What American Accent do you have? (poll and quiz!)

http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have

I find this is a really very good test!

I got the Midland! This means I have no accent, I'm probably from Missouri (which I am), and I have a great voice for TV or radio... :P

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P.S. I know the poll doesn't have the 8 responses but sorry GS polls aren't that great.

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."

You definitely have a Boston accent, even if you think you don't. Of course, that doesn't mean you are from the Boston area, you may also be from New Hampshire or Maine."

:| I've lived in Florida all my life...I've never been anywhere near Boston, New Hampshire, or Maine.

"North Central" is what professional linguists call the Minnesota accent. If you saw "Fargo" you probably didn't think the characters sounded very out of the ordinary. Outsiders probably mistake you for a Canadian a lot

Seeing as I live in Wisconsin, I'm not suprised...

no accent :(icekoldwater

Believe me you do. Maybe not one that fits in with the poll. Maybe it's a non-descipt American accent but it's still an accent.

The 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."

stormtrooper32

[QUOTE="stormtrooper32"]The 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."

trust_nobody

Same thing goes for calling a bubbler a "water fountain."

British accent...

[QUOTE="trust_nobody"][QUOTE="stormtrooper32"]The 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."

THE_DRUGGIE

Same thing goes for calling a bubbler a "water fountain."

LOL a bubbler...wtf...

Anyways just because you live here and got an accent from here doesn't mean anything. Look at New York, there are many races and ethnic groups and they all won't have the same accent even though they all live in New York.

[QUOTE="THE_DRUGGIE"][QUOTE="trust_nobody"][QUOTE="stormtrooper32"]The 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."

0starter0

Same thing goes for calling a bubbler a "water fountain."

LOL a bubbler...wtf...

Anyways just because you live here and got an accent from here doesn't mean anything. Look at New York, there are many races and ethnic groups and they all won't have the same accent even though they all live in New York.

Well, we do call it a bubbler in Wisconsin. When I go out of state, people usually look at me funny when I ask them "Where's the bubbler?"

The 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."

stormtrooper32

Same here, and its perfectly true for me at least.

[QUOTE="0starter0"][QUOTE="THE_DRUGGIE"][QUOTE="trust_nobody"][QUOTE="stormtrooper32"]The 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."

THE_DRUGGIE

Same thing goes for calling a bubbler a "water fountain."

LOL a bubbler...wtf...

Anyways just because you live here and got an accent from here doesn't mean anything. Look at New York, there are many races and ethnic groups and they all won't have the same accent even though they all live in New York.

Well, we do call it a bubbler in Wisconsin. When I go out of state, people usually look at me funny when I ask them "Where's the bubbler?"

I live in Wisconsin too, bubblers ftw!

I live in Wisconsin too, bubblers ftw!

stormtrooper32

Yeah, it's much easier to say than "water fountain." I think everyone should start calling them that.

Ohhhh snap !! This quiz was right on.... I got Northeast:

"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."

Yeap...I'm from NYC...hehe. I don't think someone's ever told me I've got a NY accent though. Except when I say the word "stupid" for some reason o_O

North. By the way, how do you not have an accent? Accent is a way of speaking, therefore, everyone has an accent.

I'm from the south so therefore......I speak boston.GIJesse77

"Outsiders may often think you're Canadian" odd, seeing as I am Canadian

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The 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."

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http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have

I find this is a really very good test!

I got the Midland! This means I have no accent, I'm probably from Missouri (which I am), and I have a great voice for TV or radio... :P

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P.S. I know the poll doesn't have the 8 responses but sorry GS polls aren't that great.

0starter0

"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.

Thats kinda funny, since I am from Florida, born and raised, while my parents were from up north (Boston, Chicago, and Connecticut areas)

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.

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I live in Joizey, BTW.

I got the West and I'm from the Westside streiht outta Cali from Los Angeles. Heres what it said:

"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."

I have a midland accent, yet I've never been to the northeastern part of this country. I've never really been to the eastern part of this country.

I was born in Navada, learned how to speak english when I was living in Europe, from my parents who grew up in Utah. And I moved to Arizona when I was 4, and lived here for the past 14 years. How could that possibly give me a midland accent?

I have a midland accent, yet I've never been to the northeastern part of this country. I've never really been to the eastern part of this country.

I was born in Navada, learned how to speak english when I was living in Europe, from my parents who grew up in Utah. And I moved to Arizona when I was 4, and lived here for the past 14 years. How could that possibly give me a midland accent?

GTA_dude

The midland accent isn't associated with the northeast. It's associated with certain south-western, western, and midwest states.

I got the West and I'm from the Westside streiht outta Cali from Los Angeles. Heres what it said:

"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."

LUI360

That last sentence yours said was interesting......

""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 have a pretty thick southern accent, but I don't draw out my words when i speak like a lot of southerners though.

I do try to use proper grammar, although sometimes I slip up and say y'all.