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1 of 22by Walter Hickey of Business Insider
Everyone knows that Americans don't exactly agree on pronunciations. Regional accents are a major part of what makes American English so interesting as a dialect.
Joshua Katz, a Ph. D student in statistics at North Carolina State University, just published a group of awesome visualizations of Professor Bert Vaux and Scott Golder's linguistic survey that looked at how Americans pronounce words.
His results were first published on Abstract, the N.C. State research blog.
Joshua gave us permission to publish some of the coolest maps from his collection. Keep clicking for the rest.
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2 of 22Residents of the far north have an oddly Canadian way of pronouncing "been."
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3 of 22It's a "boo-wie" knife in Texas and D.C.
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4 of 22Americans can't even agree on how to pronounce crayon.
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5 of 22The South is the only place where you'll try to call your "law-yer" instead of your "loyer."
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Clik here to view.6 of 22The South is also really into slaw. The North and West call it coleslaw.
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Clik here to view.7 of 22This is the deepest and most obvious linguistic divide in America. It's also an example of how everyone in south Florida pronounces things in the northern U.S. style.
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Clik here to view.8 of 22We are a nation divided over mayonnaise.
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Clik here to view.9 of 22Some of the deepest schisms in America are over the pronunciation of the second syllable of "pajamas."
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Clik here to view.10 of 22This one is crazy. Everyone pronounces "Pecan Pie" differently.
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Clik here to view.11 of 22Everyone knows that the Midwest calls it "pop," the Northeast and West Coast call it "soda," while the South is really into brand loyalty.
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Clik here to view.12 of 22Tiny lobsters are tearing this country apart.
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Clik here to view.14 of 22The Northeast corridor puts "sear-up" on their pancakes.
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Clik here to view.15 of 22Philadelphia is just making it up as it goes along.
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Clik here to view.16 of 22Let's ignore the East Coast/West Coast split and notice that Wisconsin and Rhode Island call a water fountain a "bubbler."
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Clik here to view.17 of 22The Northeast [and south Florida] puts on sneakers; everyone else finds a pair of tennis shoes.
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Clik here to view.18 of 22The West Coast is really into their freeways.
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Clik here to view.19 of 22Seriously? Alabama and Mississippi, that is terrible.
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Clik here to view.20 of 22Most of America realizes that New York really is "The City."
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Clik here to view.21 of 22These exist?!
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