A mere 13 questions. Interesting how little it takes to pin (rhymes with
gin) someone down to a particular geographical region.

Many years ago, probably during the '60s, Garry Moore (remember him?)
had a linguist as a guest on his show. The linguist had a blackboard
with about 20 lines of words on it.

He asked a lady volunteer from the audience to pronouce the first
line: greasy."

Then she pronounced the second line: Mary, marry, merry.

The linguist said, "You grew up in St. Louis."

The lady shrieked and said "You're right!"

Took only four words.

But I don't think much of this test. I grew up in SW PA. My accent
is very different from that of an aunt who grew up in southern
Indiana and that of a cousin who grew up in Ohio. Those areas can't
be lumped together.

vince

this test