What Accent Do You Have?
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What Accent Do You Have?
Accent Quiz
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."
Yep. I'm from Michigan alright! 
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.
Hhhmmm... wonder why?
Actually I thought the people in Fargo sounded very strange.
What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Midland
"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.
I'm originally from Western NY- and I do think that I have a strong accent..but maybe I'm wrong.
Hah!! The Inland North?? And I was born and raised in deep south Alabama and now live in Louisiana. They didn't ask the right questions. For example, "on" doesn't sound like "don" or "dawn" but more like "bone." Actually, living in MO for 6 years I lost some of my accent because I got so sick of people commenting on it. So, while I don't drip sugar when I speak, I would still sound awfully southern to most of you.
No surprise
What American accent do you have?
Your Result: Philadelphia
Your accent is as Philadelphian as a cheesesteak! If you're not from Philadelphia, then you're from someplace near there like south Jersey, Baltimore, or Wilmington. if you've ever journeyed to some far off place where people don't know that Philly has an accent, someone may have thought you talked a little weird even though they didn't have a clue what accent it was they heard.
What American speech do you have?
The 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.
Hmmm, ineresting.
Inland North - and I have been battling the Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey accent since 1966.
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."
Although I have lived in Southwest Virginia for fifteen years, I lived in Northwest Ohio for the first thirteen years of my life and never really lost that accent! But now I have a southern twang to my northern accent! My dad teases me and calls me a "yankabilly".
Your result: BOSTON
Well, I live in New Hampshire, so I guess that's close enough. BUT I do NOT have what we around here consider a "massachusetts accent" i.e. dropping the r's, etc. CAR rhymes whith ARE not awe, lol!
What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Midland
"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.
I am from Florida. i think and am told almost everyday from my DD or DH that I have a strong southern accent.
The Northeast, definitely. Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Maine have very distinct (and diverse) accents. And like it said, to people in other parts of the country, we sound like New York City, but to us, THEY talk funny!
I'm with you, Heaven. People might think I'm Canadian.
Marcia - Aren't you? LOL!
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.
Yep, that sounds about right. It's all the rest of you that talk funny!
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.
Boston was a close second. "The West" surprises me! I have NEVER lived there and only visited once. I'm originally from Ontario and have lived most of my life in New England. Interesting.
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.
Since I AM a Canadian, the quiz pretty much nailed it.
My result: The West
I was born in CA and raised there until age 8, but I think the quiz is missing some people. I don't think I have a complete new england accent, but I know I do a little. I think they need a few more questions for the North East. Boston was a close second at least! I guess mine makes sense. It has both. LOL
BTW-My answer was always "Sounds the same."
I am southern. LOL.
Yes I am.
"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.
I am a Canadian.
I was the midland with a close second from the south. I guess that fits since I am from Dallas.
I was Midland which is funny to me b/c I've lived in Tennessee and Georgia my whole life. And people here say I talk too Southern.
And I agree with someone above. "On" sounds like bone not dawn or don which both sound the same and like pond.
What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Inland North
I am from upstate NY.
What American speech do you have?
The 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.
Hmmmm...I have always been told I have a VERY southern accent. Maybe, those few years of living in Chicago balanced it out.
THEY SAID I HAVE A BOSTON ACCENT!!!!!!!
How dare they??? I'm from.... Boston!!!!! hahahahahaahaha~! That's too funny!
I'm Midland and pretty much Florida all my life. Born here and only left for about 2 yrs of my life.
My result was The Midland. A little surprising since I was raised in the northeast, though I do know I don't have much a New England accent anymore.
Wendy, my mom tells me all the time she doesn't have the New England accent. And then in the very next sentence she'll tell me something about her sistahs going to a pahty. LOL.
The Midland, and I'm from Central IN so pretty close. It says that I don't really have an accent, but southern family and friends ALWAYS say I sound so 'northern'. (And by 'southern' would be friends/family in Florida, Tennessee, & Kentucky.)
