Can you guess where people are from based on their...

September 6 2014 , Written by Ola Fagbohun

Can you guess where people are from based on their accents? http://t.co/7iPtzupGqL via @qz
Ola Fagbohun (@DiverseTraveler)September 06, 2014

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Can you guess where people are from based on their accents?

If you've taken the quiz above, you're probably wondering about Stella and her very particular trip to the grocery store. The strange script actually has a purpose. "We needed a paragraph that had almost all of the English sounds in it," says Steven Weinberger, a professor of linguistics at George Mason University.

http://qz.com/259129

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