Dialect Survey, discuss the results...

[Rooster_Ties]

My wife and I both took this on-line survey back in February or so. We had a blast discussing the regional differences in dialects, and the results are often quite interesting. There are "maps" provided with the answers to each question, to show where survey respondents were from, grouped by their responses.

Link: Welcome to the Dialect Survey

Link: Dialect Survey Maps and Results

A couple of my favorites...

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77. What do you call the activity of driving around in circles in a car?

a. doing donuts (80.71%)

b. doing cookies (1.74%)

c. whipping shitties (1.43%)

d. other (16.12%)

(10011 respondents)

Choice c: whipping shitties

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80. What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?

a. sunshower (34.29%)

b. the wolf is giving birth (0.04%)

c. the devil is beating his wife (6.43%)

d. monkey's wedding (0.16%)

e. fox's wedding (0.15%)

f. pineapple rain (0.03%)

g. liquid sun (0.74%)

h. I have no term or expression for this (55.15%)

i. other (3.02%)

(10691 respondents)

Choice c: the devil is beating his wife

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Edited July 8, 2003 by Rooster_Ties

[Rooster_Ties]

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

a. brew thru (3.44%)

b. party barn (0.71%)

c. bootlegger (0.13%)

d. beer barn (2.84%)

e. beverage barn (0.81%)

f. we have these in my area, but we have no special term for them (31.35%)

g. I have never heard of such a thing (48.26%)

h. other (12.45%)

(10458 respondents)

Choice a: brew thru