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To: angcat
What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Midland
 

"You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.

The South
 
Philadelphia
 
The Inland North
 
The West
 
The Northeast
 
Boston
 
North Central
 
What American accent do you have?
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I was born and raised in Southern California and live in Orange County. I don't get this "Midland" stuff. However, I always understood that a California accent was a mix of all American accents, because of the Gold Rush (and probably of what happened after World War II when every one wanted to move here)

103 posted on 10/01/2008 1:29:53 PM PDT by NathanR ( Drill here. Drill now. Pay less.)
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To: NathanR
As I said upthread, the Anglo Californian accent is bet typified by former governor Pete Wilson. Its an amalgam of the interior west and the lower midwest (lots of Iowans moved to CA in the 19th and early 20th centuries).

I'm still wondering were "like, oh my god!" comes from. I also wonder why Californians say "THE 405" or "THE I-5" instead of simply "I-5" like us normal people do.

104 posted on 10/01/2008 1:34:05 PM PDT by Clemenza (PRIVATIZE FANNIE AND FREDDIE! NO MORE BAILOUTS!)
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To: NathanR
As I said upthread, the Anglo Californian accent is best typified by former governor Pete Wilson. Its an amalgam of the interior west and the lower midwest (lots of Iowans moved to CA in the 19th and early 20th centuries).

I'm still wondering were "like, oh my god!" comes from. I also wonder why Californians say "THE 405" or "THE I-5" instead of simply "I-5" like us normal people do.

105 posted on 10/01/2008 1:34:17 PM PDT by Clemenza (PRIVATIZE FANNIE AND FREDDIE! NO MORE BAILOUTS!)
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To: NathanR
I'm from Yonkers NY and I have a classic New Yawk accent. I live with the hicks now in PA and my 5 year old is using a word that mortifies me instead of saying mine they say myin. I have repeatedly explained to her that this is not how we speak and not to use that word!
130 posted on 10/01/2008 5:15:28 PM PDT by angcat
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To: NathanR

Your quiz says I’m probably from northern Jersey. I’m from Appalachian North Carolina.


133 posted on 10/01/2008 5:30:06 PM PDT by gitmo (Some days you're the dog. Some days you're the hydrant.)
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