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by What American accent do you have?
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This thing is really good. I got Northern NJ - dead on.
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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 Midland The Northeast Philadelphia The South The West Boston North Central What American accent do you have?Quiz Created on GoToQuiz
Don't know how accurate this is...
I'd say that's 100% accurate
this is what i got too
I got Inland North as well.
I think if you live west of Essex county you would be considered such.
^^^ hicks
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 Inland North North Central The West Boston The South The Northeast Philadelphia What American accent do you have?Quiz Created on GoToQuiz
i liked this one:
You are 89% Pittsburgh.
Great job! There's nooooo doubt about it. You're from Da Burgh. You deserve a reward, so go have an Ahrn City or two. And GO STILLERS!
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Supposedly I'm from The Midlands. Who'd've thunk it.
The Inland North - spot on!!!
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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 South The Northeast Philadelphia The Midland The West Boston North Central What American accent do you have?Quiz Created on GoToQuiz
all you people getting The Inland North, how do you pronounce "horrible"? like "hot" or like "hoard"
hoard
like "hoard"
i think that may be a difference... i thought i said it like "hoard" at first, but the more i thought about it, the more i realized i actually say it like HAR-ible
"Har"-ible is like a Midwestern way of saying it. Like if someone said that talking to me, I'd probably guess that they're from Detroit, Chicago, or the Southern-mid-west part of Canada.
Then again, maybe your region in NJ does that too, but it's not what I'd guess.
northeast in the house!
Do you mumble? Then you live in NJ
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.
Philadelphia The Inland North The Midland Boston The South The West North Central What American accent do you have?Quiz Created on GoToQuiz
I kinda like no accent!
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.
Boston The West North Central Philadelphia The Northeast The Inland North The South What American accent do you have?Quiz Created on GoToQuiz
This is really cool because we spoke about this in my linguistics class this semester which probably tainted my answers because I've become very conscious about the way I speak.
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.
Philadelphia The Inland North The South The Northeast The West Boston North Central What American accent do you have?Quiz Created on GoToQuiz
Midland is actually the closest to Standard American English.
Exactly. I guess I'm too conscious as well. 'Cause it thinks I'm Midlandish. Mind you, people would never mistake me for having the voice of Dennis Farina. Now, that's a Midwestern accent. I definately say car and not car.
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Amazing...
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 West The Midland North Central The Northeast Philadelphia The Inland North The South What American accent do you have?Quiz Created on GoToQuiz
No one *ever* thinks I have a Boston accent when speaking.
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.
The Inland North Philadelphia The South The Midland Boston North Central The West What American accent do you have?Quiz Created on GoToQuiz
I have a good voice for TV, oh yeah.
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 South Philadelphia The West The Inland North The Northeast Boston North Central What American accent do you have?Quiz Created on GoToQuiz
I don't think people can accurately describe their accent firsthand. Vis-a-vis... the evaluation labeled me with a mid-western accent & I've never been mistaken for being from Midwest America. I can adjust my accent somewhat to fake that I'm from the Midwest.. but that's what it is.. a fakeout, not my natural accent. Funny stuff. My NJ accent is pretty mild I think, and I can catch myself, randomly and accidently falling into a more exaggerated NJ accent... but my NJ accent is probably more apparent than a ghostly Midwestern accent... I mean.... I've only been to the Midwest like 3 times in the whole of my life. But, I guess the reason for my mild NJ accent is because of the influence of television and film that contributes to my speaking and generally, not spending much time around people originally from this area. When I read publicly, I accidently say a word here or there in a Boston accent with British syllable separation and/or long vowel for where in American a short vowel is typically used, and short vowel for where a long vowel is typically used, and stress breakdown different then typical American stress usage. For some reason. Yeh man. Linguistics rock!
it was right for me, north jersey
mine says midland which is weird, but probably because i try to hide my north jersey accent.
when we worked together, I'd say that you definitely don't have a north jersey accent. I think I agree with your evaluation: Midland.
really? nice!
one thing that's funny though is that when i went down to mississippi for relief work everyone could tell i was from new jersey.
That's cuz you are a punk. ;oP
I am NOT from Philadelphia!
It's funny that we're discussing speaking properly - shouldn't the proper title of this poll be "Which American accent do you have?" English majors, please?
'speaking properly'? Can't we all just get along? Let's embrace the cultural and geographic identifiers that make us different! ;-)
I hate to say it...but "which" just sounds better.
i got "from the south" hahahaha those of you who have spoken to me know im SOOOO far from it! LOL
yeah, but is "valley girl" even an option?!
HAHAHAHA true huh?
I have a Midland accent? Wutever lol!
My mom took this quiz last night, and got Northeast, like me!
Did you take it more than once???
I think I might have rushed the first time ('cause I had like 5 seconds lol) but; I took the test over and actually pronounced the words aloud* to make sure I wasn't just assuming that I say them correctly.
I know I have an accent but, I don't think it's the one the test says...
2nd x said The Inland North
A few of my friends tell me that I pronounce call as cawl or coffee as cawfee. I think if any accent, I have more the Long Island-ish accent. This gave me a good laugh :D
*yes it was 1 of my dorkier moments :-P
I agree... the second time I got Northeast, thats much better!!