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Topic: What kind of American accent do you have?
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Dulce Luna Knowflake Posts: 4598 From: The Asylum Registered: Mar 2006
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posted January 01, 2008 11:38 AM
First of all: Happy New Year to you all! Secondly, I peeped Fayte's Quiz site and found this one...and it was so freaking accurate!! Anyways, I thought it would be interesting to see how we all talk (Em Inglés of course ) Here's mine.....
quote: Your result: The NortheastJudging by how you talk you are probably from North Jersey, New York City, Connecticut, or Rhode Island. Chances are if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people would be able to tell if they actually heard you speak.
http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have Yeah, I have an annoying accent.
But enjoy!
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EighthMoon Knowflake Posts: 690 From: Registered: May 2007
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posted January 01, 2008 12:00 PM
Hi Dulce and Happy New Year to you!I couldn't get it to copy and paste w/o it highlighting the entire page. I got: The West I think it's only because I've lived in so many places with different dialects. 8th IP: Logged |
Azalaksh Knowflake Posts: 6485 From: New Brighton, MN, USA Registered: Nov 2004
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posted January 01, 2008 12:06 PM
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." Weird. I've been here in the "Inland North" for 10 years but didn't think the lingo had rubbed off on me to that degree Yeah, I've never called pop "soda", even when I lived in Washington State..... Still grates on my ears when the locals say "about" (a-boat) and "aunt" (awnt) and talk about bringing a "hot dish" over..... IP: Logged |
nattie33 Knowflake Posts: 451 From: USA Registered: Aug 2005
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posted January 01, 2008 12:23 PM
What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Northeast Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people would probably be able to tell if they actually heard you speak. No suprise to me. LOL
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Node Knowflake Posts: 1162 From: Crowded House Registered: Nov 2005
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posted January 01, 2008 12:23 PM
Weird I got Inland North too...born in CA, live in Mid-Atlantic region for years. When I did a mid-point composite for the two locations the log-lat came up with Stillwater, OK. Wonder what a OK accent sounds like!? IP: Logged |
Dulce Luna Knowflake Posts: 4598 From: The Asylum Registered: Mar 2006
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posted January 01, 2008 12:39 PM
I call "pop" soda. And Its funny, coz I was reading the comments there and the majority of the British people who took the quiz ended up getting Northeast. That leads me to this: my cousins from Georgia think that me and my sister sound like were from England. And also, alot of Canadians who took it got Inland North. And the quiz even said that people from there often get mistaken for Canadian. Glad you guys enjoyed though!
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Heart--Shaped Cross Knowflake Posts: 7178 From: 11/6/78 11:38am Boston, MA Registered: Aug 2004
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posted January 01, 2008 01:33 PM
I don't have an accent.Everybody else does. IP: Logged |
Heart--Shaped Cross Knowflake Posts: 7178 From: 11/6/78 11:38am Boston, MA Registered: Aug 2004
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posted January 01, 2008 01:38 PM
What American accent do you have? Your Result: Boston 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. The Midland The West Philadelphia The Northeast North Central The Inland North The South
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lalalinda Moderator Posts: 3291 From: nevada Registered: Jun 2005
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posted January 01, 2008 03:32 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.or Nevada IP: Logged |
Aphrodite Knowflake Posts: 4992 From: Registered: Feb 2002
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posted January 01, 2008 04:20 PM
I got Northeast, which is strange because I've always lived in the West.IP: Logged |
MoonWitch Knowflake Posts: 293 From: Somewhere Out There Registered: Jun 2006
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posted January 01, 2008 04:23 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.
