Y tú ¿cómo dices Pecsi o Haiga?

Dr Bert Vaux

Bienvenido a la encuesta sobre el Dialecto
La encuesta sobre el dialecto utiliza una serie de preguntas, incluyendo pares de palabras que riman y del vocabulario, para explorar palabras y sonidos del idioma Inglés. No hay respuestas correctas o incorrectas; respondiendo cada pregunta con lo que realmente dices y no lo que tu piensas que es "correcto", puedes contribuir para obtener una imagen exacta de la forma en que el Inglés se usa en tu comunidad.
La prueba esta diseñada para hablantes del Inglés hablado en Norte América, pero son bienvenidos los hablantes de todas la variedades del Inglés, a hacer la prueba.

Dialect Survey Maps and Results

Below are the dialect maps, displaying what terms and pronunciations are used, and where they are used.

Participant Data (and map of all participants)
Breakdown by State
  1. aunt  aunt
  2. been  been
  3. the first vowel in "Bowie knife"   Bowie
  4. caramel   caramel
  5. the vowel in the second syllable of "cauliflower"  cauliflower
  6. the last vowel in "centaur"  centaur
  7. coupon  coupon
  8. Craig (the name)  Craig
  9. crayon  crayon
  10. creek (a small body of running water)  creek
  11. the first vowel in "Florida"  Florida
  12. flourish  flourish
  13. the last vowel in "handkerchief"  handkerchief
  14. lawyer  lawyer
  15. How do you pronounce Mary/merry/marry?  Mary  merry   marry
  16. mayonnaise  mayonnaise
  17. the first vowel in "miracle"  miracle
  18. mischievous vs. mischievious  mischievous  mischievious
  19. the final vowel in "Monday," "Friday," etc.  Monday  Friday
  20. the second vowel in "pajamas"  pajamas
  21. pecan  pecan
  22. poem  poem
  23. really  really
  24. realtor (a real estate agent)  realtor
  25. roof, room, broom, root  roof  room  broom  root
  26. route (as in, "the route from one place to another")  route
  27. the first vowel in "syrup"  syrup
  28. Do you pronounce "cot" and "caught" the same?  cot  caught
  29. almond  almond
  30. the "s" in "anniversary"  anniversary
  31. asterisk  asterisk
  32. candidate  candidate
  33. the "s" in "chromosome"  chromosome
  34. et cetera  etcetera
  35. the final consonant in "garage"  garage
  36. the "c" in "grocery"  grocery
  37. huge, humor, humongous, human...  huge  humor  humongous  human
  38. the "s" in "nursery"  nursery
  39. the "s" in the last name of Elvis Presley  Presley
  40. quarter  quarter
  41. Do you use "spigot" or "spicket" to refer to a faucet or tap that water comes out of?  spigot  spicket
  42. strength  strength
  43. the final consonant in "Texas"  Texas
  44. cream cheese  "cream cheese"
  45. insurance  insurance
  46. New Haven (the city in Connecticut where Yale University is located)  "New Haven"
  47. Thanksgiving  Thanksgiving
  48. umbrella  umbrella
  49. I dragged her lifeless body from the pool    I drug her lifeless body from the pool  dragged  drug
  50. What word(s) do you use to address a group of two or more people?you all yous, youse you lot you guys you 'uns yins you other y'all   you all   yous, youse   you lot   you guys   you 'uns   yins   you  other   y'al
  51. Would you say "Are you coming with?" as a full sentence, to mean "Are you coming with us?"  "Are you coming with?"
  52. Would you say "where are you at?" to mean "where are you?"  "where are you at?"
  53. Modals are words like "can," "could," "might," "ought to," and so on. Can you use more than one modal at a time? (e.g., "I might could do that" to mean "I might be able to do that"; or "I used to could do that" to mean "I used to be able to do that")  "I might could do that"  "I might be able to do that"  "I used to could do that"  "I used to be able do that"
  54. He used to nap on the couch, but he sprawls out in that new lounge chair anymore  "He used to nap on the couch, but he sprawls out in that new lounge chair anymore"
  55. I do exclusively figurative paintings anymore  "I do exclusively figurative paintings anymore"
  56. Pantyhose are so expensive anymore that I just try to get a good suntan and forget about it.  "Pantyhose are so expensive anymore that I just try to get a good suntan and forget about it."
  57. Forget the nice clothes anymore (referring to babies eating messily after a certain age)  "Forget the nice clothes anymore"
  58. Which of these terms do you prefer for a sale of unwanted items on your porch, in your yard, etc.?  "tag sale"   "yard sale"   "garage sale"   "rummage sale"   "thrift sale"   "stoop sale"   "carport sale"   "sidewalk sale"   "jumble"   "car boot sale"   "car boot"   "patio sale"
  59. What do you call the game wherein the participants see who can throw a knife closest to the other person (or alternately, get a jackknife to stick into the ground or a piece of wood)?  "mumblety-peg"   "mumbledy-peg"   "mumbly peg"   "mumbly pegs"   "mumblely peg"   "mumble peg"   "mummety-peg"   "mumble-the-peg"   "fumbledy peg"   "numblety peg"   "peggy"   "baseball jackknife"
