Wordie: Syrup: Comments

Comment by sionnach, 4 months ago

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:27:45 +0000

Here in my local whatnot, the preferred pronunciation of whatnot is whaughtnought, while a majority of people say ot, when they really ought to say ought.

Go figger!

Meanwhile, the states of Montana and Wyoming continue to be sparsely populated.

Comment by Asativum, 4 months ago

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:37:20 +0000

The problem is that the maps just count responses. So a ton of respondents, it appears, come from the Northeast; ergo, every pronunciation appears concentrated in the Northeast.

What they ought to map, by color, is the relative proportion of responses received so far from a given region (state, city, whatnot).

So: Points for neat research idea, marked down for information-poor illustration of results.

Comment by Prolagus, 4 months ago

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:17:18 +0000

Based on the map, people in Nevada don't like syrup.

Comment by seanahan, 4 months ago

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:11:33 +0000

From personal experience, I find the results highly suspect.

Comment by pterodactyl, 4 months ago

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:04:45 +0000

See this map for American pronunciation.