I thought that one was interesting, too. I'm from a Bow-ie state, but I pronounce it Boo-ie, because I remember from history class that this is how he pronounced his name, and I did live in Maryland for 4 years.

I can explain why Wisconsinites call it a "bubbler." Bubbler is a brand name for a type of drinking fountain manufactured by the Kohler Company headquartered in... Kohler, WI.

That reminds me of people who pronounce "wash" as "warsh." I don't do it, personally, but I know several people who do.

Interesting. People all over New England say it, and I've said it my whole life - I never knew there was an actual Bubbler brand name!

Yeah, I have no idea why New England uses the term. It sure is interesting how there is such a gap in states between usage.

My Mother, who is from Pitt County NC, calls eastern NC coastal a "tidewater" accent, and she says it goes on up to Virginia.

Yep. Tidewater would be southeastern Virginia and northeastern NC.

And it sounds very English like the counties south of London and on westwards. Not a hard accent like Londoners have.

I do this too!! And when I went to Clemson people asked me why I put an L in both, when I'd never noticed it before in my life because everyone where I live does it. Southerners pronounce it more like "bowth", which sounds really weird to me; my Georgian boyfriend and I have gotten in bolth versus bowth arguments before. My mom and I also once had a solid minute during a car ride of trying to pronounce both with no L in it, and we ended up sounding wicked silly.

In short, it's not just you!

Haha, good to know!

I also was completely unaware of this until I moved out of New England and had it pointed out to me.

Actually, quite a few of these maps (#1, 5, 6, 21, 26, 63, 73, 78, 86, 84, 103...) explain why I get weird looks when I speak :D

Also, with #117, I was hoping the question would be, "What do you say when you're going into the level of a building that's partially or entirely underground?"

My answer totally would have been "I'm going down cellar." :p

(and for those of you thinking I missed a word or two in that sentence... I didn't.)