maps and liniguistics, (now my master cool maps thread)

[michigancat]

 

http://www.businessinsider.com/22-maps-that-show-the-deepest-linguistic-conflicts-in-america-2013-6

I had no idea the way I pronounced "pecan" was so rare.

[yoga-like_abana]

man michigan really got a hold of you. go maize and blue!!

[michigancat]

man michigan really got a hold of you. go maize and blue!!

no, I do the "pick-AHN" which is just barely into southern Kansas.

[star seed 7]

i learned that i pronounce things differently than most kansans?

and i say it the michigan way 

[ben ji]

OMG Mississippi and Alabama! 

19/23

What do you call it when it rains while the sun is shining?

The devil is beating his wife

[Brock Landers]

Good find   

The only thing I was differet from most Kansans was my pronunciation of syrup. Yeah, it's sear-up.

[Mr Bread]

yeah, definitely fun.  the only people I know in Illinois that say crawdad are the really redneck hillbilly ones, but as the map demonstrates they're there. 

[Pete]

man michigan really got a hold of you. go maize and blue!!

no, I do the "pick-AHN" which is just barely into southern Kansas.

I do too!

[Mr Bread]

puh-KAHN for me.  Like the lady that is a pecan expert in the comments says.   

[HerrSonntag]

man michigan really got a hold of you. go maize and blue!!

no, I do the "pick-AHN" which is just barely into southern Kansas.

I do too!

I attribute my own "pick-AHN" pronouning to going to the Walnut Valley Bluegrass festival (Winfield, for those in the know) every year since i was young and everyone calls one section of the campgrounds the "Pecan Grove"  there being a bunch of Okies at this particular festival, it must have rubbed off.

[OK_Cat]

#20 is weird

I've never heard anyone say "The City" and mean NYC.  Down here, people are talking about OKC when they say "The City"

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

No mention of dollar dances? The world may never know.

[AppleJack]

I say sear-up 

[EuroCat]

man michigan really got a hold of you. go maize and blue!!

no, I do the "pick-AHN" which is just barely into southern Kansas.

I say it this way and i'm from Kansas City 

[Katpappy]

It's pea-con for Christ's sake. 

[Panjandrum]

Only Godless heathens call soda, "pop".

[wiley]

Only Godless heathens call soda, "pop".

Living in the deep south it would infuriate me how soda was referred to as "coke." What kind of coke do you want, we have pepsi, dr pepper..... >:(

[felix rex]

team pick-AHN here. Pretty amazing how the map hits pretty much where I grew up and the area where my grandparents lived in Oklahoma where they made us pick up pecans when we visited.

[Pete]

Only Godless heathens call soda, "pop".

St. Louis is over the top about calling it soda.  Places will act like they have no idea what you want when you order "pop."  They know, they are just jerks.

That map is like bright red over St. Louis...little "soda" capital of the Midwest.

I say soda for the most part, but I ALWAYS say "pop" in St. Louis.  eff those assholes, man.

[steve dave]

#20 is weird

I've never heard anyone say "The City" and mean NYC.  Down here, people are talking about OKC when they say "The City"

they are talking about dodge city in meade for the most part

[mocat]

Good find   

The only thing I was differet from most Kansans was my pronunciation of syrup. Yeah, it's sear-up.

I say sear-up 

Get the eff out of my face with that crap

[mocat]

also, great find mich. love this kind of stuff

[Dugout DickStone]

Dnr

[Cartierfor3]

Only Godless heathens call soda, "pop".

St. Louis is over the top about calling it soda.  Places will act like they have no idea what you want when you order "pop."  They know, they are just jerks.

That map is like bright red over St. Louis...little "soda" capital of the Midwest.

I say soda for the most part, but I ALWAYS say "pop" in St. Louis.  eff those assholes, man.

People who say soda and live in the midwest are trying to hard to not be white midwesterny. Just embrace it sometimes. I mean, you're drinking a pop, call it whatev you want it still ain't classy.

[Brock Landers]

Good find   

The only thing I was differet from most Kansans was my pronunciation of syrup. Yeah, it's sear-up.

I say sear-up 

Get the eff out of my face with that crap

Know what I had for breakfast mocat?  A big plate of pick-AHNs smothered with sear-up and washed down with a tall glass off pop (Pepsi Next if you must know).  Sounds kind of unhealthy but it's delicious.