CHICAGO — From “soda” to “pop” and “clicker” to “remote control,” Americans know that different regions of the country often have their own voc… ...

About This Quiz. The data for the quiz and maps shown here come from over 350,000 survey responses collected from August to October 2013 by Josh Katz, a graphics editor for the New York Times who ...

A survey of more than 30,000 people, turned into a series of maps, showcase the linguistic quirks that make American English such a fascinating dialect. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

It turns out 45.5 percent of those surveyed call them "sneakers" -- which I thought was a universal term -- while a whopping 41.3 percent call them "tennis shoes" and they're spread out around the ...

Midwesterners call drinking fountains "bubblers." I call sneakers "gym shoes." "Jeet?" is Midwestern for "Did you eat?" Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. Where I'm from, a drinking ...

Here is a map of the United States divided up into its major dialect regions. Think about where in the country you feel people speak the most correct form of American English. Where do they speak ...