage?"
Gar-age
Guh-rah-ge
Gr-ahge
Gah-rah-ge

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23_restroom
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How would you excuse yourself to go to the restroom?
"I have to hit the head."
"I'm going to water the lilies."
"Be right back ... my eyeballs are floating."
"I have to go to the old house down the lane."

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24_arrogant
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If someone were being arrogant, what phrase would you use?
"He thinks his mess doesn't stink."
"He's all hat and no cattle."
"She's all hoity-toity!"
"She thinks she's high falutin'."

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25_Smooch
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What's another word for "kiss" that you use sometimes?
Smooch
Peck
Snog
Sugar

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26_dressing
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When we say "dressing," what do you think of?
Gauze for a wound
Stuffing in the turkey
The condiment that goes on salad
A slip you wear under a dress

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27_BBQ
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Do you consider BBQ a noun or a verb?
It's a sauce; it's a noun.
It's the act of cooking.
You go to a barbecue; it's a noun.
It can be both!

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28_autumn
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Are you more likely to call it fall or autumn?
It's autumn.
I go back and forth.
It's fall.
It's all Halloween to me.

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29_crazy
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If a friend were acting crazy, which one of these things would you say?
"They're a few fries short of a combo meal."
"His/her cornbread ain't done in the middle."
"He/she missed the stop on the common sense train."
"She/he is crazier than a bag of frogs."

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30_take out the trash
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Do you take out the trash, the garbage or the rubbish?
It's rubbish.
I call it trash.
I take out the recycling more.
We take out the garbage here.

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