This exercise is designed to help you crystallize your thoughts on how American English is spoken around the country. Here is a map of the United States divided up into its major dialect regions.

This is an update of a post originally written by Walter Hickey.

It gets the job done nicely, though it only works for English words. This page was inspired by the etymology maps by Bezbojnicul on reddit. It was built using D3, maps from Natural Earth ...

The surprising data illuminate the linguistic quirks that make American English such a fascinating dialect. Take a look at 27 of his maps that show how differently Americans speak: ...

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