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fayte.m Knowflake Posts: 9809 From: Still out looking for Schrödinger's cat. fayte1954@hotmail.com Registered: Mar 2005
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posted January 01, 2008 05:42 PM
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 Thanks Dulce Luna! IP: Logged |
AcousticGod Knowflake Posts: 11943 From: Pleasanton, CA, USA Registered: May 2005
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posted January 01, 2008 07:16 PM
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.(I'm from SoCal. I'm now in NorCal.) IP: Logged |
Mirandee Knowflake Posts: 4812 From: South of the Thumb - Taurus, Pisces, Cancer Registered: Sep 2004
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posted January 01, 2008 08:49 PM
My result was the south. LOL Not even close to where I was raised in still live in the midwest. However, I was born in Arkansas and was raised by southern parents with southern relatives. Everyone tells me, including my husband, that I have a bit of southern accent. So I guess it is accurate. My second highest scores were Philadelphia and inland north so that would be real accurate. Guess you never quite lose that southern accent. IP: Logged |
BornUnderDioscuri Knowflake Posts: 2560 From: Never Never Land Registered: Oct 2006
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posted January 01, 2008 09:29 PM
HAPPY NEW YEAR!Your Result: The Northeast IP: Logged |
Battle of Evermore Knowflake Posts: 1145 From: Registered: Sep 2004
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posted January 01, 2008 11:16 PM
Midland and then South... which is about right, because I don't have a heavy accent, but I live in the South.IP: Logged |
BlueTopaz124 Knowflake Posts: 1382 From: Portland, OR Registered: Jan 2004
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posted January 01, 2008 11:23 PM
How odd this is mine after taking that quiz...I am a California native (SF Bay Area) and have lived on the West Coast all my life: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 West The Midland Boston The Inland North Philadelphia The South The Northeast People I know from the Boston area say that out West we don't have an accent. I think that other natives from my area have a distinctive way of speaking even if it's not like our Southern, Midwest or various Northeast accents. I can always tell someone from is from the Bay Area. Just a certain way of pronouncing or saying certain things. IP: Logged |
Isis Knowflake Posts: 1922 From: CA Registered: Jan 2004
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posted January 01, 2008 11:36 PM
Well, it nailed me pretty well. I grew up in Nebraska, but have lived in the SF/Bay Area for over 15 years:Your Result: The West
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1scorp Knowflake Posts: 2251 From: Registered: Feb 2003
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posted January 02, 2008 09:36 AM
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. I'm in KY __________________________________________ Scorpio sun, venus, mars, mercury and uranus Libra moon, pluto and asc. IP: Logged |
pidaua Knowflake Posts: 7314 From: Schweinfurt to Grafenwoehr all within 6 months LOL Registered: May 2002
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posted January 02, 2008 09:47 AM
LOL... Okay.. Bear and I both got 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."" We do not call carbonated drinks "pop" (it's either a soda or a coke). We have never been asked if we are from Wisconsin. For me, Bear and I are always asked if we are from the SW but never the Northeast or Upper lakes. I was born and raised on the west coast and Bear was as well.
Hmmm.. .weird.. LOL.. Then again, we have both lived all over the US and Bear can add, Italy, Korea and we both have Germany. I now find myself saying "ya-ya" which is very European LOL.. Bear has been saying that for awhile LOL...
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SattvicMoon Knowflake Posts: 2282 From: Registered: May 2007
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posted January 02, 2008 09:55 AM
What American accent do you have? Your Result: The WestIP: Logged |
cancerrg Knowflake Posts: 2668 From: Registered: Dec 2004
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posted January 02, 2008 11:48 AM
the problem is ... i dont have an american accent . i have a heavily indian one (thats why i never got a job in any of the call centres ) IP: Logged |
Mirandee Knowflake Posts: 4812 From: South of the Thumb - Taurus, Pisces, Cancer Registered: Sep 2004
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posted January 02, 2008 12:00 PM
I call it "pop." LOL Sattvic. You must know English pretty well and especially English phonetics.
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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 12:10 PM
I love an Indian accent, cancerrg. Most British people say we Americans have an accent, not them. LOL I think that many people from England feel that Americans butcher the English language. IP: Logged |
pidaua Knowflake Posts: 7314 From: Schweinfurt to Grafenwoehr all within 6 months LOL Registered: May 2002
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posted January 02, 2008 01:55 PM
Nah Mirandee.. it is just like with British Food.. we just added some spice to it IP: Logged |