Arthur the Rat

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Arthur the Rat

• Diagnostic Self-test on American Dialects
• http//polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/dare/dare.html

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The first speaker is from

• Northern Maine
• Boston (Roxbury)
• Brooklyn
• Eastern Virginia
• South Georgia

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The second speaker is from

• Northern Maine
• Boston (Roxbury)
• No. Wisconsin
• No. Wash. State
• Eastern Virginia
• Memphis

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The third speaker is from

• No. Maine
• Boston (Roxbury)
• Brooklyn
• No. Wash. State
• Eastern Virginia
• Memphis
• Wichita Falls, Tx

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The fourth speaker is from

• No. Maine
• Boston (Roxbury)
• Brooklyn
• So. Georgia
• Memphis
• Wichita Falls, Tx

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The fifth speaker is from

• No. Maine
• No. Wisconsin
• Eastern Virginia
• Memphis
• Wichita Falls, Tx

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The sixth speaker is from

• Brooklyn
• Eastern Virginia
• So. Georgia
• Memphis
• Wichita Falls, Tx

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The seventh speaker is from

• No. Maine
• No. Wisconsin
• No. Wash. State
• Memphis
• Wichita Falls, Tx

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The eighth speaker is from

• No. Maine
• Boston (Roxbury)
• Brooklyn
• No. Wisconsin
• No. Wash. State

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The ninth speaker is from

• No. Maine
• Boston (Roxbury)
• Brooklyn
• No. Wisconsin
• No. Wash. State