http://www.aei-ideas.org/2011/07/which-american-accent-do-you-have/
Take a 17-question quiz here and find out.
http://www.youthink.com/quiz.cfm?action=go_detail&sub_action=take&obj_id=9827
Yes Northeastern, “This could either mean an r-less NYC or Providence accent or one from Jersey which doesn’t sound the same. Just because you got this result doesn’t mean you don`t pronounce R’s.(People in Jersey don`t call their state “Joisey” in real life)”
"You`re not Northern, Southern, or Western, you`re just plain -American-. Your national identity is more important than your local identity, because you don`t really have a local identity. You might be from the region in that map, which is defined by this kind of accent, but you could easily not be. Or maybe you just moved around a lot growing up."
Well, I did grow up as an Army brat, and we moved constantly when I was a kid. As you would imagine, the kids I grew up around, came from everywhere in the country.
Then again, when I lived in England, perfect strangers would immediately guess that I was from California. I never even knew we Californians had an accent.