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Topic: What kind of American accent do you have?
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Mirandee
Knowflake Posts: 4812
From: South of the Thumb - Taurus, Pisces, Cancer
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted January 02, 2008 01:57 PM
 
True about the spice, Pid  My hubby says we made English understandable  IP: Logged |
pidaua
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From: Schweinfurt to Grafenwoehr all within 6 months LOL
Registered: May 2002
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posted January 02, 2008 03:41 PM
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Charlotte
Knowflake Posts: 1239
From: USA
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted January 02, 2008 05:53 PM
Happy New Year!
Your Result: The Inland NorthYou 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." I'M guilty! 
I was born in Missouri, 60 miles southwest of St. Louis.
I've lived all over though.
PA
Ca
Ga
TN
MD
Fl
AZ
I guess I'm still a mid-western girl though. IP: Logged |
Mirandee
Knowflake Posts: 4812
From: South of the Thumb - Taurus, Pisces, Cancer
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted January 03, 2008 12:52 AM
I love the midwest. We talk fast here. We even drop off the ending of a lot of words and blend them in with others. We don't have time for word endings.  In Michigan we pronounce Wisconsin, Wesconsin. A friend told me it is not Wesconsin, it's Wisconsin and I told him it's West of us so we call it Wesconsin. Or maybe that is just me and my southern accent. hee hee I also pronounce pink as "peenk." That cracks my hubby up. He always asks me to say pink. He was born in Detroit so what does he know? IP: Logged |
Mirandee
Knowflake Posts: 4812
From: South of the Thumb - Taurus, Pisces, Cancer
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted January 03, 2008 12:52 AM
I love the midwest. We talk fast here. We even drop off the ending of a lot of words and blend them in with others. We don't have time for word endings. In Michigan we pronounce Wisconsin, Wesconsin. A friend told me it is not Wesconsin, it's Wisconsin and I told him it's West of us so we call it Wesconsin. Or maybe that is just me and my southern accent. hee hee I also pronounce pink as "peenk." That cracks my hubby up. He always asks me to say pink. He was born in Detroit so what does he know? IP: Logged |
lalalinda
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From: nevada
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted January 03, 2008 01:16 AM
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aquaspryt69
Knowflake Posts: 1567
From: Arizona
Registered: Feb 2004
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posted January 03, 2008 04:53 AM
What American accent do you have?
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. Well, I have lived 37 out of 38 years in Arizona so I guess it makes sense. IP: Logged |
Eleanore
Moderator Posts: 2512
From: Japan
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted January 03, 2008 05:49 AM
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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I'm from FL so that's actually right. I've always been told that I don't really have an accent, at least from Americans. But I do prefer English accents. And I can't make up my mind if I like Northern or Southern English accents better. But I do believe that they're the ones who don't have accents. It's like spanish spoken in Spain. All the rest of us have accented their language. IP: Logged |
Dulce Luna
Knowflake Posts: 4598
From: The Asylum
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted January 03, 2008 10:07 AM
My old drama teacher said that people from New England, New York, and Jersey have the accents that are most closest to the common English accent and therefore we are the Americans who's accents are most phonetically correct.That's probably why people from England who took the quiz kept getting the Northeast. And he also said Southern Accents come from the High Class English accent (like how the Royalty speaks) , of course with other factors that include the hot weather and I think he mentioned the Spanish (?) have influence on their accent.
To be completely honest, I prefer the English accent over the American one too. English accents are wayyyyy sexier to listen to than American ones.
But out of all the American accents I can actually stand listening to, I actually prefer my own accent. Listening to a guy with a Rhode Island/New York/Jersey accent is kind of more attractive to me than listening to a guy from anywhere else who over-pronouciates their "R's". Sorry, just a pet-peeve of mine. *shrugs* IP: Logged |
Xena
Moderator Posts: 398
From: UK
Registered: Jun 2006
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posted January 04, 2008 02:09 PM
NE (Philadelphia scores highest)Which is probably pretty accurate, as I'm a native Brit with a nice middle-class accent, that's lived in Southern England all my life (SW, then SE)  IP: Logged |
Mannu
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Registered: Mar 2006
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posted January 04, 2008 08:21 PM
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.
The Inland North
The Midland
The Northeast
The South
North Central
Boston
The West
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braveheart
Knowflake Posts: 235
From: sydney, nsw, oz
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted January 05, 2008 04:23 AM
I got Philadelphian, too!!! Out of curiosity do people from Philadelphia sound a bit Australian? IP: Logged |
taurean_scorpion
Knowflake Posts: 1356
From: santa monica, california
Registered: May 2005
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posted January 05, 2008 04:40 PM
ha...apparently i have a boston accent...  IP: Logged |
cancerrg
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Registered: Dec 2004
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posted January 07, 2008 09:27 AM
::I love an Indian accent, cancerrg.::Really ! but its more spicy than even the american one !
i guess you love spice ! IP: Logged |
ribbons of color
Knowflake Posts: 109
From: USA
Registered: Sep 2005
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posted January 07, 2008 12:04 PM
I got Philadelphian also, and I have to say it is spot on, born and raised in Philly, now I live just outside the city.IP: Logged |
Thethirdbenjamin
Knowflake Posts: 492
From: Ottawa / Toronto, Canada
Registered: Jul 2004
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posted January 11, 2008 03:10 AM
First Canadian to have a Midland Accent." is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent...." Its most likely because I grew up in Toronto. Toronto is more conected to the rest of North American then Ottawa is. So I guess I've heard a lot of diffrent accents from all over North America. As for english accents I like people with British accents that sound like Pierce Bronson. But not so much like Keira Knightley accent. IP: Logged |
jane
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Registered: Nov 2006
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posted January 11, 2008 07:21 AM
Philadelphia. How the - ?
I never lived in Philly. Growing up, I moved around a lot, but lived mostly in or around NYC. Hmph. Guess I need to spend more time "practicing my non-regional diction."
"The human torch was denied a bank loan." IP: Logged |
Kal_El
Knowflake Posts: 217
From: Seattle
Registered: Jan 2008
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posted February 17, 2008 06:16 AM
What American accent do you have?
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.The Funny thing is, I was born in Seattle, then moved to Minnesota and lived there for 10 years. The city i live in was right next to Fargo. I thought it was hilarious and scarily accurate. I think i have mostly shed the Midwest accent that i have. it pops out everyone in a while. The city was Moorhead. lol here is a pic. They are right across the river from each other.
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whalewasp78
Knowflake Posts: 541
From: Missouri-Misery
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted February 20, 2008 12:54 PM
Hmm. Almost tied between 'The West' and 'Midland', although West came out on top. I scored high on 'Boston' oddly enough since I've always lived in Missouri close to Kansas City.IP: Logged |
Mama Mia
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Registered: Jun 2005
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posted February 20, 2008 02:12 PM
What American accent do you have?
Your Result: 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.Ppl tell me this all the time that I talk like I am from down south or something ..I am a city girl with a lazy tongue I guess..
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ListensToTrees
Knowflake Posts: 3844
From: Infinity
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted February 20, 2008 02:32 PM
I don't have an American accent.IP: Logged |
Beka
Knowflake Posts: 164
From: Netherlands, beka90@msn.com
Registered: Feb 2008
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posted February 21, 2008 03:52 AM
The Inland North IP: Logged |
juniperb
Knowflake Posts: 6830
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted February 24, 2008 10:53 AM
Your Result: The Inland North Uncannly accurate. Thanks that was fun! ------------------
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