  60. What do you call the area of grass between the sidewalk and the road?  "berm"   "parking"   "tree lawn"   "terrace"   "curb strip"   "beltway"   "verge"
  61. What do you call the area of grass that occurs in the middle of some streets?  "boulevard"   "midway"   "traffic island"   "island"   "neutral ground"
  62. What do you call the long narrow place in the middle of a divided highway?  "median strip"   "median"   "boulevard"   "mall"   "traffic island"   "neutral ground"   "island"   "park strip"
  63. What do you call the drink made with milk and ice cream?   "milkshake"   "shake"   "frappe"   "cabinet"   "velvet"   "thick shake"
  64. What do you call the long sandwich that contains cold cuts, lettuce, and so on?   "sub"   "grinder"   "hoagie"   "hero"   "poor boy"   "bomber"   "italian sandwich"   "baguette"   "sarney"
  65. What do you call the insect that flies around in the summer and has a rear section that glows in the dark?   "lightning bug"   "firefly"   "peenie wallie"
  66. What do you call the miniature lobster that one finds in lakes and streams for example (a crustacean of the family Astacidae)?   "crawfish"   "crayfish"   "craw"   "crowfish"   "crawdad"   "mudbug"
  67. What do you call the kind of spider (or spider-like creature) that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?   "daddy long leg"   "daddy long legs"   "daddy big legs"   "daddy"   "daddy bug"   "father longlegs"   "granddaddy"   "daddy graybeard"   "daddy spider"   "harvestman"   "moskeet spider"   "pointer"   "shepherd spider"
  68. What nicknames do/did you use for your maternal grandmother?   "grandmother"   "granny"   "grandma"   "nana"   "mimi"   "grammy"   "grammie"   "grammi"
  69. What about your paternal grandmother (is there a distinction?)   "grandmother"   "granny"   "grandma"   "gramma"   "nana"
  70. What do/did you call your maternal grandfather?   "gramps"   "grandpa"   "grampa"   "grandad"   "granddad"   "pap"   "grampa"
  71. paternal grandfather?   "gramps"   "grandpa"   "grampa"   "pap"
  72. What do you call the big clumps of dust that gather under furniture and in corners?   "dust bunnies"   "dust kittens"   "dust mice"   "kitties"   "dust balls"
  73. What is your *general* term for the rubber-soled shoes worn in gym class, for athletic activities, etc.?   "sneakers"   "shoes"   "gymshoes"   "sand shoes"   "jumpers"   "tennis shoes"   "running shoes"   "runners"   "trainers"
  74. What do you call the little gray creature (that looks like an insect but is actually a crustacean) that rolls up into a ball when you touch it?   "pill bug"   "doodle bug"   "potato bug"   "roly poly"   "sow bug"   "basketball bug"   "twiddle bug"   "roll-up bug"   "wood louse"   "millipede"   "centipede"
  75. What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?   "shopping cart"   "shopping wagon"   "grocery cart"   "shopping carriage"   "carriage"   "buggy"   "supermarket trolley"
  76. What term do you use to refer to something that is across both streets from you at an intersection (or diagonally across from you in general)?   "kitty-corner"   "kitacorner"   "catercorner"   "catty-corner"   "kitty cross"   "kitty wampus"   "diagonal"
  77. What do you call the activity of driving around in circles in a car?   "doing donuts"   "doing cookies"   "whipping shitties"
  78. What do you call paper that has already been used for something or is otherwise imperfect?   "scratch paper"   "scrap paper"
  79. What is your *general* term for a big road that you drive relatively fast on?   "highway"   "freeway"   "parkway"   "turnpike"   "expressway"   "throughway"   "thru-way"
  80. What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?   "sunshower"   "the wolf is giving birth"   "the devil is beating his wife"   "monkey's wedding"   "fox's wedding"   "pineapple rain"   "liquid sun"
  81. When you are cold, and little points of skin begin to come on your arms and legs, you have-   "goose bumps"   "goose flesh"   "goose pimples"   "chill bumps"   "chill bugs"   "chilly bumps"   "cold-chill bumps"
  82. What do you call the gooey or dry matter that collects in the corners of your eyes, especially while you are sleeping?   "crackling"   "sleep"   "sleeper"   "sleepy"   "sleepies"   "sleepy seed"   "sleepy bugs"   "eye booger"   "eye shit"   "eye crunchie"   "eye crusties"   "sand"   "kitty"   "gunk"   "matter"
  83. What do you call an easy course?   "gut"   "crypt course"   "crip course"   "bird"   "blow-off"   "meat"
  84. What do you call a traffic situation in which several roads meet in a circle and you have to get off at a certain point?   "rotary"   "roundabout"   "circle"   "traffic circle"   "traffic circus"
