Monday, October 5, 2009

Close but No Cigar

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."

Philadelphia
 
The Northeast
 
The Midland
 
The South
 
Boston
 
The West
 
North Central
 
What American accent do you have?
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It got the general idea for this New York gal. Take it and see how close it comes to your home town.

8 comments:

The Dish said...

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 West

The Inland North

Philadelphia

The South

Boston

North Central

The Northeast

Yup, hit the nail right on the head for me!

So Single said...

I got the same as you - couldn't be further off! But I think I probably say different words outloud differently than I say them in my head. I ALWAYS get asked if I'm from California! I've got the Valley Girl thing going!

razorbeck said...

Says I am from the midlands

damn my Canadian roots

Olly said...

I got "from the West"
I wonder if there is a Canadian version of this.

Shiny Rod said...

I was born in New Jersey but I'm a Southerner Y'all...

Coffeypot said...

Southerner, by Gawd!

Christine said...

I am thinking I lost some of my NY accent living in FL for the past 20 years but I don't know how that mixture would get me living in IL.

The Dish said...

Why? What's wrong with IL? Seriously, though, it does suck at life.