Foo - Which American Accent Do You Have!

Everybody take the American Accent Quiz! (http://www.youthink.com/quiz.cfm?action=go_detail&sub_action=take&obj_id=9827)

I got Neutral ... makes sense I guess because I'm Canadian living in the US :)

It pegged me (correctly) as Canadian, however, I do have a bit of an American "twang" due to being raised by my mother who was born and raised in Idaho.

Western for me.

Northern - what y'all wish you had. :lol:

Western. I would be neutral if I learned to say stalk and stock differently. :P

I didn't know that a Canadian accent was considerd an American accent.

neutral??? how the hell can i be neutral?? have they never heard wp speak??? it's sure as hell NOT neutral - it's about as southern sounding as one can get. sheesh. :lol:

They have me as neutral too. Bet they think that crap you hear on TV is a real Southern accent.

they must, cuz, i'm no where near neutral.

That was fun!
Northern for me.

Interesting, since I was born in Virginia, spent the first 5 years of life up and down the East Coast, then was 'reared' in Austin, Tx. - noted for its accentual (real word?) neutrality. Since then, I've lived in 3 other countries and many states.

I'm a calico. Hmmm is the 'northern' accent the calico cat of the US accents?

Not sure. Bronx <> Boston <> Chicago <> rural vermont <> Minnesotan

is it a catch all? Hmmm.......

Neuter...err, neutral.

they must, cuz, i'm no where near neutral.

I've heard your voice, yeah, it ain't neutral.
You sound like Hickory or maybe Hendersonville.

Neuter...err, neutral.

So how long have you been neutered?:innocent:

deep southern

North Central

"What people call the "Minnesota accent." Sounds almost Canadian. You may have even been asked if you were from Canada before."

Funny... as many Canadians ask me "where are you from" or think I am from the Maritimes.

deep southern

Hey, at least you're honest!

I've heard your voice, yeah, it ain't neutral.
You sound like Hickory or maybe Hendersonville.

ha. you are so very hot (like, hot=very correct)...grew up in conover. hickory was right up the road....

And Canadians only speak a single dialect of English...

the australian kind of US accent, unlike my brother who has lived in Indiana for 15 years. he tries to speak with the aussie accent while talking to me, ha, its funny.

To most people down here (regretabley alot are pretty thick down here) yes the canadian accent is considered american.
sometimes the irish accent gets mitaken for american too!

the australian kind of US accent, unlike my brother who has lived in Indiana for 15 years. he tries to speak with the aussie accent while talking to me, ha, its funny.

To most people down here (regretabley alot are pretty thick down here) yes the canadian accent is considered american.
sometimes the irish accent gets mitaken for american too!

'ow ya going?

I missed an annual camping trip to the red centre this year. I'll have to wait 'till next year. Until then, I'll have swag envy, and I'll long for the sublime night sky...............

Cheers!

ha. you are so very hot (like, hot=very correct)...grew up in conover. hickory was right up the road....

I went to high school in Lenoir.

ah.......then you really do know the hickory/conover/newton sound...

Weird. The quiz says I have a Mid-Atlantic accent, but I'm pretty sure I had a somewhat valley-girl Californian one. Oh well.

deep deep deep east accent.

New England for me so it pegged me

Hey, at least you're honest!

I try.

So here is a clip from 06 with a sinus infection and riding for a week on my bike

http://stupidhurts.org/audio/final.mp3

the one where i am sitting on the side of the road pounding caffiene is actually funnier, but i hate the my voice sounds in both.

I got northern.
considering my proximity, within 300km, of that zone on the canadian side, I would say it's spot on.

Maybe the canadian accent has a stronger french accent.

Southern

You can drive a short distance[100 miles] from where I live and the speech is entirely different. There are enclaves in the NC mountains that still speak the old "kings english".

I got Northern which is pretty much correct since I grew up in Rochester NY. It is soft though and the influence of my wife. I was born in Missouri.

If I wasn't focusing who knows what it would have come out as since I kept trying to pronounce the words like a Latino... :eek:

It is the easiest way to talk to someone who knows English from school down here, the teachers all have Latino accents, so the kids don't understand any accent other than Latino. :lol:

Me, although this can't possibly be right: :D

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Mid Atlantic Also known as a "Philadelphia accent" but also heard in south Jersey, Baltimore, and thereabouts.

Southern

You can drive a short distance[100 miles] from where I live and the speech is entirely different. There are enclaves in the NC mountains that still speak the old "kings english".

according to one of my teachers, between miss, al, ga, and north fl, there are 23 different "southern" accents

It pegged me accurately as Northern; I grew up in Toledo. Oddly when I now visit the States with my Latvian wife I'm often asked where I'm from due to my accent, yet many people think Mrs Z is a native American! It's bizarre.

northern, which is hardly a surprise.

then again "Chicago/Detroit/Cleveland/Buffalo" or "Western New England" is hardly specific.

UA will not be surprised by my result at all. I got northern. We make fun of our differences between his accent and mine all the time.

North Central

Northeastern

Northeastern....Native New Yauker!!

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.

All they have to do to differentiate between the Inland Northern and the Western New England accents is ask whether you say Pop or Soda.

They need to work on their quiz just a bit more.

Me,

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Mid Atlantic Also known as a "Philadelphia accent" but also heard in south Jersey, Baltimore, and thereabouts.

I grew up in Northern Jersey, but have lived in TX/OK for the past 10yrs (and live with a Texan!)

Neutral. I live in Ohio. I speak with an Ohioan accent.

UA will not be surprised by my result at all. I got northern. We make fun of our differences between his accent and mine all the time.

:lol:

Surprise surprise, I got Western. :P

neutral??? how the hell can i be neutral?? have they never heard wp speak??? it's sure as hell NOT neutral - it's about as southern sounding as one can get. sheesh. :lol:

They must mean Southern-neutral. :lol:

It pegged me as Northeastern which is odd as I've never lived in the Northeast. Even funnier is that I know I did not choose the answers for many I saw that I remember sounding funny when some of my Northeastern friends growing up said them.

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I have a slight southern drawl. Slight. Even living here for 30 years (N.C.) I still haven't gotten rid of my nothern tenancies with pronouncing words with 'i' and 'e'. Like Tin and Ten sound the same here. But not from me.

F' the test, it's called Nicky Newark, you gotta problem wit dat?

I have a slight southern drawl. Slight. Even living here for 30 years (N.C.) I still haven't gotten rid of my nothern tenancies with pronouncing words with 'i' and 'e'. Like Tin and Ten sound the same here. But not from me.

how do you pronounce aunt?

NC mostly says ant, deep, deep south, MS, parts of southern GA I've noticed say Aunt (ont). I'm or. from NYC area.. ant, northern Jersey as well as RI say Aunt. That word's a good example. Brooklyn has it's own accent.

It said I have a neutral accent, which surprised me because many people ask me if I'm from Canada because of the way I pronounce certain words. So who knows.

Northeast New England accent here(no surprise).