terpball All American 22489 Posts user info edit post |
me:
What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland "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. | The West | | The Inland North | | Boston | | North Central | | The Northeast | | The South | | Philadelphia | | What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz |
http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have
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moron All American 33692 Posts user info edit post |
same 10/3/2007 5:14:01 PM |
se7entythree YOSHIYOSHI 17375 Posts user info edit post |
the midland
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SymeGuy69 All American 11036 Posts user info edit post |
the one that makes me pronounce do with an "f"? 10/3/2007 5:14:49 PM |
pwrstrkdf250 Suspended 60006 Posts user info edit post |
southern/eastern NC
with a slight bit of texas
according to my friends 10/3/2007 5:14:58 PM |
FykalJpn All American 17209 Posts user info edit post |
i took the harvard dialect survey back in the day--it was interesting to see how the geography played out 10/3/2007 5:15:27 PM |
Hadjuk 83" of class 2521 Posts user info edit post |
Southern/Slavic/Christopher Walken 10/3/2007 5:15:31 PM |
terpball All American 22489 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Christopher Walken " |
haha10/3/2007 5:16:09 PM |
Wraith All American 27180 Posts user info edit post |
I don't have an American Accent. 10/3/2007 5:16:55 PM |
miska All American 22242 Posts user info edit post |
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." | The Northeast | | Philadelphia | | The South | | The Midland | | North Central | | Boston | | The West | | What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz |
aha, I totally call it pop10/3/2007 5:17:38 PM |
SymeGuy69 All American 11036 Posts user info edit post |
Mine is mostly "Philadelphia", which makes sense. 10/3/2007 5:17:58 PM |
ncsuapex SpaceForRent 37776 Posts user info edit post |
fo? 10/3/2007 5:19:36 PM |
ScHpEnXeL Suspended 32613 Posts user info edit post |
What American accent do you have? Your Result: The South That's a Southern accent you've got there. You may love it, you may hate it, you may swear you don't have it, but whatever the case, we can hear it. | The Midland | | The Inland North | | Philadelphia | | The Northeast | | The West | | North Central | | Boston | | What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz |
10/3/2007 5:19:53 PM |
terpball All American 22489 Posts user info edit post |
YEAH
WHAT ONE FO YOU HAVE 10/3/2007 5:20:14 PM |
sjfreema All American 928 Posts user info edit post |
^ 10/3/2007 5:20:30 PM |
nothing22 All American 21537 Posts user info edit post |
midland followed by inland north 10/3/2007 5:21:22 PM |
0EPII1 All American 42525 Posts user info edit post |
Your Result: The Northeast 10/3/2007 5:21:38 PM |
LS1powered All American 689 Posts user info edit post |
I am Inland North, and I call it pop as well. 10/3/2007 5:22:04 PM |
ambrosia1231 eeeeeeeeeevil 76471 Posts user info edit post |
What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland "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. | The West | | The South | | Boston | | Philadelphia | | The Northeast | | The Inland North | | North Central | | What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz |
Born in Colorado but moved immediately; lived in the DC area for a couple years, then TX for ~3yrs, NC ever since. My mom is from Minnesota, and my dad was born in NC, and moved to Africa when he was 13, and came back for good when he was 17.
[Edited on October 3, 2007 at 5:24 PM. Reason : fajslkj]10/3/2007 5:22:11 PM |
terpball All American 22489 Posts user info edit post |
It's weird that the west is second on mine, but I've never been over there. I guess I'm just THAT cool 10/3/2007 5:22:33 PM |
FykalJpn All American 17209 Posts user info edit post |
http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/maps.html
how the rest of the country really speaks... 10/3/2007 5:22:46 PM |
pwrstrkdf250 Suspended 60006 Posts user info edit post |
the thing is, even in this state
there are quite a few different dialects
go to Murphy or up in Avery County
then go down to Hyde County, or "down east" Carteret County
I can almost tell what county people are from by their accent 10/3/2007 5:23:32 PM |
thegoodlife3 All American 38850 Posts user info edit post |
midland
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marko Tom Joad 72723 Posts user info edit post |
midland followed by inland north and south 10/3/2007 5:24:41 PM |
terpball All American 22489 Posts user info edit post |
nvmd
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Slave Famous Become Wrath 34079 Posts user info edit post |
I can't stand southern accents except on really hot white girls.
Everyone else, it makes them sound retarded. 10/3/2007 5:24:56 PM |
TreeTwista10 Forgetful Jones 147486 Posts user info edit post |
i'm from the south...but i've been told by relocated northerners that i "don't sound like it" and that "i must have gone to a good school"
but also ive travelled around the country plenty and have listened to enough hip hop to be able to speak fluent northern lol 10/3/2007 5:27:17 PM |
arcgreek All American 26690 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | ""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. " |
Southern almosts tied it.10/3/2007 5:28:42 PM |
Slave Famous Become Wrath 34079 Posts user info edit post |
White people are always surprised when black people have deep southern accents.
