Regional Maps Show How Americans Talk

Thursday, 13 June 2013 | by Pat's Picks

Do you refer to a Pepsi as—a soda or a pop? Or a coke? What about the act of throwing toilet paper from the trees—is that TPing or rolling? The Raleigh News and Observer says the detailed maps created by grad student Joshua Katz showing regional dialects have gone viral since he released them last week. Katz took research from a 120-point survey done in 2002 and plotted the answers on several maps to show the density of certain turns-of-phrase around the country.

Here’s a link to Katz’s maps.