Friday, June 7, 2013

Regional Accents






These studies by the Department of Statistics illustrate what we all know already; Michiganders can't pronounce caramel. The first map shows the pop vs. soda debate well.

2 comments:

  1. The heterogeneity of mayonnaise pronunciation in MI is really interesting. Also, I feel sad for the people in the Plains States who have no word for "roundabout."

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