 Kore7 says: If you think you don't have an accent, think again. This short quiz is a way to find out which dialect of American English you speak. Different regional accents become more prevalent in countries at different times throughout the years for various socio-economic and geographical reasons. These accents come to be perceived as "neutral" or "accent-less" by the majority during these times. For a while, the American dialect sometimes called "Standard Midwestern" has dominated but, like accents themselves, this "standard" constantly evolves. Recently, the spoken aspects of American English have trended westward along with the population center of America. Many features distinct to Northeastern accents (think NYC, Boston) are being replaced in popularity with those from Western accents (think LA) across America. This shift tends to be more prominent the younger the speaker is. For the record, I grew up in the West and speak like it. (Right, guys?  ) As a non-American, it was fun to take this quiz. Here's my result: Your Result: The Inland NorthAny fellow clipper from Wisconsin?  Your Result: The Midland I am indeed from southern Indiana. Good call! (here in Canada people think that I have a Southern accent, though) Well invictus yeah. Apparantly, I'm from Wisconsin too. Somebody clipped this earlier and I took the test then. "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. I'm from Southeast MO., but when I'm in NJ visiting my sister, they think I've got a Southern accent or when I'm in St. Louis visiting my brother and mother, I've got a southern accent. Go figure! I have a Midland accent too, but I am from Northern Indiana. Wow I'm the only one here with a Northeastern accent. 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. I had fun taking it too, as a non-American. I'm from Philly apparently. I guess there are a lot of Irish In Philly so they might have been influenced by our accent. 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 part of the US rhymes "bag" and "vague?"? I got Philadelphia too. I wonder what neighborhood in Phillie that would be? What part of the US rhymes "bag" and "vague?"?That would be Minnesota, primarily, due to the northern cities vowel shift. Because the test focuses on vowels, it fails to touch on the once great variance in R-pronunciation: Do you speak rhotically or non-rhotically? Here's a simple test. Say this sentence out loud: I got into my car, drove to the store, and bought some bottled water and some watery ice. If you are a rhotic speaker, you fully pronounced the letter "r" in every word it appeared in. If you're a non-rhotic speaker, you probably did not pronounce the "r" in "car," "store," or "water," but you... Midland, and I'm from north western WV, so right on the button baby! got me spot on-- north jersey! tpq62 said:I wondered that too - about the 'bag' and 'vague'. Interestingly, I have a strong Northeastern, though my Texas twang comes out often. My formative years were spent in New Jersey and the folks are Yankees (though without strong accents themselves), so I guess the subtle differences locked themselves in before I made it to Texas at age 12. It got me right too. I was born and raised in New York City. The funny thing is though, that I have lived in Florida, and Boston for appreciable amount of time. After several years I really felt as if I had lost most if not all of my New York accent. Then I moved to Montreal and as soon as people meet me for the first time, their immediate reaction is "Oh, you're from New York aren't you? I can tell by your accent." However, when I speak with my friends and family from New York, they all say, "What's with the fancy talk. You don't sound like one of us anymore." There's nothing uglier than a South African accent, but apparently, I speak like a Philadelphian! That just can't be right. Cool! I am a swede from Gothenburg... the tests insist that I speak "The inland North"... "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."" Haha. I've lived in Texas since before I learned to talk, apparently, Texas is 'midland' too. I know I sure as hell don't have the same accent as someone from far east or far west Texas. I'm from Milwaukee, and I oughta know...that it's "soda" not "pop". I got Inland North, too. I lived in Hart...excuse me...Hahtfahd, CT in the '80s, and was speaking like a native New Englander (95% non-rhotic) after only a few months of living there. When I returned to Milwaukee for a visit, all my relatives and old friends told me I talked funny. People I met in my new home state refused to believe I'd grown up in the Midwest. By the way, in the early days of television news, many of the great news broadcasters were either from the Midwest or coached to adopt Midwestern speech patterns because that was deemed the "least offensive". An anchor position with a network affiliate in Chic... 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. Im not from the US i was born in the philippines. but i grew up in texas so my english is good. and im kind of glad that i dont have a southern accent because people always make fun us. and i live in the city not the country. "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." Florida here! People from Minnesota rhyme bag with vague. I'm not from Minnesota but my Mom is so that's probably why I have the accent I do. Mine is like a mix between Minnesota and North-Eastern(Where I was born and raised). |
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