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Word Association Game: US State Edition
Thomas Ahonen
Updated Jan 06, 2015Save
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Having experienced sitting next to the writing process of state guides from the British eye, they wanted to know what the resident American thought of the illustrious 50.
The challenge: I’m limited to two knee-jerk words that are the first to leap off my tongue in sort of a reactionary word association test kind of way, so here goes! I’ve added some links for context because I’m sure I’ll lose some of you along the way. Needless to say, I’ll be making Mansoor do this for Europe.
(also…sorry Iowa, I’ve never spent any time in you!)
50 State Word Association Game
Alabama – sweet home
Alaska – pipeline, moose
Arizona – baby stealing <– (Raising Arizona reference)
Arkansas – Bill Clinton
California- 90210, Governator
Colorado – Skiing, SUVs
Connecticut – rich people?
Delaware – not Maryland
Florida – Disney, retirement
Georgia – peaches, iced-tea
Hawaii – beaches, volcanos
Idaho – potato farming
Illinois – Chicago, Obama
Indiana – college basketball
Iowa – corn, (…)?
Kansas – Dorothy, tornadoes
Kentucky – chicken, whisky
Louisiana – gumbo, jazz
Maine – lobster, Misery
Maryland – not Delaware
Massachusetts – witch hunts
Michigan – cars, Madonna
Minnesota – malls, lakes
Mississippi – river, casino
Missouri – loves company
Montana – speeding cars
Nebraska – football, Springsteen
Nevada – CSI, gambling
New Hampshire – Vermont’s twin
New Jersey – Shores & Situations
New Mexico – turquoise jewelry
New York – exhausting people
North Carolina – republicans, tobacco
North Dakota – Fargo! crops
Ohio – inventions, polka
Oklahoma – cowboy musicals
Oregon – trails, dysentery
Pennsylvania – cheese steak
Rhode Island – coffee talk <– (the famous quote is “Rhode Island is neither a road nor an island… DISCUSS!”)
South Carolina – civil war
South Dakota – Mount Rushmore
Tennessee – Jack Daniels
Texas – spurs, guns
Utah – mormons, Sundance
Vermont – maple syrup
Virginia - for lovers
Washington – rain, fish
West Virginia – mountain state
Wisconsin – beer, cheese
Wyoming – cowboys, sheep