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What American accent you have?
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I loved that! Short easy quiz, and I was astonished because they knew I was from Philly! (Of course I've lived in Fla for the last 23 years and both my children have been 'accused' of being from Philly, even tho they were born and raised in St. Pete...)
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Mine came out Midland, and I'm a native Californian. My dad was from the Midland area though. My mom's also a native Californian.
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Mine came out West but with a disclaimer that I might not be from the West at all as I have no discernable accent. That's dead on since I was not born in this country and grew up mainly in Florida. People have always told me they can't figure out where I'm from by my accent. Maybe it's cause I don't have one!
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Midland. Ha, I speak with a lovely southern accent.
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HA!
Mine said The West or 'No Accent'and I'm born and bred deep south. |
What gahbage! I'm from Hawaii and it says I have a Boston accent. I've only been to Havahd once.
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Mine came out The West with the disclaimer also. Of course, I'm a native Californian.
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Midland?! Uh, no way. Southern through and through.
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Wow - It quite accurately picked up on my Boston accent without a single question about cah or car.
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Interesting...I'm Canadian (Toronto) so I thought I might fool it but nope, my accent is 'inland north'!
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Mine was perfect. Northeast. And that's where I come from too! :)
When I was in Calgary recently on business the group was amazed that "I had no accent". I knew I didn't! |
Wow. I came up Philadephia or near, and I was born and raised near Baltimore. People have always told me I have no discernable accent, even though everyone else in my immediate family has a definite Baltimore accent.
Well, after living in New England for almost 30 years, I'm really glad I haven't picked up a Boston or New England accent. |
Inland North - all the way! Raised in Chicago, have lived in the NE for 9 years.
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Caught me right on. Inland North. Wisconsin or perhaps Chicago to be exact. First 23 years of my life in WI, next 24 in Chicago.
How's that for accurate? |
They accurately pegged me as a Philadelphian.
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Another Philly Northeasterner here too. Guess that's because I grew up in PA:) I'm surprised, I thought I lost all of my NE dialect years ago. My spouse says my accent used to be so thick it got to him but now I think I have no accent at all, or do I?:D Cute quiz.
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Pretty good, my spouse also came out "The West" also. I kept asking him if he was sure that's how he pronounced the words?:D
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I am not trying! [-X
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Right on with New England
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Well, here I am, born and raised in the Deep, Deep South, with an accent from the Philadelphia area, I've never even traveled in that area. Makes you wonder, doesn't it!!!
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Yup..I scored "Northeast" and it's true!
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I guess I'm speaking "inland north" here in MinneSOTAH! :)
It was fun. |
I'm Inland North too, but, I was born and raised 140 miles west of Boston. I guess that's inland, and Bostonians probably thought the western part of MA was somewhere out yonder in the Midwest too.
My Mom was from Ohio....could that be the source of my confused accent? |
How bizarre - here's another person from Hawaii that was told that my accent was from Boston.
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Philadelphian "as a cheesesteak" to quote the test; no surprises there! (And they didn't even ask about "wooder", "shtreet", "Chrain" or "mintins".)
I do have to say, though, that my dialect isn't as pronounced as some; I'm usually tagged with the vague "Mid Atlantic" and folks from the West have asked if I'm English! |
<i>"You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent."</i>
That must mean I'm normal? :-) ((b)) |
Mine said I was from the Midwest. Hmmmm, we're all from the South. However, I do try to curb the " Y'all "
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Philadelphia? I grew up in central, rural Kentucky and live in Louisville. I think I sound like a country-girl Kentuckian.
BTW, to be politically correct now, you must no longer call mountain folk hillbillies. The PC terminology is "Appalachian American." |
Really wrong. Inland North, but I'm from England!!!!!
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I'm from Buffalo and here is my response:
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." I guess the Buffalo accent does sound Midwestern because people often ask me if I am from Chicago. And, I do call it pop, not soda. |
When I lived in the south, they said I talked like I was a Yankee, when I lived in Philly they said I talked like a southern belle, when I lived in Utah they said I sounded like I was from England or Austrailia, so I have decided that I probably have a nasal twang caused by bad adnoids.!!!~! yeah baby!!!!
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Hey Budman - I am apparently normal too. Who knew?
I was born and raised in California. |
Hey, I was also born in California -- Vallejo to be specific, but I left at age 1 -- before I picked up any good habits. :-) ((b))
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Mine came out North Central. I'm actually from the northeast but have lived all over. And it was right that people often think I'm from Canada.
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Mine was completely wrong! The quiz gave me a Boston accent! NOT! Besides, there is more than one Boston accent--Brahmin or Southie? My BIL is a Southie and I don't sound anything like him, even though he graduated from Harvard.
My father is a Mayflower descendent, but he grew up in Philadelphia, not Boston. My mother is English--her mother was Welsh. I lived in London for the first 10 years of my life. Boston??? Where did that ever come from?? Mary, I don't sound like Matt Damon, do I?????????? :) |
Wooowww, I am feeling curious about if I would be able to distinguish all your accents (or some of them, at least).
Nice thread! |
Midland for me. Sounds about right since I am from Denver.
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It says I have no accent which is absolutely true, because here in Austin, TX we have no accent. But the rest of y'all do.
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AustinTraveler, I just now saw your post. You see, I told ya so, here in Austin we don't have an accent. I only wish the rest of the world would pronounce their words correctly like we do. :-D
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