The Off Topic Topic

[Sheilbh]

Dunno why Shielbh seems to loathe them so much.

I've been to Switzerland

[Caliga]

Quite close for me as well; my hometown is number 3 on the list.   

DA CHARLIEBEARS

[derspiess]

I forgot that, but I grew up (partially) in one of my cities too.

My hometown was probably too small to make the list-- it's a fairly dark red around that area.

My dialect covers an odd band of territory from Maryland all the way west through central Missouri, with the exception of Cincinnati, oddly enough.  Wonder what it is that I say differently than the yokels here.

[Ed Anger]

What's the outlandish part? A european nation thinking of defending itself?

The Swiss are awesome 

Dunno why Shielbh seems to loathe them so much.

It is a rather dull place from all accounts.

[Admiral Yi]

Most anal country in the world.

[DGuller]

What are the negatives?

[Capetan Mihali]

Damn, right on.

http://spark.rstudio.com/jkatz/DialectQuiz/

Quite close for me as well; my hometown is number 3 on the list.   

Mine was startlingly accurate, too.  Waterbury, Conn. and Yonkers, N.Y. were my top two, and I've got connections to both places from my formative years.  I guess I'm just surprised it's subtle enough to distinguish those particular swaths of territory from the general mass of New York-influenced speech (North Jersey, Long Island, etc.) on the one hand and the rest of southern New England (eastern Conn., Tim Ortiz country, etc.) on the other.

[Ed Anger]

Two jarhead generals have been told to write their retirement letters over the camp Bastion attack last year.

[Josephus]

Aurora Snow pens letter to unborn son:

[she's a porn star, in case you don't know]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/30/a-porn-star-s-letter-to-her-unborn-son.html

[Josephus]

Is she still in the biz? Her letter doesn't really make that clear.

[Admiral Yi]

Is she still in the biz? Her letter doesn't really make that clear.

I doubt it.

[Ed Anger]

I am silently judging her.

[Admiral Yi]

On the subject, any famous Canadian porn stars?

[MadImmortalMan]

   Most Similar Cities    
1    Rochester NY    48.8
2    Grand Rapids MI    47.1
3    Flint MI    46.0
4    Provo UT    45.9
5    Detroit MI    45.7

No high numbers. I moved around too much. But since I spent all of my elementary school years in Brockport, Rochester is the exact city I'd expect if the test worked. Utah in the list is funny. Ohio not on the list is also funny. 

[CountDeMoney]

On the subject, any famous Canadian porn stars?

Do the Ken and Barbie murders count?