Zoe Mintz

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Originally from Montreal, Zoë Mintz joined IBTimes in March 2013. A graduate from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, her writing has appeared in magazine, newspaper and online publications that speak to a range of audiences, but the majority of her work is rooted in place. She has also pursued work across platforms and cultivated an interest in multimedia and design.

 

Zoe Mintz

In Defense Of The 'Most Unreadable And Confusing' Map Ever

As a Canadian living in the United States, I get a lot of flak for the way I speak. But a map that has been gaining attention online has given me a new way to think about my funny “ehs.”Rick Aschmann, a professional linguist and Christian missionary, created a dialect map of North America, where he painstakingly tracked the eight major English dialects and their unique idiosyncrasies. To do so, he compiled tons of YouTube clips from Canadian and American English-speakers and included several dialect “tests” to help viewers learn more about how they speak.

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