Hm, now I'm curious..

I did love the 'Aunt' one. Now I know the reason why ever since I left New England, everyone looks at me funny when I say it :)

I find several interesting as I don't say the word like the map indicates I should Coupon specifically is a good example. I've always pronounced it like "cute" white the map says Louisiana does not. Wonder where I got that from?

That infamous mixing pot of New Orleans is where you get that.

But if you look at the map, New Orleans is super bright red like everyone says Coopon. Apparently they didn't ask the right people. ;)

I do find it interesting that the map for the drive-thru liquor store question (#118) could almost be mistaken for a map depicting the liberal vs. conservative states - with the red and blue being the opposite, of course.

Just saying :)

While we didn't have drive through daiquiri shops in Baton Rouge, I LOVED them in Monroe and Shreveport!

I just saw my first drive-thru daiquiri stand last summer!

I've been told I pronounce "bag" in a very unique way. I think it sounds completely normal to my ear, but everyone else finds humor in it. Looking at the map for bag, I don't say it like either of those options. Hmmm.

I was hoping to find a map regarding the word "both" - for some reason, I throw an L in the middle of it so it sounds more like the word "bowl" with a -th at the end.

Apparently I'm just weird :p

Do they have a map for Probably? I pronounce it "prolly". I know that's not right, but I say it anyway.

I found one map where I can actually explain the *really* odd geography for it:

#3. How do you pronounce the first syllable in "Bowie Knife". The areas of the country that pronounce the first syllable like "Boo" are either in
Texas (James Bowie who the knife is named for died at the Alamo and he pronounced is own name "Boo-ie")
or around Washington DC. (there is a large suburb of Washington DC (Bowie, Maryland) pronounced "Boo-ie")

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.)