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In a message dated 6/16/03 10:51:38 AM, pamsoroosh@... writes:

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That's interesting, but it had to do with the pronunciations of people who
are online and were already interested and found that survey site.

What they captured was largely the migrations of people.

In NW New Mexico there are blocks that match West Texas. It's an oil-field
area, and they imported Texans, years ago. There's another block in New Mexico
that keeps standing out as a different color. It's Rio Rancho, which is FULL
of New Yorkers. Didn't even exist until the 1970's, and the lots had been
sold in little free advertising booklets in New York subways (and nowhere else).

If they really want to map dialect instead of migration, they need to go out
and record grandmothers who haven't moved in their whole lives.

It was interesting to look at the maps, but creeped me out with the lack of
overall validity.

Sandra

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In a message dated 6/16/2003 2:25:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:


> That's interesting, but it had to do with the pronunciations of people who
> are online and were already interested and found that survey site.

Yep. And I'm going to say---without a doubt---that those folks that responded
from SC were fairly educated---and probably spent a great deal of time out of
state!

My dialect was very similar to what was recorded, but it's NOT what is said
around these here parts! <G>

I need to go back when I have a few more minutes and see what "my" results
are (vs the state's), but from what I've seen already, it's bogus!

~Kelly


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Pamela Sorooshian

I assumed that what they were looking for was exactly what they asked
for - the dialects as currently spoken by the people actually living,
now, in those locations. I thought the migration of dialects was the
most interesting aspect.

-pam


On Monday, June 16, 2003, at 11:45 AM, kbcdlovejo@... wrote:

> I need to go back when I have a few more minutes and see what "my"
> results
> are (vs the state's), but from what I've seen already, it's bogus!

Tanya

As someone who took the survey I was told to base it on where I grew up. I
read about it in the newspaper & thought it would be interesting to take. I
can still log in & change my answers if I want. I logged in & this is from
the instruction page.

"Please answer all questions. Please answer based on what you knew/used in
the place in which you acquired your dialect features. For example, if you
did not know the word "cruller" until you moved from where you grew up, then
answer as though you did not know it."

I was in the majority percentage for my area on almost everything. I live
within 2 miles of where I grew up.

Tanya