Linguist Rick Aschmann is incredibly detailed when it comes to hearing, dissecting, and detailing dialects. He and his wife have worked as Christian missionaries in many regions, including Ecuador where, according to their website, they have helped translate the Bible into the Quichua Indian language. So when he created the map of North American English Dialects, Based on Pronunciation Patterns, it was with great complexity and care.

He shared on his site, “This is just a hobby of mine, that I thought might be interesting to a lot of people. Some people collect stamps. Others collect coins. I collect dialects.” And he most certainly does. In fact, his “dialect map” is so intricate, it might be rather confusing to some.

Luckily, map expert Matt Forrest has come along to help simplify it. What’s even more exciting is that Forrest makes a bold proclamation at the beginning of his Facebook clip: “So this map can tell you exactly where you grew up based on how you pronounce five words.”

Forrest explains, “What it’s showing here is just every American English dialect, mapped by pronunciation patterns. The West is........

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