Another quiz - what American accent do you have

~HAHA understandibly mine says THE SOUTH: That's a Southern accent you've got there. You may love it, you may hate it, you may swear you don't have it, but whatever the case, we can hear it." haha

Thats pretty obvious because Im from Atlanta Georgia but moved to Kentucky as a young child so everything I say is pretty dag gone suthern!

~WOW I just read throught he post! Am I the ONLY person that got pegged a Southerner haha lol I am from the South but I thought there was move of us here haha~

Results: Inland North!

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."


hehe thats soo right.. right out of milwaukee WI

Originally Posted by gemlady

Midland here - yep, from Southern Indiana.

I just get a kick out of hearing the different ways people here say "oil".

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You mean "earl", doncha???

It said West for me but I am from the South but now live in the North! Some how I ended up with a Western accent?

Inland North here:

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."

Duh - I'm from Chicago and do call carbonated beverages "pop". Doesn't everyone?

I scored Philadelphia, which is no surprise! (Although I don't pronounce "snow" as "schnow" or "street" as "shreet".)

A quesiton: who the heck pronounces "vague" like "bag"??????!!!!! I've never heard of that!

MargeCat

Originally Posted by MargeCat

A quesiton: who the heck pronounces "vague" like "bag"??????!!!!! I've never heard of that!

MargeCat

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I know!! I didn't understand that either? Thought maybe it was just me!!

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.

I'm from California, however, I think most people here in California basically have a Midland, or No Accent, accent.

Originally Posted by MargeCat

I scored Philadelphia, which is no surprise! (Although I don't pronounce "snow" as "schnow" or "street" as "shreet".)

A quesiton: who the heck pronounces "vague" like "bag"??????!!!!! I've never heard of that!

MargeCat

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I was beginning to think I took a different test until I read this. Even so I'm still having trouble trying to imagine how to make some of those words sound alike.

I was still very surprised with my results.

"You definitely have a Boston accent, even if you think you don't. Of course, that doesn't mean you are from the Boston area, you may also be from New Hampshire or Maine."

I've been accused of having a New England accent but I have never said the word "bawston" or anything close to it.

Momofmany :Inland North here:

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."

Duh - I'm from Chicago and do call carbonated beverages "pop". Doesn't everyone?

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haha nahh I dont call it pop I call is soda!

So how many of you pronouse hair like "Her" and how many say Right and night like umm shoot how can I type it the way I say it lolol umm long I sound.....stressing the I sound. Kiiiiiiite Niiiiite Liiiiiite haha like that. Thats how I talk and everbody in Indiana makes fun of me.

Something is wrong. It says I have a midland accent, but I have a heavy Southern accent.

Midland...not from southern Ohio but Northern
So no accent

It said I have a midland accent which is correct because I am bilingual, so I shouldn't have one in the first place. lol

What American accent do you have?

Your Result: The Inland North

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."

The Northeast
Philadelphia
The Midland
The South
Boston
The West
North Central


I do call it POP

LOL.. that is a mix of Arizona , Nebraska , Colorado and Idaho
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Most often I get asked if I am from New mexico

Ok, another indicator of where you're from: How do you pronounce "water"? Everyone at work makes fun of me, since I say "warter". (And one of those people is from New England, and says, "Wahhhta"!!!)

Am I the only one in the universe who does this?


MargeCat

Originally Posted by MargeCat

Ok, another indicator of where you're from: How do you pronounce "water"? Everyone at work makes fun of me, since I say "warter". (And one of those people is from New England, and says, "Wahhhta"!!!)

Am I the only one in the universe who does this?


MargeCat

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Aqua

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Water

what does that tell ya

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Inland North

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."


How funny! I'm from Michigan, so this is SO accurate! I did actually grow up calling carbonated beverages "pop! Although when I visit my sister in San Diego, I get asked if I am from Canada. (Could it be the way we say out (oot) and about (aboot)? Or is it because we talk like Yoopers....eh?

"Your Result: The West

Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you're a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent. And really, you may not even be from the West at all, you could easily be from Florida or one of those big Southern cities like Dallas or Atlanta."

This is interesting. Having lived for years in Missouri, Oklahoma, SD, Utah, Iowa and so forth as a young person, I would think more of that would show through. Guess I was successful in eradicting it as a young adult When I talk with my friend in Georgia, I cannot get rid of the accent for a couple hours afterward.

reronunciation of "oil".

Originally Posted by Moz

Is "earl" one of them?

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Originally Posted by neetanddave

You mean "earl", doncha???

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Yep. Also get "arl" and "awl".

Some linquists have said SW Indiana has it's own distinctive accent.