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What kind of accent do you have?

Northern

You have a Northern accent. That could either be the Chicago/Detroit/Cleveland/Buffalo accent (easily recognizable) or the Western New England accent that news networks go for.

I didn't realize I had an accent at all :p

---Kenny
 
DogStar5988 said:
Northern

You have a Northern accent. That could either be the Chicago/Detroit/Cleveland/Buffalo accent (easily recognizable) or the Western New England accent that news networks go for.

I didn't realize I had an accent at all :p

---Kenny
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Down in Florida, people laugh all the time at how I say hoof and roof.

Nanci
 
I love Minnesota, Wisconsin, Dakotas, Canadian accents. "YAAA what ya talkin aboot?"
Chicago/Detroit/Cleveland/Buffalo accent reminds me of Chris Farley skit from SNL - "Da Bears, Da Bulls". The only accent I truely envy is British and Scottish accents.
 
Northeastern was my result. Apparently, living in Florida for 35 yrs. hasn't completely squelched my NJ accent! :grin01:
 
What American accent do you have? (Best version so far)

My Results:





Midland

("Midland" is not necessarily the same thing as "Midwest") The default, lowest-common-denominator American accent that newscasters try to imitate. Since it's a neutral accent, just because you have a Midland accent doesn't mean you're from the Midland.
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Pretty correct, since the little chart shows my State right in the middle. :D

However, I sound nothing like people from my state or anywhere else, for that matter. I tend to have a really southern drawl on some words, and even use some Canadian accents on certain words (I'm bad about saying aboot instead of about). With it all jumbled together, it's really quite an odd accent.



:shrugs:
 
Northeastern, apparently. Odd considering I actually have an English accent. :grin01:

I love accents. Not sure why, but I do.
 
Well, I have a midland accent, even though I'm from Canada eh?
I didn't get #15 at all. What's that all about? Time, Ride and I ?? Are there people who find those words offensive or something? .....eh?
 
Plissken said:
I love accents. Not sure why, but I do.
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You and I both. Especially English and Scottish ones.

I dislike Tennessee/Carolina southern accents, though. Something about it just...grates on my nerves. Sounds so coarse and hick'ish, heh. I don't have a problem with Alabama/Georgia/Texas southern accents though.

Kinda odd...
 
BenWillyums said:
The only accent I truely envy is British and Scottish accents.
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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
 
I have a Midland accent too. I was born in Texas to a family of Oklahoma farmers, and yet most people can't tell where I'm from. Except for a few words and a few idiomatic expressions (y'all, fixin', etc.), my accent is pretty much General American. However, if I hang around country people too long, then I pick up a drawl like the rest of 'em. My accent pretty much depends on my environment.

I'm also bilingual, and I speak Spanish with a Mexican accent. Go figure.

I blame my linguistic studies and my opera training. :shrugs:
 
I got midland, too, but a lot of the words I say differently werent on this quiz. Like I dont say box.. it comes out more like bawx. haha
 
Not quite sure how I got:

("Midland" is not necessarily the same thing as "Midwest") The default, lowest-common-denominator American accent that newscasters try to imitate. Since it's a neutral accent, just because you have a Midland accent doesn't mean you're from the Midland.

Considering I talk with a mix of Virginia accent and Jersey accent :grin01:
 
Plissken said:
Northeastern, apparently. Odd considering I actually have an English accent. :grin01:

I love accents. Not sure why, but I do.
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I don' think this quiz was prepared with yours as a possibility! :grin01:

I got the midland-not necesarily midwest.

I've always thought of my "accent" as the no-accent American accent. The TV accent.

I'm gonna read more results and see what other californians got...
 
BenWillyums said:
Anyone understand question 15?
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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.
 
I scored a midland accent, although I'm from the South. However, I've lived in New York, DC, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, and California...all before my 25th birthday. AS my aunt (that's AWHNT, not ANT) says, "Billy always did talk funny."
 
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