They hear Randy Moss talk and think he's borderline Downs. 10/3/2007 5:29:08 PM |
smheath All American 1685 Posts user info edit post |
Midland 10/3/2007 5:29:33 PM |
FykalJpn All American 17209 Posts user info edit post |
people from southern virginia have a very distinctive accent, you can hear it a little in denzel washington
[Edited on October 3, 2007 at 5:30 PM. Reason : &] 10/3/2007 5:29:51 PM |
TreeTwista10 Forgetful Jones 147486 Posts user info edit post |
^^^I'm more surprised when I hear a black dude like Tony Gwynn's accent
he talks like black comedians impersonating white people 10/3/2007 5:30:39 PM |
pwrstrkdf250 Suspended 60006 Posts user info edit post |
^ 10/3/2007 5:31:18 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
I think that thing is stupid... and I think it has a messed up view of what a southern accent is... 10/3/2007 5:31:54 PM |
BanjoMan All American 9609 Posts user info edit post |
NC accent = I talk like I am always stoned even though I don't smoke pot. 10/3/2007 5:32:00 PM |
Supplanter supple anteater 21831 Posts user info edit post |
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." | The Midland | | The Northeast | | Philadelphia | | The South | | The West | | Boston | | North Central | | What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz |
I do say pop, although I've been called on it so much I've toned it down. Both my parents are from, and I was born and raised in north western NC. Mt. Airy to be specific which isn't in, but not terribly far away from the mountains.
Although I do have the ocassionally slip up and say something like "are you sure you wont to do that?"
I differ from many in my family in that there is no place for a W in "dog"
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TreeTwista10 Forgetful Jones 147486 Posts user info edit post |
scene from my 11th grade physics class
teacher: "lets say you have a pop" class: "huh" teacher: "excuse me, i'm from pittsburgh...we call it pop...i guess you'd call it a soda" classmate: "we call it coke"
Quote : | "I differ from many in family in that there is no place for a W in "dog"" |
regular "dog" southern "dawg" baltimore "doog" surrey county "I'MA DROWN THAT MOTHERFUCKER"
[Edited on October 3, 2007 at 5:36 PM. Reason : .]10/3/2007 5:35:08 PM |
Slave Famous Become Wrath 34079 Posts user info edit post |
Richard Jefferson, Tiki Barber, Tim Duncan, Jason Taylor, and Shaun Alexander are all strong candidates for the whitest black voice out there today. 10/3/2007 5:35:15 PM |
fjjackso All American 14538 Posts user info edit post |
What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland "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. | The South | | The West | | Philadelphia | | The Inland North | | The Northeast | | Boston | | North Central | | What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz |
10/3/2007 5:35:24 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
I was midland, then inland north, then southern
the biggest things I have noticed about southern accent is that the words are pronounced correctly but are cut off at the end, for example, Tuesday is more like Tuesde, and of course, leaving the "g" off the end of words. Whereas a lot of northern accents just flat out fuck the word up 10/3/2007 5:36:37 PM |
TreeTwista10 Forgetful Jones 147486 Posts user info edit post |
what kind of accent do you think i have jaybee if you recall from our xbox game? you have a southern accent by my ears...not too thick, but southern 10/3/2007 5:38:23 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
yeah, the describes me, I pronounce words correctly, but have a slight twang to it. People always think I my parents were from up north and moved down here where I then grew up but they are both much more "country" than I am... and I dont remember yours really, nothing that stood out 10/3/2007 5:40:27 PM |
TreeTwista10 Forgetful Jones 147486 Posts user info edit post |
yeah i think my shit has been officially cincinattitized (or whatever they say is the most bland, indistinct accent) 10/3/2007 5:41:00 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
about the only word I had to force myself to say correctly growing up was "on". Almost everyone around me said it like "own" instead of "ahn" 10/3/2007 5:42:37 PM |
FykalJpn All American 17209 Posts user info edit post |
^^i think you mean general american
[Edited on October 3, 2007 at 5:42 PM. Reason : &] 10/3/2007 5:42:37 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
^ I would say the majority of americans have an accent... I could definitely tell someone from NY, Boston, Chicago, West Coast etc 10/3/2007 5:43:50 PM |
TreeTwista10 Forgetful Jones 147486 Posts user info edit post |
^^yeah that too...dont they almost encourage newscasters to live in cincinatti or study that accent or something like that?
^well the test says that all americans have accents...its just everyone's own accent sounds normal, so nobody thinks they themselves have an accent
[Edited on October 3, 2007 at 5:44 PM. Reason : .] 10/3/2007 5:43:51 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
I agree with that.
Meaning I agree that people think that 10/3/2007 5:45:25 PM |
FykalJpn All American 17209 Posts user info edit post |
most (but not all) people who speak general american naturally are from iowa--or that region 10/3/2007 5:47:14 PM |
pilgrimshoes Suspended 63151 Posts user info edit post |
What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland "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. | The West | | North Central | | The South | | Boston | | Philadelphia | | The Inland North | | The Northeast | | What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz |
it's funny, everyone i meet up here when i tell them I'm from kentucky but have been in NC for most of my life are like "oh you dont have an accent, weird"10/3/2007 5:50:13 PM |