Posted on 11/25/2011 4:19:03 PM PST by blam
It says I speak like I'm from New York;
but it says I've lived in New Mexico my whole life.
Well, I’m from TEX-iz, and I don’t really care what other folks think! 8)
We are tending to change our accents based on the homogenized television accent.
I was in Honduras last week and the guide on my snorkeling trip had never left his island, and yet he spoke english as if he were from NYC.
It was weird....
One thing I’ve noticed here in Michigan is that here in the south we say “up north” but up there a lot of people use the term “downstate”.
Of course things are further confused when we speak of the northern lower peninsula and upper peninsula as up north.
They ought to ask if you call softdrinks “pop,” soda” or “coke.” :)
I’m a southeastern Michigan outlier. I say Pepsi because that’s what I generally drink but I do throw the occasional “soda” in for good measure.
Well, isn't St Louis called the "Gateway to the West"?
I don’t know about this test. I have never lived farther north than North Carolina, born and raised in the south, mostly Georgia.
It says my accent is Philadelphia.
No.
They got my accent correct. Matter of fact, within 25 miles of Philly.
I’m a Texan and grew up calling softdrinks “cold drinks”..now it’s coke, though.
Never have used soda or pop
Rather inaccurate I think. It said midlands for me but I think it is just because the questions it asked don’t differentiate enough. Either that or it assumes people who are “accentless” are from there, not that ones accent is now a compilation (MD/NY/SC).
I’m Canadian, what’s this all aboot, eh?
"with or without profanities?
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. |
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Philadelphia |
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The Northeast |
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What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz |
I’m from Lawn Guyland and I don’t have an axcent you hillbilly doosh-beig. ;)
You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."
My comment: Having lived and worked in ACC territory for many years, I'm well aware that there are places where people can tell instantly I ain't from aroun' thayuh.
Also, rural Wisconsin teenage girls pronounce "cute" with the same number of syllables that rural North Carolina males use to pronounce "sh!t".
Yeah, it's bogus. I think it read my IP address. Doesn't mean I was raised here.
Said I have a Boston accent.
Pretty darn close. It says I have a midland accent, so Northern Kentucky comes pretty close.
Awesome. Mine said “Philadelphia,” and I was born and raised an hour nw of there. I have lived all over the country, so I’m rather surprised that it pegged me correctly.
I have to agree with one Freeper who said they can slip into other accents. I am able to do that as well.
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