  85. What is the thing that women use to tie their hair?   "elastic"   "rubber band"   "horsetail"   "hair thing"   "hair tie"
  86. Do you use the word cruller?   "cruller"
  87. Do you use the term "bear claw" for a kind of pastry?   "bear claw"
  88. What do you call someone who is the opposite of pigeon-toed (i.e. when they walk their feet point outwards)?   "duck-footed"   "slue-footed"   "splay-footed"   "bow-legged"   "toed out"
  89. Can you call coleslaw "slaw"?   "slaw"   "coleslaw"
  90. What do you call the box you bury a dead person in?   "coffin"   "casket"
  91. Do you say "vinegar and oil" or "oil and vinegar" for the type of salad dressing?   "vinegar and oil"   "oil and vinegar"
  92. What do you call it when a driver changes over one or more lanes way too quickly?   "Chinese lane change"   "Chinese fire drill"
  93. When you stand outside with a long line of people waiting to get in somewhere, are you standing "in line" or "on line" (as in, "I stood ___ in the cold for two hours before they opened the doors")?   "in line"   "on line"
  94. Do you say "frosting" or "icing" for the sweet spread one puts on a cake?   "frosting"   "icing"
  95. What is "the City"?   "New York City"   "Boston"   "LA"   "Chicago"
  96. What is the distinction between dinner and supper?   "dinner"   "supper"
  97. Which of these terms do you prefer?   "trash can"   "garbage can"   "rubbish bin"   "waste basket"   "paper basket"
  98. Which of these terms do you prefer?   "By accident"   "On accident"
  99. Which of these terms do you prefer for the small road parallel to the highway?   "frontage road"   "service road"   "access road"   "feeder road"   "gateway"
  100. Do you cut or mow the lawn or grass?   "cut the grass"   "cut the lawn"   "mow the grass"   "mow the lawn"
  101. Do you pass in homework or hand in homework?   "pass in homework"   "hand in homework"
  102. What do you call the insect that looks like a large thin spider and skitters along the top of water?   "waterbug"   "Jesus bug"   "waterstrider"   "strider"   "water-spider"   "watercrawler"   "water beetle"   "backstrider"   "skimmer"
  103. What do you call the thing from which you might drink water in a school?   "bubbler"   "water bubbler"   "drinking fountain"   "water fountain"
  104. What do you call a public railway system (normally underground)?   "the subway"   "the L"   "the El"   "the T"   "the metro"   "BART"
  105. What is your generic term for a sweetened carbonated beverage?   "soda"   "pop"   "coke"   "tonic"   "soft drink"   "lemonade"   "cocola"   "fizzy drink"   "dope"
  106. What do you call the act of covering a house or area in front of a house with toilet paper?   "tp'ing"   "rolling"   "toilet papering"   "wrapping"   "papering"   "bog rolling"
  107. What do you call a traffic jam caused by drivers slowing down to look at an accident or other diversion on the side of the road?   "rubberneck"   "rubbernecking"   "gapers' block"   "gapers' delay"   "Lookie Lou"   "curiosity delay"   "gawk block"
  108. What vowel do you use in bag?   "sat"   "set"   "say"
  109. What do you call the paper container in which you might bring home items you bought at the store?   "bag"   "sack"   "poke"
  110. What do you call the night before Halloween?   "gate night"   "trick night"   "mischief night"   "cabbage night"   "goosy night"   "devil's night"   "devil's eve"
  111. What do you call the end of a loaf of bread?   "end"   "heel"   "crust"   "nose"   "butt"   "shpitzel"
  112. How do you pronounce the word for the type of drug that acts as central nervous system depressant and is used as a sedative or hypnotic? (Please do not look up the word in a dictionary before answering this question.)   "barbituate"   "barbiturate"
  113. amphitheater   "amphitheater"
  114. citizen   "citizen"
  115. What do you call a point that is purely academic, or that cannot be settled and isn't worth discussing further?   "a moot point"   "a mute point"
  116. How do you pronounce the -sp- sequence in "thespian" (the word meaning "actor")?   "thespian"
  117. What do you call the level of a building that is partly or entirely underground?   "basement"   "cellar"
  118. What do you call a drive-through liquor store?   "brew thru"   "party barn"   "bootlegger"   "beer barn"   "beverage barn"
  119. What do you call food that you buy at a restaurant but then eat at home?   "take-out"   "carry-out"
  120. What do you say when you want to lay claim to the front seat of a car?   "dibs"   "shotgun">   "hosey"   "high hosey"
  121. What word do you use for gawking at someone in a lustful way?   "ogle"   "oogle">
  122. Do you say "expecially", or "especially"?   "expecially"   "especially"