Funny Imamommyx4... no, "on" sounds like "dawn"!! LOL I think accents are so interesting!
Philadelphia! It makes sense because I only live about an hour from Philly. However, my roots are from Baltimore, and the two accents are not the same.
My result was Inland North and I live in NE Ohio, so they pretty much nailed it.
Gosh, i would love to hear all of you talk LOL! that would be very interesting.
NO, Deanna! "on" sounds like "Don"! lol
My dh always makes fun of the way I say "Mary". It's bad too, since one of my best friends growing up is named Mary! lol Dh was Southern. He's from North Carolina. My pastor is too (and his wife is from Michigan like me!). We used to have cousins in our church named "Del" and "Dale". When Pastor said their names they always sounded the same. I mentioned that to dh and he said, "Well they do!" rofl
Midland. I've spent most of my life in California.
Midland. I am a Yankee from Boston who has lived in FL for 16 years. Some people here notice that I still have a Northern accent. My sister still lives in Boston and her accent is so strong. I'm going to have her take the test.
A few years ago, one of my dds said the phrase
"All y'all". My dh and I had to laugh.
Hol, I sure am Canadian, and so is Cori/Heaven!
My sister took the quiz and has a strong Boston accent. She doesn't agree! LOL
I asked her, "Does butter and budda sound the same"?
What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Midland
"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.
No surprise there! LOL I have lived in California, Kansas, Florida, and Georgia and have regularly vacationed in Minnesota since I was a very young child.
Midland, I'm from California
Marcia and Heaven...I knew that!!
Philly accent here, I grew up in South Jersey. It's funny, a good friend of mine is from Central Jersey (Freehold), and his accent is slightly different from mine, then the North Jersey accent is slightly different from his. All within 100 miles or less there is such a difference!!
"You have a Midland accent" but my bar graphs didn't have a strong variation. It showed North Central, The South with Boston trailing close behind the Midland Bar. Which is funny because I am an Air Force Brat.
I was born in Mississippi and I have lived in... Wisconsin, Arizona, Massachusetts, California and Ohio. We were active duty until I was 14 and settled back in Ohio at that point.
When I was in third grade my dad got a transfer to Ohio to recruit out of Columbus for a year and a half and they actually made me take speech therapy because I couldn't pronounce my words properly... I talked just fine, they were the ones that talked funny. It was a huge battle because I was very Southern...
Needless to say... I still talk funny. Now it isn't just Southern, Dh calls it an eclictic mix. It just depends on the word, I think, or my mood.
Midland, which is no surprise since I'm from Southern Ohio.
Inland north, and I'm Canadian!
LOL @ Cat..."Dawn" and "Don" sound the SAME to me
Nuh-huh! "Dawn" sounds like "fawn", not "Don"! rofl
Bobbie, my kids are Air Force brats. Randy's got a Forrest Gump accent. Robin's isn't too bad. Robin was born in Maine, we moved to Montana where Randy was born, then Panama, Maryland and now Colorado. Add parents from Michigan and North Carolina to that mix and my kids are just confused! lol
What American accent do you have?
Your Result: Philadelphia
Can't be!! LOL I don't say "I wont to keller with my crowns in my kellering book, or I wont a drink of wooder.
Your accent is as Philadelphian as a cheesesteak! If you're not from Philadelphia, then you're from someplace near there like south Jersey, Baltimore, or Wilmington. if you've ever journeyed to some far off place where people don't know that Philly has an accent, someone may have thought you talked a little weird even though they didn't have a clue what accent it was they heard.
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."
Actually, here in southeast WI, we call it soda, but in central WI, they definitely call it pop! Here, people would look at me funny, and they did, when we first moved here 13years ago.
Crystal, you were talking about New Jersey...even a state as little as Rhode Island (and yes, we are THE smallest state), there are regional differences. We are so small that you can drive from the southern most part of the state where I live, to the northern most part, in one hour! As you fly into Providence airport (actually in Warwick), you can see the whole state from the air!
