LvSun

I assume you know she thought I said "pot".

LucieV

Inland North??? wtf? I've lived in California all my life, but parents were from the East coast, so I've occasionally been mistaken for a NYer -- but NEVER a Minnesotan, in fact I don't even know where Minnesota is! I've sure never called coke "pop", so I have no idea what that little ditty is supposed to mean!

P_M

I am originally from TX where we call it Coke. However I lived many years in Northern Oklahoma where EVERYONE called it pop. When we first moved up there it sounded weird to hear it called pop, but I soon adapted and said it myself.

When I was 15 I moved back to Texas. I was sitting with a group of friends and I referred to my drink as pop. The entire crowd started laughing, and said something like, "POP!! What's POP??" From that day forward I never called it pop again. :-<

escargot

P_M: your post made me laugh. In college I dated this kid Jimmy from Michigan - I'm from Boston area - we went to a Friendly's Ice Cream take out window for cones and after the gal put the ice cream in the cone she turned to him and said "Jimmies?" (meaning did he want it dipped into those little chocolate things) and he said "yes, that's mine" - evidently his area called them "Sprinkles" -
I lol, wondering how he thought she knew his name? .....

the link was funny - my fam and friends have had a good laugh over it - most of us being from Boston - and some of them getting answers from everywhere but Boston - but then again, some people think everyone here sounds like Ted Kennedy or when actors butcher a Boston accent - truth is there are a zillion Boston accents - all depending on what area you lived in and who you were surrounded by....

the link was fun - we weren't looking for accuracy - just a good laugh - and with us, like people here, it brought up other things - like friends who say take away and others say take out; those who saw take a bath, and those who say have a bath - and one friend who says she is going to 'turn around' her clothes meaning she is going to change them -
water fountain, bubbler, tomato, tomatoe.....

jorr

PM, I never knew what soda was until age 24. I first heard it at a party in San Antonio and thought they were talking about soda water.

marginal_margiela

I am going to the Acme to get a hoagie, Tastykakes and a soda. Then I'm going to sit on my stoop and stick my feet in a nice bath of wooder.

Where am I from?

pantelia

Mine said I was as Philidelphian as Cheesecake, which is odd! I was born in FL to a father from the Bronx and a mother from Yorkshire...and have lived all over the place, so I guess I confused the quiz!!

mcnyc

This was a fun quiz. It pegged me wrongly as a Midlander, I was born and bred in NYC most of my entire life, and haven't been midland (never been to Ohio, Illinois, Indiana or Minnesota). But at least it got the "good for TV and radio" portion right.

Then again, no one's been able to peg me to a specific accent before...so the "no accent" portion is correct, I guess...?

JazzyChick

<sigh> I'm disappointed that my Pittsburgh accent isn't on the list (Pittsburghese is the only city-bound accent in the country according to a national linguist researcher). I say "dahntahn" (downtown), "aht" (out) and "n'at" (and that). Of course, the last time I said "yinz" in normal conversation I was 12 (I'm now 38), and I do say "Steelers Fan," not "Stillers Fan." (Guess I've changed since moving to Phoenix?)

Any more Burghers out there to back me up??

amp322

They pegged me correctly - North East - Philly/NY area. (which actually have different accents) Since I'm from Jersey, I guess I have a mix of both. Even after living in Texas & Chicago, I still sound like my native toungue - and proud of it! ;-)

moneygirl

West... absolutely correct... born and raised in Central California.

jamaltay

Correct! Mine said "west" and I am from Arizona.
8-)

Devonmcj

I have no accent, but I suscepted that. If the test had asked if you say MERrcedes or MARcedes, we'd know who is from Baltimore. I've noticed that I can tell when someone is not familiar with this area because nobody ever refers to Chesapeake Bay. It's always THE Chesapeake Bay, or THE Bay.

When we were young and visiting our cousins in Boston, we were completely confused when they asked, "Would you like to get a frap or a tonic?" Do Bostonians still use those word?

paradise411

cool quiz - mine came out dead on as Inland North - I grew up in the Chicago area, say pop all the time, and love da Bears and da Cubs!

brando

Long OOOOOOOOOOO's

North Dakota Boy Here

ElaineF

Great quiz! It said i had a philadelphia accent and it was correct! I am from Delaware!!! born and raised!

MelissaHI

I'm getting on the next plane to Boston, with my fellow Hawaii friends!

annabelle2

Hmm, mine says Inland North.

Well, I was born in DC and lived there and N.Virginia my early childhood.

Then I moved to Japan and oddly enough had a lot of British teachers, so that added to the mix.

Then moved to Southern California, then overseas again (no distinct accent influences either place).

Then to Northern CA where I still live.

But my mom is from Chicago and two Chicago/Michigan grandmothers lived with us my whole life w/family, so maybe that influence accounts for the Inland North?

Merry is the different one of the three to me...

And does anyone else pronounce tomorrow "to-more-oh"? I get a lot of grief for that one...

mrwunrfl

yoonz should take a lookatiss map:
http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atla...p/NatMap1.html

JazzyChick, you are right about the Pittsburgh accent. You can tell if a person is not from Piksburgh when they say Monongahela River. If they pronounce the "he" in that word like "he" or "helium" then they are not from Pittsburgh (or are trying to hide their native accent whould would of course pronounce it like "hay").

Also, that non-native would not know what was meant if they were told "Kennywood's open!".

mrwunrfl

JazzyChick I guess you are right about the spelling of yinz. Do you say "La TROBE" or "LAY trobe".