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?

  1. end (17.29%)
  2. heel (59.15%)
  3. crust (15.21%)
  4. nose (0.17%)
  5. butt (3.53%)
  6. shpitzel (0.05%)
  7. I have no word for this (1.97%)
  8. other (2.63%)

118. What do you call a drive-through liquor store?

  1. brew thru (3.44%)
  2. party barn (0.71%)
  3. bootlegger (0.13%)
  4. beer barn (2.84%)
  5. beverage barn (0.81%)
  6. we have these in my area, but we have no special term for them (31.35%)
  7. I have never heard of such a thing (48.26%)
  8. other (12.45%)

120. What do you say when you want to lay claim to the front seat of a car?

  1. dibs (20.99%)
  2. shotgun (69.04%)
  3. hosey (0.33%)
  4. high hosey (0.11%)
  5. I have no term for this (6.57%)
  6. other (2.96%)