Those Strange Tongues: 122 Language-Based 2012 Elections

[Turquoise Blue]

001: Aunt

"Ant" Party: 492 EV
"Ah" Party: 46 EV

 

[Turquoise Blue]

002: Been

"Sit" Party: 496 EV
"Set" Party: 42 EV

 

[Turquoise Blue]

003: Bowie knife

"Bo" Party: 490 EV
"Boo" Party: 48 EV

 

[Turquoise Blue]

004: Caramel

"Car-ml" Party: 325 EV
"Carra-mel" Party: 213 EV

 

[MrHuman]

My state has gone the wrong way on all but the first one.

 

[Turquoise Blue]

My state has gone the wrong way on all but the first one.

What's your state? And what do you mean by "wrong way"?

 

[MrHuman]

What's your state? And what do you mean by "wrong way"?

Michigan, and I mean I pronounce it the other way from what you put the state as.

 

[Turquoise Blue]

Michigan, and I mean I pronounce it the other way from what you put the state as.

So, you pronounce been with a sit, Bowie with a Boo and Caramel as Carra-mel?

 

[MrHuman]

So, you pronounce been with a sit, Bowie with a Boo and Caramel as Carra-mel?

Yeah. But I only moved here two years ago, which may explain it. Most of my pronunciations are in line with St. Louis, DC, or the Northeast (where I've lived, and in the case of the Northeast, where my family's from).

 

[Turquoise Blue]

Yeah. But I only moved here two years ago, which may explain it. Most of my pronunciations are in line with St. Louis, DC, or the Northeast (where I've lived, and in the case of the Northeast, where my family's from).

That doesn't explain Bowie.

 

[MrHuman]

That doesn't explain Bowie.

DC. There's a town in Maryland called Bowie that's pronounced Boo-wie that's fairly near DC. If you look at DC, it's something like a 48-40 split.

 

[Turquoise Blue]

DC. There's a town in Maryland called Bowie that's pronounced Boo-wie that's fairly near DC. If you look at DC, it's something like a 48-40 split.

Alright. I'm not sure about MN on the first one, though.

 

[Color-Copycat]

I don't get it

 

[Septimus]

Can't wait to see the State's Rights Cola Party!

 

[lord caedus]

Alright. I'm not sure about MN on the first one, though.

I'm a native Minnesotan. "Ah" is more prevalent than "Ant" here.

 

[Turquoise Blue]

I'm a native Minnesotan. "Ah" is more prevalent than "Ant" here.

Thank you!

 

[Chairwoman Roxelana]

I'm a native Minnesotan. "Ah" is more prevalent than "Ant" here.

That may just be in your area of Minnesota.

 

[area11]

I don't get it

For those that don't get it look at this.

 

[Black]

"The devil is beating his wife"

 

[MrHuman]

I'm a native Minnesotan. "Ah" is more prevalent than "Ant" here.

Wait, ahnt or awnt?