Okay, I just want to double-check something: (1) The article that Claudia Stanny linked to on the New Yorker website is actually a joke with the punchline "You are from Worcester, Massachusetts". It doesn't matter how you answered the questions, Sarah Larson, the author of the article is either identifying what she got after doing the dialect test or was making the bald assertion that all people who take the dialect test are from Worcester. I am not sophisticated enough to understand New Yorker humor but given that this is in the "Daily humor" section, I think the correct sociolinguistic strategy is not to take it seriously.
(2) John Kulig's response refers to the dialect test that I posted about a while back and served as the basis for the "Language and Dialect"; see: http://www.mail-archive.com/tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu/msg11072.html Now there may be some question as to what role "worcester" plays in the article/joke and it might be the case that there may be a variety of ways of saying "Woostah" depending upon where one is from, but can we be clear that Worcester/Woostah/whatever is just a punchline. Otherwise, fuggetaboudit. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu P.S. How do you pronounce the street in Manhattan that is spelled "Houston Street"? If you don't know, see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKXZHOAxTKA I note that this was put up on YouTube in 2007 and that the area that is described has undergone significant growth and hipsterfication. It is strange to see isolated skyscraper apartment buildings standing among the tenements of the Lower East Side, a byproducts of the Bloomberg years. On Thu, 02 Jan 2014 15:31:01 -0800, John Kulig wrote: >Actually, it does let you submit from the link - underlined - in " How well >does this test of regional slang reveal where you're from?" I took it and it >told me I was either from northern new england or southern Florida (obviously >people who fled the hardy and healthy north). I will check outside and verify >my location > >Interesting they put the "worcester" (city just west of Boston) at the end. >Pronouncing it separates new englanders from everyone else. If you want to >blend in, please pronounce it correctly .. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czw5sP2E7s8 (though true worcester-ites say it > a little different) ----- Original Message ----- On Thursday, January 2, 2014 5:36:56 PM, Claudia Stanny wrote: OK. This one is low tech and won't let you actually submit your answers. But it is worth a look anyway. http://www. newyorker .com/online/blogs/shouts/2014/01/what-do- yall - yinz -and- yix -call-stretchy-office-supplies.html? utm _source= tny & utm _campaign= generalsocial & utm _medium= facebook Happy New Year, collective mass TIPS submitters (create your own multiple choice answer for the correct regional name for this group). :-) --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=32379 or send a blank email to leave-32379-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
