Dialect Survey
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Mar 27, 04
Check out the results of this dialect survey. They asked ~30,000 people about various pronunciation and word choice questions, then tallied their answers up, and even drew distribution maps based on the results. I copied some of the more amusing ones below. I think I'm going to eat some shpitzel tonight.
111. What do you call the end of a loaf of bread?
- end (17.29%)
- heel (59.15%)
- crust (15.21%)
- nose (0.17%)
- butt (3.53%)
- shpitzel (0.05%)
- I have no word for this (1.97%)
- other (2.63%)
118. What do you call a drive-through liquor store?
- brew thru (3.44%)
- party barn (0.71%)
- bootlegger (0.13%)
- beer barn (2.84%)
- beverage barn (0.81%)
- we have these in my area, but we have no special term for them (31.35%)
- I have never heard of such a thing (48.26%)
- other (12.45%)
120. What do you say when you want to lay claim to the front seat of a car?
- dibs (20.99%)
- shotgun (69.04%)
- hosey (0.33%)
- high hosey (0.11%)
- I have no term for this (6.57%)
- other (2.96%)