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What kind of accent do you have?

I have a Mid Atlantic "Philadelphia accent" but also heard in south Jersey, Baltimore, and thereabouts.


South Jersey born and raised! :crazy02:
 
texastailfeathers said:
I totally get it. We southerners do a weird thing with our long "I" sounds sometimes. The only way I can describe it is to say that we "slant" the sound.

"Time" becomes something like a cross between "tam" and "tom". Same thing with line, I, fine, etc.

Go watch Tombstone and you'll see what I'm talking about.
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I didn't get it either. My student did the quiz, (born in Florida) and when she got to that part, and read it aloud, it became obvious.

I wonder why no one has turned up with a southern accent? My student got Midland.

We need Dave to take it! Or Meg.

Nanci
 
Another Midland!

Guess being raised in Wisconsin 'til 23, then living in Tx, and then Florida, got me to "neutral".

I love British, Scottish, and Irish accents. Actually, Australian and S.A. accents are nice too. And "out west" American accents. People from Ontario sound to me like they have a very slight Scottish accent - I like that too! Not too wild about NJ and NY accents though. But I just love to hear lots of different accents in general. Guess it sounds exotic and makes me feel like I am ready to travel someplace??
 
newsnakeowner1978 said:
If you love british and scottish accents then you would love a newfies accent. Our accent is very strong and a combination of british, scottish and irish all mixed into one. lol we have sayings like.....

1) Whadaya at me son.
2) oh me nerves
3) hows ya getting on
4) and a whole lot more.

Newfienese is a language in its own. We even have our own dictonary. lol
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lol newfies are the sweetest most hilarious accents ever i love them i have a friend that lives in newfoundland and she comes down for summers and i make fun of her so much for it the things she says im like wwhaatt she promised to mail me a newfy dictionary but she hasnt yet eerr.. oohhh and do you have a past tense for the word beat like as saying "you got beat"
 
I scored as Midland, which I knew I would.

True story...

My best friend Kirsten still lives in Colorado (I used to 15 yrs ago) and she came out to visit a few years back. We went to dinner with a friend of mine from New Zealand. After Kirsten went back home, I was hanging out with my kiwi friend and she remarked that while Kirsten was around, she could really hear my accent. Apparently a Colorado twang. I looked right at her, and she's from from New Zealand, and I said, "Look, I'm from here (meaning the US), I don't have the accent." :rolleyes:
 
Ok, I am a linguistics geek, so of course I did a Google search and found a couple more accent quizzes to take.

On this one: What American Accent do You Have?
Midland (again)

But on this one........ Yankee Test
74% Dixie. Your neck must be a just little rosy!

So I guess it just depends what words they use for examples. The Yankee test was much more detailed and included some local phrases.

BTW, if you have a "Midland" accent, that just means you really don't have an accent at all. In phonetics classes, the Midland accent is called "General American".
 
43% Dixie on that one.

Some of those questions are funny.

How many of you guys say Pop instead of Soda?
 
BTW, if you have a "Midland" accent, that just means you really don't have an accent at all. ".[/QUOTE]

Some of the Brits may disagree with you on that...
 
An American accent IS an accent for english no?
That's all I mean.
As you said yourself, the Midland accent is considered General American. That runs against "no accent." But I know what you mean.

Sorry to be a stickler, it's just how my mind works.
 
tom e said:
An American accent IS an accent for english no?
That's all I mean.
As you said yourself, the Midland accent is considered General American. That runs against "no accent." But I know what you mean.

Sorry to be a stickler, it's just how my mind works.
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That quiz was written by Americans for Americans. The term "General American" means American English that cannot be contributed to a particular region or locality, without regard to the English spoken in other countries. It applies to American English only.

I guess you'd have to take an American phonetics class to really understand. Sorry I cannot help you more.
 
lol! Don't be offended.

Regardless of what the quiz was about, you did contradict yourself saying it is and it isn't an accent. I know what you meant even though I've never taken the class! hehe.
For christ's sake I made almost the same mistake myself on page two of this thread where I said I thought of it as the non accent-accent.
My point is it is or it isn't an accent. I think we can agree on that. :shrugs:
 
See, that settles the argument anyway since brits like George have Regionally Specific American accents these days.
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tom e said:
lol! Don't be offended.

Regardless of what the quiz was about, you did contradict yourself saying it is and it isn't an accent. I know what you meant even though I've never taken the class! hehe.
For christ's sake I made almost the same mistake myself on page two of this thread where I said I thought of it as the non accent-accent.
My point is it is or it isn't an accent. I think we can agree on that. :shrugs:
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OMG...semantics... :headbang:
 
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