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Ugliest American Accent Comes Down to Scranton and Pittsburgh

The website Gawker asked Americans to choose the city with the ugliest accent, and Pittsburgh could be the winner.

The website Gawker has been running an NCAA-style bracket since the end of September. They started with 16 cities, including Boston, Chicago and New York, they had it narrowed down to two: Scranton and Pittsburgh.

When the polls closed on Wednesday, yinz who talk like yinz from Pittsburgh were ahead by a narrow 9 percent, or a little less than 2000 votes.

Gawker has yet to announce the final winner.

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