Do you say 'Gray Duck' or 'Goose'? Take this quiz to see if you talk like a Minnesotan

Test your knowledge of the Minnesota accent, and hopefully you won't come out sounding like you're from Wisconsin.

December 15, 2016 at 6:29PM
Soda vs Pop vs Coke Maps excerpted from SPEAKING AMERICAN: How Y�all, Youse , and You Guys Talk: A Visual Guide by Josh Katz. Copyright � 2016 by Josh Katz. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
A map showing how different regions say "carbonated beverage" (soda vs. pop vs. coke). Excerpted from "Speaking American: How Y'all, Youse , and You Guys Talk: A Visual Guide" by Josh Katz. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

How well do you know the Minnesota accent? Take this quiz and prove you know your "drinking fountain" from your "bubbler."

This quiz is an adaptation of "Speaking American," a book by Josh Katz. Katz collected data from 350,000 survey respondents to identify the unique regionalisms in American language. Of course, 100 percent of people don't say the same thing the same way 100 percent of the time. You might disagree with some of the answers. But the data show that more Minnesotans talk this way than any other.

Warning: If you take this, you may find out you have an accent. Don't worry, we won't tell anyone.

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