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"What American Accent Do You Have?" Quiz | ||
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| mick33 Senior Member United States Joined 5922 days ago 1335 posts - 1632 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Finnish Studies: Thai, Polish, Afrikaans, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Swedish | Message 65 of 74 08 March 2013 at 9:29am | IP Logged | ||
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According to the gotoquiz.com quiz my results were Midland: 83%
"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." Unbelievable! This is totally wrong. I live in Washington state (another place where people allegedly have no accent) and I don't actually speak English using the local accent, although I think I could do so if I ever tried. MemeGen's quiz told me: North Central. This is what everyone calls a "Minnesota accent." If you saw "Fargo" or "Drop Dead Gorgeous" you probably didn't think the characters sounded very out of the ordinary. Some Americans may mistake you for a Canadian. If you are not a northern Minnesotan, you are probably one of these: (a) A Yooper from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan; or (b) A Canadian who has a mostly but not completely Canadian accent." ROFL, No! Maybe I didn't understand the questions as well as I thought I had. No American or Canadian has ever mistaken me for a Canadian. I do like to hear a Minnesota accent, but how could I speak that way when I have never even visited Minnesota? Oh well, these quizzes were fun even they weren't accurate for me. Just as a side note, nearly everyone who meets me comments on my accent and then they will either try to guess where I come from or ask me where I have lived. I have even occasionally been told that I must be foreign or get asked if English is actually my first language. Edited by mick33 on 08 March 2013 at 9:38am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4356 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew | Message 66 of 74 08 March 2013 at 9:35am | IP Logged | ||
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The Inland North. Philadelphia.
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| leroc Senior Member United States Joined 4309 days ago 114 posts - 167 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 67 of 74 08 March 2013 at 10:18am | IP Logged | ||
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West 100%. Not surprising seeing as I live in Eastern Washington. Actually, the Eastern part has kind of a 'country' accent in areas, it's hard to explain but you'd have to hear it to know.
If anyone is interested you can find an informative map of the various American dialects here 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ReQuest Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5030 days ago 200 posts - 228 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German, French Studies: Spanish | Message 68 of 74 08 March 2013 at 10:36am | IP Logged | ||
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My non-native Dutch/British/American-accent got me :
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." Nowhere near correct though, I think. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| embici Triglot Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4608 days ago 263 posts - 370 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Greek | Message 69 of 74 08 March 2013 at 3:08pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm confused by the frequent mention of "no accent." What does that mean here?
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| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4666 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 70 of 74 10 March 2013 at 6:00am | IP Logged | ||
The accent accent coaches in Hollywood teach. ;) In real life, it's a Western accent without ''newer'' features (like Californian vowel shift or uptalk). This ''conservative'' Western accent is now more frequent in Denver or Phoenix than in L.A. itself. Californian singers (like K. Perry) sound distinctively Californian. You can say ''(s)he's from California'' as soon as their open their mouth. A real neutral accent should not be ''traceable''. Lana del Rey has a pretty neutral accent (Northeastern parts of the state of NY and Vermont sound more standard than California nowadays, which is kinda sad...The Californian accent has changed a lot, you get ooh fronting: you: yew; dude: dewd; oh rounding: mom: mawm [mɔ:m], yes [jæs], US (yew ass) [S is [æs], ass is [a:s]]...and many more...I personally don't like it. It sounds provincial rather than ''neutral''). Edited by Medulin on 10 March 2013 at 6:15am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4842 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 71 of 74 10 March 2013 at 12:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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My result: The Northeast (100%), probably because I actually have a British accent. ;) Edited by Josquin on 10 March 2013 at 12:31pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| pesahson Diglot Senior Member Poland Joined 5726 days ago 448 posts - 840 votes Speaks: Polish*, English Studies: French, Portuguese, Norwegian | Message 72 of 74 10 March 2013 at 7:06pm | IP Logged | ||
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Great link!
I'm not a native speaker but did it for fun and my result is: the inland north (86 %). I don't even know what it sounds like. I can only tell the standard American accent heard on TV (if there is such a thing) from the southern accent. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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