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cwemory · Joined: 14 Jan 2006 Location: Gunpo, Korea

Interesting, if not the most rigourous or comprehensive quiz:

What American accent do you have?
http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have

Despite being only 13 questions, it was accurate about me:

Natalia · Joined: 10 Mar 2006

Northeast.

New York City, Connecticut, Rhode Island...

"Chances are, if you are from New York City people would probably be able to tell if they actually heard you speak."

I'm an Australian who has spent a significant portion of my life in England.

Somehow I don't think this thing worked for me.....

candide · Joined: 03 Oct 2006

Awesome! I have the Berlinese accent! Which state is that in, Auckland?

Slep · Joined: 14 Oct 2006

i'm canadian
but my mom's from philly and lo and behold, i got the midwest with philadelphia getting the highest score.

sillywilly · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Canada.

Im Canadian too and I got midland.. I always thought I should be talking on TV!

candide · Joined: 03 Oct 2006

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

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

Accurate enough, if Iowa is part of the West.

ella · Joined: 17 Apr 2006

Actually, the only soCal accent is how we say the vowel sound "oo." Worked on that in voice lessons. Otherwise, we're nicely neutral. My quiz result was Midland/no accent.

happeningthang · Joined: 26 Apr 2003

Sina qua non · Joined: 20 Jun 2006

That was, surprisingly, pretty accurate for me.

It correctly identified me as a Midland accent from the South.

mole · Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Act III

I'm from a big city in Texas, and scored The Midland.

However, I've been back a few months and was dealing with my new bank manager who said,
"You have a heavy accent. Where are you from?"
He kind of freaked when I told him I grew up a couple of miles away.

I did pick up some European-isms in Korea. And I tend to speak slowly and enunciate, from dealing with Koreans.

Delirium's Brother · Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 1:16 pm Post subject:

I'm from Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada...

Woland · Joined: 10 May 2006 Location: Seoul

Got me right - 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'.

Grew up outside Rochester, NY and spent 11 years in Chicago. (But I don't have a real Chicago accent; I can hear those.) If they had asked about the word 'fog' they would have been able to pinpoint me as a Rochesterian.

kimchi_pizza · Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 3:02 pm Post subject:

Spot on - Midland, Southern Ohio..

formerflautist · Joined: 30 May 2006

I'm Midlands, which is true because I'm from Ohio. It's actually funny because many people think I'm Canadian for some reason.