What American Accent Do You Have?

Yarrah · #21 Postby **Yarrah** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 6:01 pm

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: Philadelphia

Your accent is as Philadelphian as a cheesesteak! If you're not from Philadelphia, then you're from someplace near there like south Jersey, Baltimore, or Wilmington. if you've ever journeyed to some far off place where people don't know that Philly has an accent, someone may have thought you talked a little weird even though they didn't have a clue what accent it was they heard.

Erm, ok, could be. :roll:

Never knew I had an American accent, since I learned to speak UK English.

#22 Postby **Andrew92** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 6:56 pm

I indicated already that my American accent was Inland North (which is right). I re-took the quiz with the same answers (the best I can remember) and again I am Inland North.

However, I am also very close to a Midland accent, which makes sense because a lot of my family is from Ohio. Still, I grew up in Michigan and grew up more on those kinds of roots than with my family's Ohio roots.

I also appear to be a bit Northeast, Philly, even half-Southern. I'm only a little West, and not very Boston or North Central.

And lastly, carbonated beverages most certainly are called "pop."

-Andrew92

#23 Postby **coriolis** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 8:42 pm

Midland for me. Sounds about right.

breeze · #24 Postby **breeze** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 8:48 pm

"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."

OK, at the office, that's probably true.

But, at home, it's "How ya'll doin'?" :lol:

~Annette~

#25 Postby **george_r_1961** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 8:56 pm

Midland. But everyone who knows me says I sound southern. :roll:

Cyclenall · #26 Postby **Cyclenall** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 4:25 am

Here are my results:

"North Central" is what professional linguists call the Minnesota accent. If you saw "Fargo" you probably didn't think the characters sounded very out of the ordinary. Outsiders probably mistake you for a Canadian a lot.

Got it perfect. I'm Canadian.

#27 Postby **streetsoldier** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 6:20 am

Midland, according to this; but I've been told I still retain a trace of "Norwinglish" and, sometimes, Queen's English (depending on the subject and to whom I'm speaking).

#28 Postby **streetsoldier** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 6:27 am

dean wrote:i'm the first person to respond with this:
Your Result: North Central

"North Central" is what professional linguists call the Minnesota accent. If you saw "Fargo" you probably didn't think the characters sounded very out of the ordinary. Outsiders probably mistake you for a Canadian a lot.

Uff-da! Yew tink da vedder is bat now, yoost vait til Yanuary! :lol:

#29 Postby **Cookiely** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 6:32 am

streetsoldier wrote:
dean wrote:i'm the first person to respond with this:
Your Result: North Central

"North Central" is what professional linguists call the Minnesota accent. If you saw "Fargo" you probably didn't think the characters sounded very out of the ordinary. Outsiders probably mistake you for a Canadian a lot.

Uff-da! Yew tink da vedder is bat now, yoost vait til Yanuary!

I had to read that three times to deciper it. Thanks for the laugh. Where do you live? It's warm and muggy outside here in Tampa.

goodgal996 · #30 Postby **goodgal996** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:26 am

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.

That's kinda funny because I've never been to the west, and I've spent 99.9% of my life in the northeast, which was the accent I scored lowest on.

ohiostorm · #31 Postby **ohiostorm** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:09 am

"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.

j · #32 Postby j » Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:16 am

I have no accent, just as I thought

j · #33 Postby j » Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:25 am

goodgal996 wrote: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.

That's kinda funny because I've never been to the west, and I've spent 99.9% of my life in the northeast, which was the accent I scored lowest on.

I got the same result. The test is flawed.

Cryomaniac · #34 Postby **Cryomaniac** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:33 am

Mine came out as northeast, which considering I'm from the UK, makes a slight amount of sense.

Johno8080 · #35 Postby **Johno8080** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:17 am

gord wrote:Apparently, I'm fron the north east...which is strange considering I'm British!

Kind of makes sense though...as thats where the British first landed!

I know I shouldn't have really taken the test...just interested to see what it would say for a foriegner!

same here!!!!!

#36 Postby **Pburgh** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:09 pm

"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."

But I do say YUNZ GUYS.

#37 Postby **vbhoutex** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:26 pm

Midland accent. Makes sense with me too.

southerngale · #38 Postby **southerngale** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:52 pm

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 graph showed much stronger in the West and the South though.

I was born and bred in Texas.

CajunMama · #39 Postby **CajunMama** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 2:28 pm

southerngale wrote: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 graph showed much stronger in the West and the South though.

I was born and bred in Texas.

Ha! I've heard frack! If she's got a midland accent well then i'm a vir.....err...nevermind! :lol:

southerngale · #40 Postby **southerngale** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 3:02 pm

Yeah yeah, and you're a Westerner? lol

You sound almost as southern as Linda!! :lol:

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