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Weird, did you grow up there or something?
No, grew up here. But I have descendents from there.
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2006-11-01 17:16 (UTC)
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Deleted the bad html. My summary
"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 got "The West" which apparently is the accent where most Americans won't think I have an accent. Though I've been accused of doing the "aboot" thing (which is so not true!) I had an American make fun of me for pronouncing "against" like "agaynst" once. Is that particularly weird?
It's funny .. I've heard people say that Canadian accents sound like Midwestern American accents, but I've talked to people from Minnesota and I think they sound pretty different. Maybe they sound more similar to Albertans and .. Saskatchewan..um .. Saskatchewaners? Saskatchewanians? Anyway, yeah. Accents are funny things.
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2006-11-01 19:17 (UTC)
Implemented darkdragondm's solution. | (Link)
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Bad code! No cookie!! Mine's below.
What American accent do you have?
Your Result: Boston
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.
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Funny. I've never been to Boston before. I've been told that my accents waxes and wanes between the deep South and a weird variant of the Philadelphia accent (flavored with a touch of Brooklynese). That makes a bit more sense as I was raised in Philadelphia, spent most of my time in the deep South, but have lived in many places along the eastern seaboard.
um .. Saskatchewaners? Saskatchewanians?
I've heard 'Saskies', and that's what I usually say.
| What American accent do you have? Your Result: The 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. | | Philadelphia | | | The Inland North | | | The Midland | | | Boston | | | The South | | | The West | | | North Central | | | What American accent do you have? |
Correct - I grew up in a suburb of NYC. ;)
Ummm...Am I the only one experiencing weird rendering problems with this page? The formatting has given way for me.
There's some html problem in the lj entry. The link for comments appears at the top of my friends page instead of with the entry, for instance.
I fixed it, but now the problem is in every single comment where ppl pasted tehir answers LOL! Stoopid meme with bad HTML.
It's kind of funny. I fixed mine and the problem kind of worked it's way down. LOL!
| 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. | | North Central | | | The West | | | Boston | | | The Inland North | | | Philadelphia | | | The South | | | The Northeast | | | What American accent do you have? |
Or at least that's how I talk when I'm paying attention. Otherwise I tend to slide into this pseudo-English "European-sounding" accent... It's the damnedest thing. People sometimes ask me "where my accent's from" and then when I'm forced to admit that I've lived in Ontario my entire life... Next time someone asks, I'm making up my own country.
Minnesota, my beloved homeland, hats off to thee! I grew up on the border, within sight of buildings on the other side of the river. People sometimes think I've got an uplaceable, but vaguely European, accent.
I've also got about 35% French-Canandian heritage - one grandmother and part of a grandfather.
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2006-11-02 04:16 (UTC)
Don't ya know...? ;-) | (Link)
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I assume the Red River, then? Were the buildings visible the fair city of Fargo? Did you grow up in Morehead, by chance?
I lived in Morehead for a peiod after my dad (Minnesota native) finished grad school, but right before we moved to Florida. That is sooooo long ago, now, it seems...!
No, actually, the town was International Falls, across the Rainy River from Fort Frances, Ontario. Morehead - now that was a BIG city. Heck, they had a university and everything... not to besmirch Rainy River Community College or anything... :)
The Red River of the North is a much cooler name, but it should be noted that the Rainy River never flooded us out!
* Sigh * I miss it...
| 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 | | | Philadelphia | | | The Inland North | | | The Northeast | | | The West | | | Boston | | | North Central | | | What American accent do you have? |
I am originally from Houston, Texas and lived in Austin, Texas for 20 years.
I, also a Houston native, have the same primary result. I believe it has to do with the influx of Northerners to the city in the 70's as a result of the growing oil market. Just a theory.
I agree; in my case, my mother was from the north!
| What American accent do you have? Your Result: The 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. | | The Inland North | | | Philadelphia | | | The South | | | The Midland | | | Boston | | | North Central | | | The West | | |
Accurate! :P
| 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? |
Happy birthday, Sonja.
I hope you're out somewhere having fun.
Believe me... I WILL! muhahaha :) :)
I came out North Central too, which is funny since I would have expected (based on the descriptions people have posted) that I'd come out with the Midland accent. Interestingly, I've occasionally had people notice a slight Maritime accent on me.
Do you say aunt like the insect "ant" or like the first syllabel of "Ontario"?
I've noticed that in NB everybody says it one way, and in Toronto a different way.
Like the insect. There are other bits though, and I may have even lost them by now since I've been back in Toronto for 6 months.
nifty test! My accent was Midland and on the scale I was more than half southern. :blush:
Weird, I have the North central accent, yet I grew up in Nova Scotia.
![[User Picture]](http://p-userpic.livejournal.com/34495750/1548653) | From: sonjaaa
2006-11-02 16:19 (UTC)
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Maritimer pride!! :)
Grew up in Moncton, me. :)
I fixed the HTML by adding a tag inside the inner divs that make the red bars appear. There were regular spaces there before, which makes me think that they meant nbsps to be there and the code that generates the little "copy this code" window is broken. | What American accent do you have? Your Result: 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. | | The Midland | | | Boston | | | North Central | | | The South | | | The Inland North | | | Philadelphia | | | The Northeast | | | What American accent do you have? |
For reference, I'm from San Antonio Texas, and I've been living in Austin Texas for the past 7 years. My phonetics professor calls this accent "General American".
Hmmm interesting...I've always had a problem differentiating between folks from Olympia and Seattle and the western part of the country, for instance, from the folks from Kansas and the middle part of the country.
To my ears, "accents" start at the Mississippi and go east :)
That sounds like a pretty fair assertion.
Hmm. Didn't see a Jersey or Philadelphia representative on the George Mason website.
I got the same result. Hooray for Canadian accents.
Ĉu vi pensas, ke vi sonas kiel jankio? ;)
From: (Anonymous)
2006-11-06 03:58 (UTC)
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This is funny. I get Inland North. I've always lived in West Virginia and have never been mistaken for someone from Chicago. However, I do call carbonated drinks "pop," but so does everyone else around here. | |