I southern RI, we pronounce our "R"'s, and sound a little more refined. Upstate, in the Providence area, it is "cah" instead of "car", and your name is "Jennifah" (Jennifer) and "Robbit" (Robert). North of there, it is even worse. "You's guys". LOL! We are a real melting pot because we are on the East Coast and a lot of immigrants came here to work from France, Italy, Poland, England, so it is an interesting assortment of dialogues. There are even different expressions and names for things in different parts of the state.
Some people in RI, too, never drive more than ten minutes from their home. If you do, it's considered a big trip! LOL!
My DD lived in Michigan for three years, in Sterling Heights. I found the accent cute. They said "eyapple" for "apple", etc. They talk somewhat like that accross Canada in Rochester, NY, too, where my sister lives.
I got a kick out of the "pop" for soda. They called it that in North Carolina when we lived there, too. I never could get into "Red Pop" in Michigan, tho. Too sweet! I had never seen "frozen cokes" or "chili fries" either until I went to Michigan.
Southern DUH!!! I KNEW THAT ONE!!
CAT !!! "Dawn" AND "Fawn" rhyme with Don and on and Ron and on and on and on....LOL! Are you saying that you pronounce the "w" sound in "dawn" and "fawn"??? I'm confused....
Yes, I do Cybermommy! LOL On and Ron and Don are completely different to me thatn dawn/fawn/on. When I saw on, it's more like "aw-un" blended together. Don't know about Cat, but that's me!
Hey, I was thinking about this the other day with regard to accent...how do you all say "crayon"? I say "cray-yon", but some people say 'crown' or 'crayun'. What's your take?
"Dawn" and "Fawn" rhyme with "Gone". "Ron" and "Don" rhyme with "Con" like con-artist. Like Deanna says--kinds of an "aw-un". Get it right, Girl! lol (jk )
And it's "cray-yon". Is there another way??? 
Well, if you want to get technical about it, the "aw" in "dawn" and "fawn" is a diphthong. A diphthong is a vowel that is really composed of 2 vowels sounds sliding together. "Ow," "long A," (ay-ee) "long O," (oh-ooo) and "long I" (eye-ee) are others (depending on dialect). The "o" (ahhh) in "Ron, Don, Con" aren't diphthongs. Us Southerners, however, are accused of making diphthongs out of every vowel.
My name is Dawwwwwn (Like fawn), not Don! LOL! Although, I have had people ask me if my name is Donna! LOL!
Don, Gone, Ron, Dawn and Fawn all rhyme in California. And crayon is pronounced cray-on or cran...as in the berries.
Hol, no eyapples anywhere that I've been in Canada. Yes to pop and chili fries, though. I hate both.
Now poutine? Mmmmmmm
Marcia - What is poutine??
Poutine is fries with cheese curds and gravy on top. It's like a heart attack in a bowl, but it sure is good!!
Marcia - Do they serve that with a side order of Lipitor? LOL!
Bea, I had a teacher who always said there is no "wood" in WATER. I learned to say it correctly because of it. Hol, that's crazy about RI!!
When I was in 7th grade, I had a science teacher who always told us to "warsh" our test tubes, instead of "wawshing" them! LOL! I can't remember where she was from anymore, though. We thought it was funny the whole school year and it drover her nuts! I remember her saying that she thought we'd get used to it after awhile!
Dawn, my science teacher in 9th grade told us to "wrench" (rinse) out our test tubes.
Well, I may have a Philadelphia accent, but I don't say "wooder" or "keller" or any of the other stereotypical pronunciations! I had a mother who grew up in central PA and she would constantly correct my speech and grammar. I can still remember the looks she used to give me if I "slipped". LOL I am also proud to say that my kids don't say "wooder" either.
"Dawn" rhymes with "fawn" and "on" and has the same vowel sound as "straw". "Don" rhymes with "con" and "non" and I say 'cray-on' and soda.
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