Dialect Survey
Name: ______
Circle the pronunciation you use for each word or the word used according to the prompt. Then check the website for spatial distribution of the terms. Record the percentage of respondents that agree with your dialect.
1. aunt / ah / ant / caught / ain’t2. been / sit / see / set
3. bowie (knife) / Bo / boo
4. caramel / car-ml / car-ra-mel / both ways
5. cauliflower / see / sit
6. creek / see / sit
7. pecan / PEE-can / pee-CAN / PEE-kahn / pee-KAHN / pick Ann / pick Ahn
8. grocery / sock / shock
9. I ___ her lifeless body from the pool. / dragged / drug
10. Group of 2 or more / you all / yous, youse / you lot / you guys / you’uns / ya’ll
11. Sale of unwanted household items / tag sale / yard sale / garage sale / car boot sale / stoop sale / patio sale
12. Flying insect with a rear section that glows / lightning bug / firefly / peenie wallie
13. small lobster-like crustacean found in streams / crayfish / crawfish / craw / crowfish / crawdad / mudbug
14. big clumps of dust under furniture / dust bunnies / dust kittens / dust mice / kitties / dust balls
15. raining while the sun is shining / sunshower / wolf is giving birth / devil is beating his wife / monkey’s wedding / fox’s wedding / pineapple rain
16. gooey or dry matter in eyes because of sleep / sleep / sleepies / sleepy bugs / eye booger / eye crusties / gunk
17. general term for big road you can drive fast on / highway / freeway / parkway / turnpike / expressway / throughway
Dialect Survey:
Dialect Survey
Record your response to the term or question. You should address sound you associate with the bold/italic sound in each term (for ex. Pajamas – a as in jam or father. ) Then ask three other people. After you complete the survey, check the website to see
Terms and Questions / Your response / Response 2 / Response 3 / Response 41. aunt
2. been
3. bowie (knife)
4. caramel
5. cauliflower
6. creek
7. pecan
8. grocery
9. I ___ her lifeless body from the pool.
10. Group of 2 or more
11. Sale of unwanted household items on a Sat. morning
12. Flying insect with a rear section that glows
13. small lobster-like crustacean found in streams
14. big clumps of dust under furniture
15. raining while the sun is shining
16. gooey or dry matter in eyes because of sleep
17. general term for big road you can drive fast on
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